Iranian soldiers are highly motivated, professional and well trained in the art of war.
We reported a few years ago that a former State Department official, Tom Pickering, cautioned the US Senate to “cease hostile policies against Iran”, reminding members that Iran is capable of attacking a host of American “soft targets” in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world.
Speaking at a US Senate hearing session on foreign policy toward Iran, former US undersecretary of state, Tom Pickering, noted that foregoing diplomacy and negotiation as well as the use of sanctions in favor of a military strike on Iran can unleash a wave of attacks against “soft American targets” worldwide, a press TV report said.
“Iran or surrogates could attack businesses, non-governmental organizations, missionaries and virtually every American establishment in the region and beyond,” added Pickering, who served as former US ambassador to Russia, India, Israel and the United Nations.
US officials has also always stressed that military action is a main option for the White House to deter Iran’s progress in nuclear technology.
Iran has repeatedly warned that in case of a “preemptive” US military attack it will target 32 American bases in the Middle East and close the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The Iranian navy has adopted a asymmetrical tactic of keeping the majority of its submarine fleet at sea where they lay close to the bottom of the Strait, where they are extremely hard to detect so they can hunt multi-billion dollar US nuclear aircraft carriers and battleships…
It’s been estimated that upwards to 40 % of the entire world’s oil supply passes through the strategic waterway and choke point of the Strait of Hormuz…
In addition the Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Congressman King was quoted as saying he believed that the terrorist group Hezbollah has “hundreds of operatives” inside the US, who might conduct suicide bombing and carry out acts of sabotage and murder in response to a military attack on Iran.
See related report: Iran may have hundreds of Hezbollah operatives in the UShttps://groundreport.com/iran-may-have-hundreds-of-hezbollah-operatives-in-the-us/