Let’s talk about international situations….I mean even curling is more exciting than the politics of the day………
No this is not similar to the Grover’s Mill incident of 1938 where a radio program had residents convinced that they were under attack by Martians……this attack is from stuff I was reading over the weekend…..there were some outlandish claims that we were essentially under attack…because why?
The Iranian Navy is approaching the US maritime borders….say huh?
Iran says it has launched warships with orders to approach US maritime borders in the Atlantic ocean, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. “This move has a message,” an Iranian admiral was quoted as saying. That message: stand up against the US and its allies for stationing vessels in the Persian Gulf. A US defense official told Reuters that he doubted the claim, but said that “ships are free to operate in international waters.” The issue dates back to September 2011, when Iranian Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said his country would place ships near US maritime borders, RT.com reports. He described the mission as tit-for-tat over “the arrogant powers that are present near our maritime borders.” The US and its allies hold regular naval exercises in the Gulf, saying they want to keep the waterway free for 40% of the world’s seaborne oil exports. The Iranian launch consists of a helicopter-carrying gun ship and a destroyer on a 3-month mission, the BBC reports, so it’s likely the same vessels Iran sent out about three weeks ago.
The biggest outrage I found was the fact that they would be so bold as to send their navy into this situation……STOP! Now think about it!
They are doing nothing different than the US….whenever China or Russia is having naval exercises we send some of our navy to close proximity….just in case…….the Iranians did the same thing……the US and others are having exercises in the Persian Gulf and Iran is nervous…..I could say for good reason…..I mean we have a couple of well ‘respected’ senators calling for action, military action, to be used against Iran.
What they have done is just a move on the international chess board…that is all…nothing to have a stroke over…..
“I mean we have a couple of well ‘respected’ senators calling for action, military action, to be used against Iran.”
As things wind down in Afghanistan and Iraq, the war-profiteers will push the buttons of their cronies in Congress to find new venues to ply their trade
Yep, unfortunately they need an ‘enemy’ to focus their policies at…and Iran fits the bill nicely….