Iran is pushing back against US sanctions with more missile tests this weekend.

[bathroommonkey76]

Feb. 15 is the day Bibi comes to Washington with detailed bombing plans for Lord Dampnut to look over.

Link to tweet

IRAN is to deploy missiles for a Revolutionary Guards exercise Saturday in a show of defiance a day after the United States imposed sanctions over a ballistic missile test launch last weekend.

The Guards’ Sepahnews website said the manoeuvres in the northeastern province of Semnan were aimed at demonstrating their “complete preparedness to deal with the threats” and “humiliating sanctions” from Washington.
“Different types of domestically produced radar and missile systems, command and control centres, and cyber warfare systems will be used in this exercise,” it said.

A list of the missiles to be deployed published later on the website showed they were of very short range — up to 75km.
US President Donald Trump imposed new sanctions on Iran on Friday over its test launch of a medium-range ballistic missile and its support for Yemeni rebels, who recently targeted a Saudi warship.

http://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/donald-trump-thanks-malcolm-turnbull-for-saying-their-chat-was-civil-blasts-fake-news/news-story/e3e23cf2cde5b18e5fc6a7b3adfb0d44

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is working to win from Donald Trump what he failed to wring from Barack Obama: a harder line against Iran. […]

While the goal may stop short of killing the multilateral nuclear deal, Netanyahu is expected to tell Trump that the U.S. needs to take a harder line against Iran’s military program and lead a more concerted global effort to keep the Islamic Republic’s regional aspirations in check, a senior Israeli official said.
That may include stronger retaliation and sanctions against Iranian ballistic missile development and greater efforts to block Iran’s growing clout in the region via proxies in Syria, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, the official said.
“The urgent task is to stop Iran from becoming a superpower in the region, something that has been occurring for some time now,” said retired Major General Yaakov Amidror, Netanyahu’s former national security adviser. “The prime minister will argue, first and foremost, that the U.S. should work to diminish the partnership between Russia and Iran in the region.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-17/in-trump-era-israel-sees-opportunity-to-shift-iran-approach

[nikibatts]

1. Are short and intermediate missiles off limits to Iran?

If not, we need to check ourselves.

[bathroommonkey76]

2. I don't think any of that matters.

Trump is setting the stage for all of this to take place-- Read his tweets. Read Flynn's quotes about Iran and NK. Are Americans to blind to see what's about to happen?

[Mr. Ected]

3. Yes, they are

And when Bannon sends our troops to war against Iran and NK, Americans will have been implanted with the belief that the Iranians and North Koreans started the war (remember Iraq?) and that this is all the result of 8 years of foreign policy mismanagement by Obama.

[bathroommonkey76]

4. The only way for Trump to find

his way out of the sinking poll numbers is to start a war. Trump and Bannon both know about patriotism prevailing during a time of crisis. Plus, an "event" will give Trump the respect (in his twisted mind) that he is a tough leader.

[MineralMan]

6. Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.

[Lucinda]

5. +1

[NightWatcher]

7. Attn Leaders of Iran: our guy is nucking futs and looking for a reason to nuke someone

Please don't poke the jerk ....

[roamer65]

8. Iran is poking because they have Sino-Russian backing.

Putin's true allegiance is to SCO. There is absolutely no way he would truly choose the USA over China. They share a border.

Dump is just a pawn in a Sino-Russian gambit to weaken the United States.

[madville]

9. A real test will be when we park some

Navy ships off their cost. They have a history of playing chicken with them, it may not go well like our ships turning away or limiting it to warning shots like has happened in recent years. Some stuff is going to happen, everyone is expecting it at this point.

[Rex]

10. Does Don Don know that Iran is not a state in America?

WTF guy?