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2015-05-01 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Navy to escort U.S. commercial ships near Iran

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Posted by Steve White 2015-05-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 OTOH JAPAN TIMES > [2 ea.]IRAN DESTROYERS MOVE TO ENTRANCE TO KEY YEMEN STRAIT: TEHRAN.

Bab el-Mandab, a key or strategic strait into the Red Sea located between Aden + Djibouti.

Is it just me, or did anyone else get a sudden feeling its 1956, Eisenhower is POTUS + Krushchev is Premier of the USSR, + the Brits, French, + Israelis are about to invade the Suez Canal widout US-Soviet approval???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-05-01 00:29|| 2015-05-01 00:29|| Front Page Top

No 'international incident' over this one in 1968. I doubt our Champ is too concerned.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-05-01 02:55|| 2015-05-01 02:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Would this be Earnest Will, The Sequel, perchance?
Except we don't have a strong man in the WH....

Posted by USN, Ret. 2015-05-01 11:27|| 2015-05-01 11:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Earnest Will was a low-key war. Not much of it made it into the media. It eventually evolved into Operation Praying Mantis.
BTW, some additional info on the Maersk Tigris.

Posted by Pappy 2015-05-01 14:10|| 2015-05-01 14:10|| Front Page Top

#5 If the Iowas were still in commission this would never have happenened*

*'quantum effects you see

Posted by Shipman 2015-05-01 19:13|| 2015-05-01 19:13|| Front Page Top

#6 More this sunny Guam AM ...

* DAILY STAR LEBANON > US MAY ACCOMPANY OTHER NATIONS' SHIPS IN STRAITS OF HORMUZ, agz burgeoning IRAN naval or maritime treat to trade.

VERSUS

* MEHR NEWS IRAN > NAVY COMMANDER [Iran Navy RADM. Habibollah Sayyari]: NO POWER COULD ISSUE WARNINGS ON IRAN DESTROYERS | IRAN WILL NOT TOLERATE FOREIGN WARNINGS AGZ ITS WARSHIPS.

* BIGNEWSNETWORK > [New = Obama-led] US-IRAN DETENTE' COULD BACKFIRE IN MIDDLE EAST.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > GULF STATES TO PUSH FOR US PLAN TO CONTAIN IRAN.

The Bammer = US already has a plan - ITS CALLED US-N-ONLY-US, UNILATERAL = SELF-IMPOSED, OWG GLOBALIST "RETREAT/FALLBACK IS WORLD PEACE".

SAVING AMERIKA FROM AMERICANS.

Again, PROBLEM/SNAFU/FUBAR = No one has yet answered the question how much is "too much", andor how far is "too far", etc. for the US to unilaterally give up or fallback, etc. across the World widout being EXISTENTIALLY THREATENED.

OWG-NWO OR NO OWG-NWO, Space Govt-Order or no Space Govt-Order, ...@etc. THE "GREAT GAME" OF GEOPOLITICS = SUBSTITUTION/REPLACEMENT OF ONE NATION BY ANOTHER(S) GOES ON IRREGARDLESS OF THE MERITS OR CIRCUMSTANCES. The "Game" nevar! ends.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-05-01 21:36|| 2015-05-01 21:36|| Front Page Top

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