WHY IS IRAN SO DANGEROUS TO AMERICA?
With nuclear capabilities, Iran’s “sponsorship of international terrorism” would ultimately tilt the “geostrategic landscape of the Middle East” in favor of the Ayatollahs.- Similar to the cases of Saddam Hussein [IRAQ] & Muammar Kadafi [LIBYA], President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [IRAN] has sold oil exports to countries such as India & China using alternative currencies (therefore threatening the VALUE & CONFIDENCE of the U.S. DOLLAR)
HISTORY OF U.S. & IRANIAN RELATIONS [1953-PRESENT]
U.S. & IRAN COMPARISON
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN |
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SIZE |
4TH LARGEST COUNTRY, BEHIND CHINA 3RD LARGEST POPULATION: >313,000,000 |
18TH LARGEST COUNTY, BEHIND LIBYA 17THLARGEST POPULATION: >76,000,000 |
OIL-PROVED RESERVES |
13TH LARGEST: >20,000,000,000 CRUDE OIL IN BARRELS
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NAVY |
283 SHIPS 11 AIRCRAFT CARRIERS 22 CRUISERS 27 FRIGATES 60 DESTROYERS 71 SUBMARINES >320,000 ACTIVE PERSONNEL |
SMALLEST BRANCH OF IRANIAN MILITARY: 3 CORVETTES 5 FRIGATES 28 SUBMARINES 28,000 ACTIVE PERSONNEL |
MILITARY MAN-POWER |
U.S. ARMED FORCES TOTAL 1,400,000 ACTIVE TROOPS + 900,000 TRAINED RESERVES & NATIONAL GUARD = 2,300,000 TROOPS |
IRAN’S ARMY, AIR FORCE, NAVY & GUARD CORPS TOTAL 545,000 ACTIVE TROOPS + 350,000 TRAINED RESERVED FORCES = 900,000 TROOPS |
MILITARY SPENDING 2010 |
>$687,000,000,000 = 1ST IN THE WORLD [TOP 15 COUNTRIES, BEHIND U.S., TOTAL UP TO $650 BILLION] |