Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Oh Brother


Oh Brother!

The Russians say we are going in.

Russian intelligence sees U.S. military buildup on Iran border
Novosti
27/ 03/ 2007

MOSCOW, March 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russian military intelligence services are reporting a flurry of activity by U.S. Armed Forces near Iran's borders, a high-ranking security source said Tuesday.

"The latest military intelligence data point to heightened U.S. military preparations for both an air and ground operation against Iran," the official said, adding that the Pentagon has probably not yet made a final decision as to when an attack will be launched.

He said the Pentagon is looking for a way to deliver a strike against Iran "that would enable the Americans to bring the country to its knees at minimal cost."

He also said the U.S. Naval presence in the Persian Gulf has for the first time in the past four years reached the level that existed shortly before the invasion of Iraq in March 2003.

Col.-Gen. Leonid Ivashov, vice president of the Academy of Geopolitical Sciences, said last week that the Pentagon is planning to deliver a massive air strike on Iran's military infrastructure in the near future.

A new U.S. carrier battle group has been dispatched to the Gulf.

The USS John C. Stennis, with a crew of 3,200 and around 80 fixed-wing aircraft, including F/A-18 Hornet and Superhornet fighter-bombers, eight support ships and four nuclear submarines are heading for the Gulf, where a similar group led by the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower has been deployed since December 2006.

Even the A P has a version of the story

U.S. launches show of force in Persian Gulf
AP
March 28, 2007
Aircraft carriers, warplanes feature in maneuvers off the coast of Iran

The U.S. Navy on Tuesday began its largest demonstration of force in the Persian Gulf since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, led by a pair of aircraft carriers and backed by warplanes flying simulated attack maneuvers off the coast of Iran.

The maneuvers bring together two strike groups of U.S. warships and more than 100 U.S. warplanes to conduct simulated air warfare in the crowded Gulf shipping lanes.

The U.S. exercises come just four days after Iran’s capture of 15 British sailors and marines who Iran said had strayed into Iranian waters near the Gulf. Britain and the U.S. Navy have insisted the British sailors were operating in Iraqi waters."

Uh, let me see if I got this right.

The Brits were in legal waters when they were taken captive

without a fight.

It seems to me, that if they were in legal waters,

they would have taken the Iranians captive.

In the meantime oil prices have shot up.

Oh Brother.

Labels:

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Jeeez if all I have to say about this.

I guess we haven't learned our lesson about the cost of invading a sovereign nation,

Or that war stinks.

And we think that we are a pariah now.

1:22 PM  

Post a Comment

<< Home