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| Panetta Says U.S. to 'Respond' if Iran Blocks Strait of Hormuz |
| 2012-01-09 |
| [An Nahar] The United States will respond if Iran tries to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the entrance to the Gulf, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta ...current SecDef, previously Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Panetta served as President Bill Clinton's White House Chief of Staff from 1994 to 1997 and was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1993.... warned Sunday, saying such a move would cross a "red line." "We made very clear that the United States will not tolerate the blocking of the Straits of Hormuz," Panetta told CBS television. "That's another red line for us and that we will respond to them." Panetta was seconded by General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who said Iran has the means to close the waterway, through which 20 percent of the world's oil passes. "But we would take action and reopen the Straits," the general said on the same show, "Face the Nation." Their comments follow Iranian threats to close the strait if the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... goes through with an embargo on Iranian oil, the latest step to pressure Tehran to give up a nuclear program that the West suspects is aimed at gaining atomic weapons. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 TOPIX > [Voice of Russia] IRAN CALLS FOR JOINT MILITARY DRILLS WID NEIGHBORS. versus * SAME > IRAN BEGINS URANIUM ENRICHMENT TO 20% [HEU fissile material easily convertible into NucWeaps]. * WORLD NEWS > IRAN ATTACK [by US-Israel, one or both] TO TERMINATE IN VORTEX OF WAR. US Analyst David Swanson for GlobalResearch.com. ARTIC > SWANSON = VICIOUS CYCLE OF RETALIATION, RESPONSE + COUNTER-RESPONSE(S), by US + Iran may induce or consequently lead to de facto World War??? * SAME > IRAN SCOFFS AT UK DESTROYER DISPATCH. IN iran's view, deployment of RN HMS DARING is "insignificant". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-01-09 22:59 |
| #3 - You crossed the red line! - So what? - OK, but don't cross this dark red line! |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2012-01-09 21:58 |
| #2 ION PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > IRAN INTENSIFIES EFFORTS TO INFLUENCE POLICY in [post-2014] AFGHANISTAN. Iran repor begins courting the Taliban. versus * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > HOW PAKISTAN'S UNSTABLE TRIBAL AREAS [FATA, FANA] THREATEN CHINA'S CORE INTERESTS | FATA-BASED MILITANTS [AL-Qaeda + Turkestan Islamic Party/TIP] THREATEN CHINA'S CORE INTERESTS, i.e. national stability + territorial integrity + China's form of Socialist Governance. ARTIC > CHINESE STATE OFICIAL/COMMENTATOR = iff violent forces = separatist Militants in XINJIANG gain ground, CHINA MAY BE FORCED TO TAKE STRONG MEASURES INCLUD TO INTERVENE MILITARILY IN BOTH AFGHANISTAN + PAKISTAN. China also demanded to set up PLA-controlled milbases in the tribal araes iff Pakistan can't or won't make serious efforts agz the Hard Boyz, PAKISTAN CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK + HARD PLACE [US-NATO on one, NERVOUS CHINA + PLA on the other]. IRAN BEHIND DOOR#3, BOB. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-01-09 21:09 |
| #1 Leon, If you let the Prez gut your Defense budget the way he wants, you won't have enough money to buzz the Super Bowl with a Piper Cub. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2012-01-09 10:23 |