Analysis of Military Strategy and Threats

A threat, not just any attack.

Yes.

I should say that this became significant

and geographically unrestricted, meaning— most of them

came and talked about Europe. Of course, I

can't dismiss this analysis. And that is, we have a

list, if the guys can show it, of the bases that

were used during the Forty-Day War, whether for

direct offensive operations, air defense,

or support. Okay? This is the image you're

seeing.

Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Germany, Italy, France, Spain,

Portugal, the United Kingdom. These are the ones

we are sure worked against us. Cyprus

was involved too.

Let me tell you that every base and what it did

is indicated. One of them was Bulgaria, which, in the previous round

of threats we made, the Bulgarian government put

a great deal of pressure on the Americans to take the refueling tankers away.

The Americans were holding out until those events near the base

at Fairford happened. After it withdrew its strategic bombers,

Bulgaria, too,

withdrew its tankers because it was under pressure from the Bulgarian government.

What was the issue? The U.S. strategic bombers were in

Britain. They would set off from here to come

strike our country,

and they would take off from this Bulgarian base and refuel them en route.

They were tankers for U.S. strategic bombers—

the tankers assigned to its strategic bombers were in Bulgaria.

Look, now, uh,

Even during the war, we said this was exactly participation in the war. There is no

difference. I mean, uh, if that tanker

isn't there, they either can't carry out that attack or

their limitations become much greater. That is, the bomber has to carry far

fewer bombs so it can carry more fuel itself.

Or it is forced to launch its strikes from a distance from our country.

That is, it is forced to make do with

long-range munitions. In other words, go standoff, strike and return,

expend its munitions and return.

And this is an example of that. But some points can also be added

to this.

So, what is our strategy? Of course, this

tactic is absolutely the right one. A military commander should not

say exactly what he is going to do, but he should make threats in

response to the threat the enemy has made, and indeed put it in a two-

sided situation that can be interpreted in different ways.

Another interpretation is that he said, “effective and without geographic

limitations.” These geographic limitations may include the very places

that we

had been striking so far. We were merely limiting the geography

of our strikes. That is, for example, in Country X,

where we wanted to strike, we would target a U.S. military base in a limited area

We would respond, if in that same country there are

targets that, according to the Leader's instructions, and we—we know,

are certainly there and directly affect the war, right?

and are outside that geographical area. Or U.S. bases

that existed in countries that did not act against us.

Or Israeli bases in places where— territories—

Yes.

from which, like the case of Azerbaijan we previously

mentioned—

Yes.

operations against us have taken place.

Or anywhere else where they have, for example, installed radar.

This— perhaps that country says, “Sir, I didn’t even

provide a base.”

I rented them a piece of land to install equipment on.

Or I mean, that American base in country X and Y

and Z, especially in countries like those in the Persian Gulf, look, the

needs within that base are being supplied by some civilian infrastructure

of that same country. Meaning, don’t think a base

The Americans, say, with, I don't know, a hundred liters a day, two hundred liters, a

fuel truck can, say, do its job.

No, in there— there is definitely a logistics network, even

for supplying those criminal soldiers who are in there, and whose

numbers aren't small either. You have an extensive logistics network, so

you have one that's now getting supplies from there as well.

It isn't as though you should think their food is being flown in from America.

No, it's being procured from there. And as I said, they stated

honestly, I saw these two together, and I think they make sense together.

Effective and without geographical limitations.

It says, "Until now, the blows I delivered were geographically limited."

Some interpret "limited" as meaning, for example, that I struck West Asia, not Europe.

Sir, that interpretation can be made.

I'd add another interpretation. That is, until now I was limited to

enemy bases. This time, perhaps places that

It's effective—

Exactly.

I could strike them too. Do something, say, cut off that base's water.

That's very reasonable and logical. I could cut off its power and

so on.

I'm saying, we could spend until morning listing targets like this.

I mean, yes, there are very broad interpretations of the treaty issue—

That's true too. I'm saying, because he's making threats right now

—

These need to remain open-ended.

Say it precisely. He has to say something open-ended so the enemy can't

Exactly.

read our targeting, for example. We can't show our hand to the enemy.

And this is a poster that the Supreme Leader's media itself

published—

And here, the head