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2013-08-30 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by trailing wife 2013-08-30 00:17|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Destroyer 6? There is no Destroyer 6.

Posted by OldSpook 2013-08-30 00:50|| 2013-08-30 00:50|| Front Page Top

#2 The USN has repor canceled the departure of one CVN CBG from the Persian Gulf, + deployed a second same.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > US STRIKES WOULD AIM TO TARGET BASHIR AL-ASSAD, IRAN | GULF NEWS.

But-t-t, besides Assad's defiant rants IRAN has times past said any major attack by the US or Israel, etal. agz its NucProgs andor Invasion, etc. would be interpreted as an attack by the other, + would justify any + all Iranian counter-responses. TO INCLUDE VIA THIRD-PARTY/SURROGATE TERROR + AGZ ANY US-ISRAELI INTERESTS ANYWHERE IN ME + AROUND THE WORLD.

WHAT MORE IFF THE UNO FORMALLY DETERMINES THAT BABY ASSAD DIDN'T DO THE DEED???

* TOPIX > KRAUTHAMMER: IS OBAMA BEING "SHAMED" INTO WAR?

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Lest we fergit,

* WASHINGTON POST > US MILITARY OFFICERS HAVE DEEP DOUBTS ABOUT IMPACT, WISDOM OF A US STRIKE ON SYRIA.

* FREEREPUBLIC > [Investors.com] ATTACK ON SYRIA ABOUT SAVING FACE, NOT US.

* TOPIX, WORLD NEWS > EXPERTS: NO GUARANTEE US STRIKE ON SYRIA WILL [locate or] DESTROY ASSAD'S CHEMICAL WEAPONS.

ALL of such???

* SAME > [Various] HAGEL: LACK OF SETTLEMENT IN ASIAN TERRITORIAL DISPUTES INCREASES RISK OF [Regional, International = Great Power] CONFRONTATION.

RELATED SAME > HAGEL REPEATS WARNING ON ASIAN DISPUTES.

* E.G. BIG NEWS NETWORK [old] > CHINESE MEDIAS [Global Times] USES TRAGIC KILO-CLASS SUBMARINE ACCIDENT TO MOCK "PAPER TIGER" INDIA.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > AFTER CHINA, MYANMAR'S ARMY ENTERS MANIPUR, INDIA FOR [India- humiliating Border ...] "CAMPING" - THE TIMES OF INDIA.

No word iff the Myanmar Boyz brought Beer + Hotdogs wid them to share wid Indjuh.

* TOPIX > BEIJING: CHINA-JAPAN MEETING AT G-20 RULED OUT.

CHINA = criticizing JAPAN for CONDUCTING OR ENGAGING IN "EMPTY TALK" ON DISPUTED ISLANDS.

* SAME > CHINA SEA RIGHTS DISPUTES UNLIKELY TO BE SETTLED.

To paraph "STAR WARS" PREQUEL EVIL CHARACTER "EMPEROR PALPATINE" = "WAR [Treason] IT IS, THEN"!

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-08-30 01:34|| 2013-08-30 01:34|| Front Page Top

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