Of Psychological Warfare, a Disgruntled Iranian General, and Patriots (not NFL)………
“Major General Hassan Firouzabadi, the chief of staff of Iran's armed forces, says the US is trying to wage psychological warfare against Iran by deploying missiles in the Persian Gulf. Firouzabadi said on Thursday that the recently deployed Patriot missiles in the region will be rendered useless by simple countermeasures. He said the administration of US President Barack Obama encourages Persian Gulf States to buy overpriced military hardware by spreading Iranophobia in the region. He noted that the move is a "new plot" by the US to plunder the Arab countries' treasury. Firouzabadi said that the US has been installing the missiles for years and "we know their locations." Washington has expanded its missile systems in and around Persian Gulf, claiming that the measure is aimed at beefing up its defenses against possible Iranian missile attacks………..” Press TV (Iran)
One Iranian explanation is that the United States is using the missile deployment to stress an Iranian threat and drive a wedge between Iran and the other Gulf states. There are several other explanations, all of them valid, under certain alternative assumptions, as we say in economics. (In economics, as in real estate, it is all about : assumptions, assumptions, assumptions. The same is apparently true in Psych War and in strategizing).
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