Kikapu wrote:BirKibrisli wrote:Get Real! wrote:BirKibrisli wrote:And what if Iran No 1 and Iran No 2 become allies...Who is ging to slap them???? America??? Who cannot even slap Taliban? Or Israel who cannot even slap Hamas???
The big difference is that unlike Turkey, Iran is mostly self sufficient after many years of isolation so she can easily survive.
Turkey though seems oblivious of how heavily reliant she is of the US. Her US-made weapons systems wouldn’t even twitch against the West.
The assumption is that Iran and Turkey would be allies,and they would help each other survive...Is it not???Try to imagine such an alliance...The USA is,and they are shitting themselves...But as you know,I am a man of peace,GR! I do not make war scenarios like you do as a pastime...There is not one nation on earth ,Russia and China included, who would dare take on Turkey and Iran combined...It would be total folly...They are too scared to take on Iran alone...Back to the drawing board,Tiberius (with a keyboard)...
ps..I am not saying no nation is capable of invading and overcoming initally the Turkish or Iranian defences,but....heaven help them afterwards!!! :wink:
Bir, I'm in a strong belief and also what I've heard from others who may be in a position to know just a little bit more, that Israel will nuke Iran as a "First Strike" should Iran go ahead with it's nuclear weapons program no matter what the aftermath would be. I believe that is their policy and there is nothing Turkey can do for Iran at that point in time.
As for defeating Turkey militarily, it is not as far-fetched as you believe. All anyone needs to do, is to defeat the "rich target" Turkish Forces in small area of Cyprus and the rest will fall in place. All that need to be done, is to cut off the TA in the north from being resupplied, which is a simple task for many nations with a good military readiness, just because the TA in the north is nothing but a "sitting duck" with their backs to the sea. Lets hope it will never come to that and that cooler heads will prevail.
BirKibrisli wrote:I don't follow what you are saying ,Kikapu...How would the main Turkish Military collapse if the Cyprus contingent is defeated??? I simply can't find a logical path from one possible event to the other...
All I'm saying is, Bir, is that defeating the TA in Cyprus won't be a major task for any nation with a good military standing if and when they are cut off from the mainland for supplies. Defeat for the 40,000 strong TA in Cyprus is a defeat for the whole of Turkey, militarily and politically, which will result in the "implosion" of Turkey itself by her own citizens. Turkey's great military strength all boils down to it's weakest link, and that weakest link for Turkey is her "sitting duck" forces in Cyprus.
BirKibrisli wrote:AS for Iran, do you really believe there can be any 'contained' nuclear attack by Israel...? If it can't be contained,where would it end? Can you really imagine the whole Iranian population be annihilated by Israel in a nuclear attack??? No,mate,there will be No nuclear attacks on anyone in that region...That would precipitate bloody events the like of which have never been seen in history...America,Russia,and China could not possibly allow it...
Iran is on record that it wants to
"wipe Israel off the map", and the only way they can do that, would be with nuclear weapons. If anyone for a minute thinks that Israel is going to sit and wait for Iran to build the Nuclear weapons it needs to destroy Israel does not understand that they will do anything to make sure they will survive any threats, specially when they already posses the means to make sure they would survive. They would ask for "forgiveness than permission" to destroy the threat.....maybe, since they are yet to apologize to Turkey, their long time friends, for the killing 9 Turks on the flotilla aid to Palestine.
It does not need to be the annihilation of the Iranian population. It certainly wasn't the case with Japan and it won't be the case with Iran. Lets face it, one nuclear explosion can ruin any one's day. All I'm saying is, Israel will strike if and when they feel the need to do so, that's all, and then let the chips fall as they may. At the moment, there is no such threat, just because Iran cannot produce nuclear weapons yet, and may never be able to, which would be the best outcome for everyone concerned.!