Ontopic Iran is about to attempt the first real-world case of trolling....

[Duke]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/27/world/meast/iran-navy/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Iran plans to send ships near the Atlantic coast of the United States, state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported Tuesday, quoting a commander.

"The Navy of the Iranian Army will have a powerful presence near the United States borders," read the headline of the story, in Farsi.

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[water]

Apparently "don't poke the bear" is not a popular idiom in Iran.

 

[ZRH]

This can only end well for them...

 

[Petunia]

oh gawd... why?? the americans are only going to blow them up.... this cant be good.

 

[Coqui]

powerful presence? I don't think they realize just how large the Atlantic coastline is.

 

[Coqui]

oh gawd... why?? the americans are only going to blow them up.... this cant be good.

They aren't going to be in American waters, just off the boundary I'm sure, so if we attacked, that would be a very bad thing.

 

[Petunia]

so they r going to taunt the americans. lol. nice.

 

[plot]

sucks for you coasties.

 

[Petunia]

this deserves a bucket of popcorn. extra butter!!

 

[JAXvillain]

powerful presence? I don't think they realize just how large the Atlantic coastline is.

and what a miniscule navy they have in comparison

 

[JAXvillain]

we should go whale wars on them except on a much grander scale. have a few hundred guys on deck doing a drive by and throwing stink bombs onto their ships

 

[Coqui]

so they r going to taunt the americans. lol. nice.

And if they attack, you can be sure the retaliation is going to be incredibly swift. Naval, Air Force, Marines and Army bases are all right next to the Chesapeake Bay.

 

[plot]

we should go whale wars on them except on a much grander scale. have a few hundred guys on deck doing a drive by and throwing stink bombs onto their ships

Not even that, just a few hundred boats partying following them around. Hire some strippers to dance naked and drink lots of beer, also cook tons of bacon, all within view of thier crews.

 

[Duke]

Not even that, just a few hundred boats partying following them around. Hire some strippers to dance naked and drink lots of beer, also cook tons of bacon, all within view of thier crews.

I'm almost expecting that to happen anyway. We do have a tendency to love to be dicks over here.

 

[Petunia]

i hope they dont bomb Seaside Heights!!

 

[Duke]

They can nuke the fuck out of Jersey though. That's acceptable.

 

[Syrup Beaver]

How would you tell the difference?

 

[b_sinning]

We would be stupid to react. We're seen as bullies to most of the world right now and us attacking someone first for doing something that we are currently doing ourselves would just further show how hypocritical we are to everyone.

 

[water]

We would be stupid to react. We're seen as bullies to most of the world right now and us attacking someone first for doing something that we are currently doing ourselves would just further show how hypocritical we are to everyone.

Shut up, Lia.....wat

 

[Syrup Beaver]

We should send boats full of hippies out to toss flowers at them.