Iran claims it's sending elite fighters to infiltrate US, Europe - Polidicks

[url]http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/11/02/iran-claims-its-sending-elite-fighters-to-infiltrate-us-europe.html[/url] [QUOTE]The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, the country’s elite military force, is sending assets to infiltrate the United States and Europe at the direction of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, according to recent Farsi-language comments from an Iranian military leader.[/QUOTE]

oh thanks for the warning

I mean, if ya want our dick some more, that's one way of getting it.

Fox news, is this even legit?

If this was real why would they announce it?

[QUOTE=Janus Vesta;51297327]If this was real why would they announce it?[/QUOTE] It's more than likely not, but fox news loves to scare their demographic to get more ratings

I though they doing that since 70s ... so what's new in this batch ?

[QUOTE=Fourier;51297310]Fox news, is this even legit?[/QUOTE] They're quoting directly from Tasnim News Agency which has direct ties to IRGC. I don't know Persian though to validate their claims, Google translate is too rough to really make it all out.

The sooner they rid of the "Supreme leader" the better

I picture it ending up like this, but with vets from the post 9/11 conflicts. [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDCTJbAeQYk[/media]

Basically espionage, which every country does. Okay

"elite fighters" = "fighters that are on pair with western military regulars"

[QUOTE=Janus Vesta;51297327]If this was real why would they announce it?[/QUOTE] To equalize chances of winning in the fight, easy.

Is this payback for the Greco-Persian wars?

[QUOTE=ZakkShock;51297336]It's more than likely not, but fox news loves to scare their demographic to get more ratings[/QUOTE] All news outlets have a bias that they write articles around. But them citing fact isn't fear mongering.

Ah yes send your elite fighters, like the many who gone to Syria and died days after they begin assisting. Great idea, I'm sure the US wouldn't be looking for men who speak Farsi,look slightly brown, and coming from Europe.

"infiltrate"

[QUOTE=freaka;51297478]"elite fighters" = "fighters that are on pair with western military regulars"[/QUOTE] Isn't Iran supposed to have a pretty impressive military, iirc their spending is close to those countries behind the US like Turkey and Russia etc

[QUOTE=Warfang;51303741]Isn't Iran supposed to have a pretty impressive military, iirc their spending is close to those countries behind the US like Turkey and Russia etc[/QUOTE] They don't spend that much of their GDP on their military, no. Comparatively for the region, they spend hardly anything. After the Shah abdicated and the monarchy was abolished in the revolution, Iran moved away from pouring everything into advancing their technological capabilities and their defense industry preferring instead to concentrate their efforts on indoctrination. If you want an example of how this worked for them, study the Iran-Iraq War. Where they couldn't defeat the Iraqis because of technological deficiencies (the Iraqis were receiving aid in various forms from the United States and Soviet Union, and they were anticipated to be the victors), they compensated with sheer fanaticism and manpower. Iranian forces used suicide tactics, human wave/infiltration attacks, child soldiers, etc. They didn't only manage to effectively destroy Iraqi troops on the battlefield using these methods, but they also managed to break their morale-- especially when they used child soldiers (some as young as 12 or 13). [url=https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/comments/1r5mh3/iranian_child_soldiers_head_to_the_front_during/]From reddit:[/url] [quote]They chant ‘Allahu Akbar’ and they keep coming, and we keep shooting, sweeping our machine guns around like sickles. My men are eighteen, nineteen, just a few years older than these kids. I’ve seen them crying, and at times the officers have had to kick them back to their guns. Once we had Iranian kids on bikes cycling towards us, and my men all started laughing, and then these kids started lobbing their hand grenades and we stopped laughing and started shooting.[/quote] The country's Revolutionary Guard Corps is comparable to what the Waffen-SS was for Nazi-Germany during World War II. It's basically built around a culture of violence and indifference to death. Of course as an Islamic Republic, everything is bathed in religion, and that's especially true for them. The Basij work a lot like militia police forces, and Ansar-e-Hezbollah works like a political militia (again, if I had to make another historical comparison, I'd compare them to the Sturmabteilung/Brownshirts in Nazi-Germany). They can't win wars against technologically-superior foes using conventional methods, and they know it. So they don't plan on doing that. Instead they focus on cultivating fanatical troops who will fight even when the odds are clearly against them and who don't care if they die. They'll fight dirty because it works. They're a lot more dangerous than people give them credit for. [editline]3rd November 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=RG4ORDR;51297651]Ah yes send your elite fighters, like the many who gone to Syria and died days after they begin assisting. Great idea, I'm sure the US wouldn't be looking for men who speak Farsi,look slightly brown, and coming from Europe.[/QUOTE] The majority of fighters they've sent to Syria that have been killed weren't Iranian, they were Pakistani and Afghan immigrants seeking citizenship by joining the RGC. They're not elites, and nobody cares if they die or not. That's exactly why they've been sent: they're cannon fodder. Again, comparing the RGC to the Waffen-SS, these Pakistanis and Afghans are a lot like what the foreign legions were to the Germans: expendable.

[QUOTE=Dwarden;51297407]I though they doing that since 70s ... so what's new in this batch ?[/QUOTE] They'll now have their own Facebook page, Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr do you can follow them and see what's new!

Iranian government has to be completely retarded to do that. Most likely false, because it's retarded. But if it is true, Iran will suffer severe economic sanctions yet again from entire Western world. [editline]4th November 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=Warfang;51303741]Isn't Iran supposed to have a pretty impressive military, iirc their spending is close to those countries behind the US like Turkey and Russia etc[/QUOTE] Looking at their performance in Iraq and Syria, no not really. Iranian military is rather crap. Military budget =/= military training and discipline quality