LoooSeR Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 AFAIK they set it on fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priory_of_Sion Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 I saw a video of protesters inside it wrecking the joint after throwing Molotovs at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted January 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 What the fuck is it with Iranians and embassies? They're allergic to the things or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm_kruger Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Will Michael Bay be making a movie about how the Saudi government secretly burnt down the embassy because something something Hillary Clinton? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Current FB status: When Iranian protesters burn down the Saudi embassy who should I cheer for? I'm confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm_kruger Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Neither? They're two faces on the same Islamic fundamentalist coin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priory_of_Sion Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Reportedly they've cut diplomatic ties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Given that they're fighting a proxy war in Yemen, I'm surprised they haven't done so already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Reportedly they've cut diplomatic ties Yep. Made CBC. http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/saudi-arabia-iran-relations-1.3387731 "Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told a news conference Iran's diplomatic mission and related entities in Saudi Arabia had been given 48 hours to leave. He said Riyadh would not allow the Islamic Republic to undermine the Sunni kingdom's security." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priory_of_Sion Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 UAE and Bahrain might be following SA's move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 On the bright side, if war happens, we'all find out whether shittily flown Tomcats are better than shittily flown F-15s. Tied, Blackhorse_Six, AdmiralTheisman and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 On the bright side, if war happens, we'all find out whether shittily flown and maintained Tomcats are better than shittily flown and decently maintained F-15s. FIFY Blackhorse_Six 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 I hope the Saudis don't exercise their options on Pakistani nukes anytime soon. I'm getting the sinking feeling that Saudi Arabia, or at least the House of Saud is getting perilously close to becoming a historical footnote. The only reason it's a sinking feeling is if that whole area plunges into Chaos, there will be a large push for both the US and Canada to 'do something'. Which will mean Canadian and American lives at risk for a shithole that isn't worth wasting the life of a single US or Canadian serviceman to protect. Blackhorse_Six 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 If the shit is going to hit the fan, I wish they'd do it sooner rather than later while we still have all of our domestic oil production geared up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priory_of_Sion Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Do Saudi Arabia and Iran just lob missiles at each other or does one actually try to start a land war in Iraq/amphibious invasion across the gulf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm_kruger Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Do Saudi Arabia and Iran just lob missiles at each other or does one actually try to start a land war in Iraq/amphibious invasion across the gulf? Assuming it goes beyond confrontations and intensified proxy war, I'd say it'll primarily be air focused with sea/commando attacks on shipping terminals since both countries have fairly limited naval assets, The Saudis have newer FFGs and Corvettes to the aging ones Iran has, whereas Iran has more missile boats and 3 Kilo class subs. Neither side has any notable amount of sealift capacity, unless Iran decides it's a Good Idea to send soldiers in rocket-armed bass boats to get shot by the Saudi National Guard while they try to make shore landings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Assuming it goes beyond confrontations and intensified proxy war, I'd say it'll primarily be air focused with sea/commando attacks on shipping terminals since both countries have fairly limited naval assets, The Saudis have newer FFGs and Corvettes to the aging ones Iran has, whereas Iran has more missile boats and 3 Kilo class subs. Neither side has any notable amount of sealift capacity, unless Iran decides it's a Good Idea to send soldiers in rocket-armed bass boats to get shot by the Saudi National Guard while they try to make shore landings. Sounds like a good pay per view event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xthetenth Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 FIFY Yes those are Hawks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhorse_Six Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 (edited) Which will mean Canadian and American lives at risk for a shithole that isn't worth wasting the life of a single US or Canadian serviceman to protect. Except for the oil ... Daniel Yergin, The Prize is a great read ... ==================================== Still RO'd on the house forum. Looks like one or both of those nitwits have skated again. Edited January 4, 2016 by Blackhorse_Six Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Iranians with F-14s, huh? Reboot Top Gun franchise with a Persian Tom Cruise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperComrade Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Neither? They're two faces on the same Islamic fundamentalist coin. Outside of the Ayatollahs, Iran is actually not nearly as fundamentalist as Saudi Arabia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhorse_Six Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Outside of the Ayatollahs, Iran is actually not nearly as fundamentalist as Saudi Arabia Years ago, when I was milling-about in a Sears store one afternoon, I encountered a blonde, blue-eyed caucasian woman whose conversation in English with another woman carried a German accent. When I addressed her auf Deutshce, she replied that she just happened to speak German but was in fact Persian. She had studied German in Tehran, but before traveling [escaping] to the US, had never been outside the country. At that time, she told me that the average Iranian held greater favor for Americans than the Iranian government was putting-on. Every now and then, I catch a glimpse of things in Iran which continue to suggest that, but I won't be getting all kumbaya about it anytime soon. Donward 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tied Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 FIFY does anyone know anything about the iranian military's maintence? i always kinda assumed outside of arms deals they are the North korea of the middle east but ya, F-14s are ridiculously overrated. And the HAWK missile is pretty shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 To be fair to the F-14 (and most Cold War interceptors), it never went up against its intended opponent. We will never know how it would have done against shitloads of Backfires (unless Putin gets really bored). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tied Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 The mig-25 scored the only confirmed air to air kill agaisnt an f-16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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