"Iran #1!"

You'll believe it when they put you in a camel clutch.

If they're not careful, they're going to be the number 1 glass parking in lot in the world.

/and no, just 'cause I think it's going to happen doesn't mean I approve of it.

Iran a superhero?? hardly - they do not have enough natural resources at their disposal to become a superpower

yeah, and I'm attractive to women.

I can't believe people are taken in by this sort of bombastic ranting...oh...yeah...never mind

They sure gave the Greeks a run for their money, back in the day.

I hate to post this, because I have worked with good and competent friends from Iran, but:

All the organs of the body were having a meeting, trying to decide who was in charge.

The brain said: "I should be in charge, because I run all the body's systems, so without me nothing would happen."

"I should be in charge," said the heart, "because I pump the blood and circulate oxygen all over the body, so without me you'd all waste away."

"I should be in charge," said the stomach, "because I process food and give all of you energy."

"I should be in charge," said the rectum, "because I'm responsible for waste removal."

All the other body parts laughed at the rectum and insulted him, so in a huff, he shut down tight. Within a few days, the brain had a terrible headache, the stomach was bloated, and the blood was toxic. Eventually the other organs gave in. They all agreed that the rectum should be the boss.

All other countries are run by little girls.

IronTom: They all agreed that the rectum should be the boss.



/is not amused

"The Yesdog household is the number one power in the world," President Yesdog said Thursday in a speech to the feline inhabitants of his vast apartment empire during a semi-lucid rant sometime after lunch.

"Today the name of Yesdog means a firm punch in the teeth of the powerful and it puts them in their place," the president said in an address broadcast to no one in particular, no one reported.

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See? It's easy.

IronTom: They all agreed that the rectum should be the boss

geez.. you screwed up the punchline.. it's supposed to be "they agreed that you don't have to be a brain to be the boss... Just an asshole"

God damn it Mahmoud! Shut your face please.

Ahmadinejad might be an idiot but lets not forget Iran was a super power for more than 400 years.

no I'M the number one superpower in the world!

I AM I AM I AM I AM I AM!

(i also want an oopma loompa. NOW!)

No, it isn't.

Are you going to ask me if Bud Lite is hard liquor next?

So who started the rumor that Iranians want to kill Americans?

They may not be a superpower, but they can cause us more trouble than we can cause them. (Glass parking lot or no, if there's a war between the two countries, the ayatollahs will be ruling Iran long after we lose the last of our freedoms).

His Excellency, the president of Iran is a mighty good troll, but on this one he gets only 4/10.

How stupid. The true super power is North Korea. It's just that every other world government censors all of the wonderful things about our great country so that none of you know how bad you have it. In North Korea, we (well, our government, not us people) have devices that let us see and hear people moving and talking from other places. That way we can watch our beloved leader Kim Jong-Il give wonderful speeches even though we are not in the same city. We don't have to wait for the message to be written down and transported by donkey like the rest of you.

I'm going to answer this as seriously as possible:

* No, Iran - even taking the most paranoid, delusionally optimistic evaluation of Iran's military capabilities projects them as a regional power capable of strong self defense but limited projection of power. It couldn't sustain a war with any country it doesn't border.

* Economically it is not a terribly diverse country, so it might find itself isolated from certain strategic resources in a prolonged war.

* Diplomatically it may have the United States by the balls (which is really what we should be talking about) and is extremely important when it comes to the Middle East, it has little influence on affairs beyond its own region - except for probably oil.

It's not even in the Top 10.

Togo pwns.

Talk about being a cheerleader for your country.

signaljammer: They sure gave the Greeks a run for their money, back in the day.

The fought the Roman Empire for 600 years. Their empire was bigger.

I guess all this bullshiat is about America as the New Rome.

I for one welcome our new number one superpower overlords.

I can haz nucular?-------------^

On Wednesday, Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Hassan Rowhani, attacked Ahmadinejad's foreign policy, accusing him of using "coursecoarse slogans and grandstanding."

FTFFN (fixed that for Fox News)

Number one in pistachios! Nothing else really matters in this nutty world.

Ahmadinejad Calls Iran World's 'Number One' Power, Attacks Domestic Critics



"We have no opposition in our country, not like you do in the USA!"

"I mean, come on! How long does it take for your Supreme Leader to choose the first 2 nominees for your election? Oh I forgot -- you don't even have a Supreme Leader! HA HA HA!"

The sun never sets on the Persian Empire.

They are clearly No. 1. You know, because they don't have the ghey.

Tenebreux: On Wednesday, Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Hassan Rowhani, attacked Ahmadinejad's foreign policy, accusing him of using "coursecoarse slogans and grandstanding."

FTFFN (fixed that for Fox News)

To be fair they may have quoted Hassan from a release.

