Iran ayatollah says yada, yada, yada

NY Times:

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned the United States on Thursday that Iran would retaliate against American interests worldwide if it was attacked. It was the latest volley in an escalating war of rhetoric between the countries.

Speaking to a group of air force commanders about rumors of an imminent American military strike, Ayatollah Khamenei said, “Iranian people should not get scared of such issues,” the Iranian Student News Agency reported. “Our enemies know very well that any aggression will have a response from all sides by Iranian people on their interests all over the world.”

He added, “No one would commit such a blunder and jeopardize the interests of his country and people.”

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards also said Thursday that as part of a war games exercise, they had successfully test-fired a land-to-sea missile capable of sinking large warships.

“These missiles, with a maximum range of 220 miles, can hit different kinds of big warships throughout the Persian Gulf, the Sea of Oman and the northern Indian Ocean,” Ali Fadavi, a senior Revolutionary Guards naval commander, said on state television.

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These frightened men are making noise but not sense. What they are saying does confirm my position that any attack on Iran not be limited. It should be devastating and directed toward destroying Ian's ability to make war anywhere. We should destroy all her weapons of war and facilities for making them as well as her oil refineries. She should be immobilized and denied her source of revenue. Half measure will only facilitate the kind of attacks the ayatollah is talking about, yada, yada, yada.