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Iran: The Americans have many weaknesses

FP Blogger at Large MEMRI In an interview with Iran’s Channel 2 on November 12, Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps Commander Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi stated that Iran had based its strategy on the U.S. military’s strengths and weaknesses. He discussed the capabilities of the Shahab missiles and the weaknesses and the cowardice of the U.S. ...

By MEMRI

November 17, 2006, 7:50 PM

FP Blogger at Large
MEMRI
In an interview with Iran's Channel 2 on November 12, Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps Commander Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi stated that Iran had based its strategy on the U.S. military's strengths and weaknesses. He discussed the capabilities of the Shahab missiles and the weaknesses and the cowardice of the U.S. military, claiming among other things that the Iranian military could disrupt enemy satellite systems.

FP Blogger at Large

MEMRI

In an interview with Iran’s Channel 2 on November 12, Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps Commander Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi stated that Iran had based its strategy on the U.S. military’s strengths and weaknesses. He discussed the capabilities of the Shahab missiles and the weaknesses and the cowardice of the U.S. military, claiming among other things that the Iranian military could disrupt enemy satellite systems.

General Yahya Rahim Safavi: Naturally, a 20-30 meter [deviation] is acceptable, because the force of the explosion and the radius of the shockwaves exceed 20 or 30 meters…

The Americans and the countries that have satellite systems – especially those that monitor Iran’s airspace or the atmosphere – can see our missile launchings clearly – not the radar systems, but the satellites of the various countries. They see both the launching and landing points. It is completely obvious to them that these were real maneuvers. In fact, the maneuvers were carried out with combat weapons, and were not just for show … The Americans have many weaknesses.

In fact, in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, they clearly displayed their strengths and weaknesses. We have planned our strategy precisely on the basis of their strengths and weaknesses…

We don’t see any motivation among the American forces in Iraq. They are very cowardly. There are even scenes from Iraq in which they are seen crying. When their commanders encounter a problem, they burst into tears. We did not see such spectacles in the eight years of the Iran-Iraq war. I can therefore say that our advantage over the foreign forces is moral and human.

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