FTA He (Amanainananagad) also launched a new assault on critics within his country who he says are siding with the enemy.

On Wednesday, Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Hassan Rowhani, attacked Ahmadinejad's foreign policy, accusing him of using "course slogans and grandstanding."

This sounds familiar. Gorsh where have I heard something like that before?

Maybe we should start trading them some of our firewater. It worked with the Indians and seems to be working on the Shiek...

A-jad says a lot of things for two reasons.

1) To boost domestic support at home.

2) To piss off people abroad to goad them into attacking, or at the very least make Iran a topic of conversation, and by extention himself a topic of conversation world wide.

One of these reasons isn't working at all. One of them is working like a charm.

I'm suprised people can see it as trolling on an internet forum, but when it happens on a world stage, they think he really buys the tripe he's selling.

I heard if Obama is president, he'll invade Iran without Congressional approval just like bombing Pakistan at the request of the CIA.

Iran is hardly a superpower. They're an important country, no doubt, because they're sitting on some of the biggest oil reserves in the world.

But militarily, culturally, and economically, they have a long way to go. No blue-water navy, little cultural influence outside the middle east, a lagging technological base, and an export market consisting almost entirely of petroleum.

Keep trolling, Ahmadinnerjacket.

Jubeebee: Iran is hardly a superpower. They're an important country, no doubt, because they're sitting on some of the biggest oil reserves in the world.

But militarily, culturally, and economically, they have a long way to go. No blue-water navy, little cultural influence outside the middle east, a lagging technological base, and an export market consisting almost entirely of petroleum.

Keep trolling, Ahmadinnerjacket.

In some sense you are right, but it's best not to underestimate Iran. They may not have a strong standing army but they do support proxy military groups around the ME, such as Hezbollah. When looking at how to best engage a strong navy, such as that of the US, Iran's best option is to engage asymmetrically. Their naval strategy is just that, by swarming with small boats (Link). Furthermore, Iran is the bastion of Muslim Shi'ism, with that I would argue that it holds a great deal of influence within the ME. No, it's not a superpower but that doesn't mean it's powerless.

tdpatriots12: I'm going to answer this as seriously as possible:

* No, Iran - even taking the most paranoid, delusionally optimistic evaluation of Iran's military capabilities projects them as a regional power capable of strong self defense but limited projection of power. It couldn't sustain a war with any country it doesn't border.

* Economically it is not a terribly diverse country, so it might find itself isolated from certain strategic resources in a prolonged war.

* Diplomatically it may have the United States by the balls (which is really what we should be talking about) and is extremely important when it comes to the Middle East, it has little influence on affairs beyond its own region - except for probably oil.

It's not even in the Top 10.

Take your well informed, logical, and balanced look of the situation out of here! This is fark, no one wants to hear your reasonable analysis.

/Iran is the greatest superpower ever to grace the beautiful earth Allah has provided for us.
//Lock up your women, stop drinking and gambling, and start facing Mecca for our overlords will be graciously ruling our lives in no time.
///In case you couldn't tell I am being sarcastic (really)

probably because Iran has no gays

Prometheus1123:
In some sense you are right, but it's best not to underestimate Iran. They may not have a strong standing army but they do support proxy military groups around the ME, such as Hezbollah. When looking at how to best engage a strong navy, such as that of the US, Iran's best option is to engage asymmetrically. Their naval strategy is just that, by swarming with small boats (Link). Furthermore, Iran is the bastion of Muslim Shi'ism, with that I would argue that it holds a great deal of influence within the ME. No, it's not a superpower but that doesn't mean it's powerless.

I never said they're powerless. They're a formidable regional power. I said they don't hold much cultural influence outside the ME, cannot project force beyond the region, and have an export economy based entirely on petroleum.

Once, Persia was the intellectual and scientific capital of the world. Then they discovered oil and cashed in on the dirt they were lucky enough to be born on, and let the rest slip by the wayside.

moothemagiccow: So who started the rumor that Iranians want to kill Americans?

Who started the rumor that Saddam Hussein had nuclear weapons and was working with Osama Bin Laden to launch them at the United States?

Jubeebee: Then they discovered oil and cashed in on the dirt they were lucky enough to be born on, and let the rest slip by the wayside.

That's a very simplistic take on the decline of Persia, and I would say an almost wholly incorrect one.

I would say that Persia started to decline WAY before the discovery of oil. I would say once the Sassanid dynasty ended, it started it's downfall, with little peaks back up here and there. (and this is coming from a direct decendent of the Qujar dynasty, so I'd be biased to say it didn't start to decline until later)

If anything, if it wasn't for operation ajax (western powers putting in the shah) and the subsequent Islamic revolution, Iran could have built itself back up WITH oil and was on that road when it got derailed.

tdpatriots12: It's not even in the Top 10.

Thanks, Sherlock.