Posted on 11/23/2011 5:56:38 PM PST by RobertClark
Yesterday we reported that the Arab League (with European and US support) are preparing to institute a no fly zone over Syria. Today, we get an escalation which confirms we may be on the edge. Just out from CBS: "The U.S. Embassy in Damascus urged its citizens in Syria to depart "immediately," and Turkey's foreign ministry urged Turkish pilgrims to opt for flights to return home from Saudi Arabia to avoid traveling through Syria." But probably the most damning evidence that the "western world" is about to do the unthinkable and invade Syria, and in the process force Iran to retaliate, is the weekly naval update from Stratfor, which always has some very interesting if always controversial view on geopolitics, where we find that for the first time in many months, CVN 77 George H.W. Bush has left its traditional theater of operations just off the Straits of Hormuz, a critical choke point, where it traditionally accompanies the Stennis, and has parked... right next to Syria.
And from CBS:
"The U.S. Embassy continues to urge U.S. citizens in Syria to depart immediately while commercial transportation is available," said a statement issued to the American community in Syria Wednesday and posted on the Embassy's website. "The number of airlines serving Syria has decreased significantly since the summer, while many of those airlines remaining have reduced their number of flights."
The warning followed an announcement in Washington this week that Ambassador Robert Ford would not return to Syria this month as planned, indicating concerns over his safety.
The Obama administration quietly pulled Ford out of Syria last month, citing credible personal threats against him.
The Turkish foreign ministry on Wednesday urged Turkish pilgrims to opt for flights to return home from Saudi Arabia and avoid traveling through Syria for security reasons.
The warning came two days after Syrian soldiers opened fire on at least two buses carrying Turkish citizens, witnesses and officials said, apparent retaliation for Turkey's criticism of Assad. The Turks were returning from Saudi Arabia after performing the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
Uh...Got Brent?
Arab spring turns into Arab barbeque.
I just went over and read his profile and post. Chilling that it broke into ‘regular programming’ over there.
Citing the obvious; ridding the globe of hard line dictators by using the American military at the US tax payers expense but not for the security of the US but to aid the transition of the new one world government
Operation Re-Elect Obama in the making.
More dead koranimals are a good thing.
Happy Thanksgiving,
Ryan Wilson
If the United States Navy’s purpose is to project force and it’s kept in port, then it is no longer a threat to the world. Obama gives a wink and a nod to the world in this way.
Maybe this is why Mullen started to make noises right after he retired.
I don’t remember him resigning in disgust, do I?
Read about the “scram immediately” order today online.
Couldn’t figure out what it was about.
Guess this is why, huh?
He made some parting shots on the way out or right after he was out.
Do you have a link to that?
Thanks.
>>...Naval ship faces chronic toilet outages at sea...<<
I had the “luck” (short-straw kind) of riding one of the LHD’s for ten days from SD to Pearl. I was on board as a subject matter expert consultant during the “Trident Warrior” exercise that year.
I came away with a brand new sense of respect for deployed sailors after that. Getting around on those ships is not as easy as you would think - they are mazes. Trying to find a working toilet would be quite stressful if you were “under duress” (so to speak).
Spent a chunk of my life in the Army; friends with some Marines; got to experience a brief period living like a sailor... Now, when teens ask me if they should serve, I immediately, strongly, with no caveat, recommend the Air Force.
Well, obviously, nobody saw it passing through the Suez Canal...(DUH)
At the debate Tuesday night he called for a no fly zone over Syria..quick response..
At the debate Tuesday night he called for a no fly zone over Syria..quick response..
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