TrueBlueAmerican

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Warships 'to remind Iran of US power'

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Warships 'to remind Iran of US power' | The Australian
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Excerpt

MEXICO CITY: The decision to send a second US aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf should be a "reminder" to Iran of Washington's military might but was not an escalation of force in the region, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday.

Mr Gates flatly denied that the US was preparing the way to commence military attacks against Iran.

"I don't think we'll have two carriers for a protracted period of time. So I don't see it as an escalation. I think it could be seen, though, as a reminder," he told reporters during a visit to Mexico City to brief officials there.

A US Navy spokesman, Jeff Davis, said the USS Abraham Lincoln would overlap with the departing aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman by "no more than a day or two".

The arrival of the formidable warship in the Gulf follows a noticeable hardening of US rhetoric against Iran, accusing Tehran of meddling in Iraq and destabilising the region.

The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Michael Mullen, said last week he was increasingly concerned about Iran's behaviour, and he pointedly warned Tehran: "It would be a mistake to think we are out of combat power."

Admiral Mullen acknowledged that a third US conflict in the Middle East would be "very stressing for us".

However, CBS News reported that the Pentagon has ordered new options to be drawn up for attacking Iran, and said the State Department has begun drafting an ultimatum that would tell Iran to stop meddling in Iraq and the region or else.

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Comment:

War could break out at any time once the second carrier arrives.

BillCosby

& congress does what???

Maybe Cindy will come by & shame Pelosi into a weak protest..........

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Preventive war is not war!!!!Counter-terror is not terror

Rollerball

That asshole is itching to start another war before he leaves.
He do as he wants, as usual, and nobody will notice because they'll all still be talking about Obama's preacher.



And WHY exactly do we need to attack another country? What did Iran do that I missed that requires more war?

TrueBlueAmerican

If this war is going to happen its going to happen within the upcoming time period.

Duvidoo

Seymour Hirsch has suggested that Iran has been the sparkle in Dubya's eye since Day One ... I guess Afghanistan and Iraq were just warm ups. They really need another of those Pearl Harbor events to get the ball rolling ... where is Osama the Pookah when you need him? (I agree with you about how everybody's being bamboozled by Jeremiah Wright.)

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BillCosby

Yep...

he thinks he is a fucking king......... APpointed by his gawd to rule over the earth & dish out the kisses, money & kicks as he sees fit........

Our lovely gov allows us to sit & watch this fool act out w/ almost nothing we can do about it.....

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Preventive war is not war!!!!Counter-terror is not terror