{"id":8727,"date":"2011-02-18T19:27:04","date_gmt":"2011-02-19T00:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=8727"},"modified":"2011-02-18T19:27:04","modified_gmt":"2011-02-19T00:27:04","slug":"iran-tells-israel-not-to-worry-warships-sailing-past-to-train-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/8727\/iran-tells-israel-not-to-worry-warships-sailing-past-to-train-in-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Tells Israel Not to Worry, Warships Sailing Past to Train in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who says Iran\u2019s leaders don\u2019t know how to lighten the mood?\u00a0 With tensions in the Middle East boiling over \u2013 and Iran rumored to be <a href=\"http:\/\/realclearworld.com\/video\/2011\/02\/18\/is_iran_behind_unrest_in_bahrain.html\" target=\"_blank\">behind many of the region\u2019s revolutionary protests<\/a> \u2013 the Islamic Republic is trying to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/egypt-agrees-to-let-iranian-ships-through-suez-canal\/\" target=\"_blank\">downplay the threat<\/a> of its decision to send two warships through Egypt\u2019s Suez Canal and emerge off the coast of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Hard to blame Israeli officials in Tel Aviv for fearing the truth of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinijad\u2019s repeated promises to destroy the Jewish state after getting the news about his navy\u2019s surprise trip.\u00a0 But as proof of Iran\u2019s peaceful intentions the government offered two assurances.\u00a0 First, the ships won\u2019t carry any weapons or nuclear or chemical material.\u00a0 Second, the duo is headed to Syria for training.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for Iran, its dishonest record of nuclear enrichment and ties to terrorist organizations in Syria and elsewhere aren\u2019t fooling anyone \u2013 except the weakened Egyptian government looking to avoid a confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting that an Iranian warship going through the Suez Canal under the Mubarak reign is unthinkable.\u00a0 Now, Israeli officials must consider more unthinkable scenarios with its sworn enemy soon sailing within sight of the Jewish homeland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who says Iran\u2019s leaders don\u2019t know how to lighten the mood?\u00a0 With tensions in the Middle East boiling over \u2013 and Iran rumored to be behind many of the region\u2019s revolutionary protests \u2013 the Islamic Republic is trying to downplay the threat of its decision to send two warships through Egypt\u2019s Suez Canal and emerge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1362,2351,130,386,1125,1993,1858,2416,2414,750,2415],"class_list":["post-8727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","tag-egypt","tag-hosni-mubarak","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-middle-east","tag-protest","tag-revolution","tag-suez-canal","tag-syria","tag-war","tag-warship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8728,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8727\/revisions\/8728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}