Posted on 12/29/2011 9:16:44 AM PST by bananaman22
The pieces and policies for potential conflict in the Persian Gulf are seemingly drawing inexorably together.
Since 24 December the Iranian Navy has been holding its ten-day Velayat 90 naval exercises, covering an area in the Arabian Sea stretching from east of the Strait of Hormuz entrance to the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Aden. The day the maneuvers opened Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari told a press conference that the exercises were intended to show "Iran's military prowess and defense capabilities in international waters, convey a message of peace and friendship to regional countries, and test the newest military equipment." The exercise is Iran's first naval training drill since May 2010, when the country held its Velayat 89 naval maneuvers in the same area. Velayat 90 is the largest naval exercise the country has ever held.
The participating Iranian forces have been divided into two groups, blue and orange, with the blue group representing Iranian forces and orange the enemy. Velayat 90 is involving the full panoply of Iranian naval force, with destroyers, missile boats, logistical support ships, hovercraft, aircraft, drones and advanced coastal missiles and torpedoes all being deployed. Tactics include mine-laying exercises and preparations for chemical attack. Iranian naval commandos, marines and divers are also participating.
The exercises have put Iranian warships in close proximity to vessels of the United States Fifth Fleet, based in Bahrain, which patrols some of the same waters, including the Strait of Hormuz, a 21 mile-wide waterway at its narrowest point. Roughly 40 percent of the world's oil tanker shipments transit the strait daily, carrying 15.5 million barrels of Saudi, Iraqi, Iranian, Kuwaiti, Bahraini, Qatari and United Arab Emirates crude oil, leading the United States Energy Information Administration to label the Strait of Hormuz "the world's most important oil chokepoint."
In light of Iran’s recent capture Full article at: War Imminent in Straits of Hormuz? $200 a Barrel Oil?
If we go to war with Iran, we will win. And when we win, the end result had better be American occupation of Iranian oil fields for a long, long time. Put up a big fence and kill anyone who comes close to it.
Yes, war is coming. Whatever you can do to be prepared, you should do. This is with or without O in the White House, though I think they should know their chances are better now than later.
As for “closing Hormuz”, thats suicide for Iran, and thats a good thing for us. Thats exactly what we will do on day one, is close the straits to Iranian traffic. They are completely dependent on shipping oil to survive, and completely dependent on importing gasoline. With the straits closed, they won’t last a month.
Anyone who does not allow drilling for oil at home with the intent to develop a domestic oil industry and energy independence commits treason against our national interest.
Strange. Price for gas jumped 15 cents in one day at my favorite fillup in Newport News, VA, Raceway, from $3.01.9 to $3.16.9.It never drops that fast.
Absolutely nothing will prompt the Libtards to pursue US energy self-sufficiency.
>>And when we win, the end result had better be American occupation of Iranian oil fields for a long, long time.<<
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Bwaaaaahaha, ROTFLOL.
We (you and I) will pay the entire bill, we shall rebuild the country and its oil fields in total and we shall allow the immigration of tens of thousands of “displaced and persecuted” mooselims.
You owe me a precious snifter of Hennessy that is now soaking my keyboard. Bwaaaahahaha.
If we go to war with Iran we can win.
There’s a lead-lag in pump prices. It’s called catch-up. Don’t forget that gas is a commodity just like groceries. Those prices go up and down also.
It’s a possibility.
... and give serious consideration (again) to the Alaska pipeline!
If George W Bush and a Republican Congress could not win in Iraq or Afghanistan, why on EARTH do you believe we could beat Iran under present circumstances?
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