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Escalating: US Navy increases presence with 43 warships near Yemen; Cyberattack claims disable 70% of Iran's gas stations.
Citizen Watch Report ^

Posted on 12/18/2023 6:02:49 AM PST by davikkm

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To: dfwgator

As crazy as these things might sound, nothing is off the table when it comes to these people.

A false flag attack or two on our Navy, perhaps combined with a terrorist attack or two inside the USA by Iranian agents and you will have a major war on your hands.


21 posted on 12/18/2023 6:59:36 AM PST by srmanuel
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To: ping jockey

Having been in the persian gulf you know that Iran has 3 or 4 targets that are worth destroying and the gulf states are target rich. The perceived risk is the gulf states, while iran needs to export 75% of its oil production to feed its problems due to lack of western credit over decades.


22 posted on 12/18/2023 7:40:49 AM PST by protoconservative (Been Conservative Before You Were Born )
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To: davikkm

It would take at least a year to bring the USS New Jersey back into service. And that is exactly what is needed. Should have kept it as a Cat B reserve ship when a big stick is needed.


23 posted on 12/18/2023 7:52:14 AM PST by Salvavida
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To: ping jockey

Similar thoughts here.


24 posted on 12/18/2023 8:11:35 AM PST by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: Salvavida

lmao


25 posted on 12/18/2023 8:13:51 AM PST by al baby (I know its the way the measure the cooling capability )
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To: davikkm

When all else fails and poll numbers crater,Start a war,good luck folks


26 posted on 12/18/2023 8:51:10 AM PST by ballplayer
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To: hardspunned

Save Europe? Are you kidding? EU is a commie org. Hungary is resisting. There’s one anyways.


27 posted on 12/18/2023 9:49:23 AM PST by Bulwyf
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To: JonPreston

An orchestrated distraction from something else about to happen somewhere else in the world? Maybe.


28 posted on 12/18/2023 9:54:42 AM PST by Wuli
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To: allendale
"The Iranian backed Houthis are attacking American ships with older drones and missiles."

Good ol' Joe took the Houthis off the terrorist list back in February 2021.

29 posted on 12/18/2023 10:20:42 AM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: All

There is no evidence any cyber attack has done anything at all to Iran gas stations. Someone makes up a story and posts it and people run with it. Show videos of Iranian long lines, dated now, and then prove those were not bogus.

There is no evidence any Houthi drones are targeting American ships. As best I know, they are targeting tankers and cargo.

They can also be jammed unless they are inertially guided, which seems unlikely given that tankers and cargo move and pre-loading a latitude/longitude for targeting will fail.

As for shooting them down, you do realize this is a bunch of guys with M16s? There is no magic guidance against a tiny target with no radar signature.


30 posted on 12/18/2023 10:30:36 AM PST by Owen (.)
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To: Bulwyf

Europe only needs to be saved from the DC globohomo/neocon alliance. Just ask the Ukes. They’ve watched NATO ineptitude totally destroy Ukraine. The Russians have zero interest in any of the decadent west. The Russians only want the warmongers in DC to leave them alone.


31 posted on 12/18/2023 11:13:35 AM PST by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: mass55th

Plus he sent all those billions to Iran


32 posted on 12/18/2023 11:36:00 AM PST by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: hardspunned

Your final comment is untrue


33 posted on 12/18/2023 11:37:45 AM PST by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: Nifster
"Plus he sent all those billions to Iran"

And he'll probably be sending more to them, because Repukes are gutless wonders.

34 posted on 12/18/2023 11:47:07 AM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: JonPreston
“Do the name Gulf of Tonkin ring a bell?”
Sure, but that's not what is going on here. The Biden administration desperately wants a deal with Iran. They even delisted the Houthis in Yemen as a terrorist organization. If the goal had been to start a warr we already have a casus belli thanks to the attacks on our destroyers. Biden could return the Houthis to the terror list and immediately launch strikes on them whenever he wants. He doesn't want to
36 posted on 12/18/2023 11:01:10 PM PST by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers." )
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