Posted on 12/28/2011 4:57:35 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Iranian navy soldiers take part in a military exercise in the Strait of Homruz on Wednesday
Tensions between the United States and Iran have dangerously ratcheted up as naval officials with America's Fifth Fleet warned any attempt by Iran to close a strategically vital oil route through the Strait of Hormuz would "not be tolerated".
The news heightens a sense of growing crisis in the Persian Gulf after two days of threats by senior Iranian figures that they might shut down the important trade route in response to any future international sanctions against the country's oil exports.
"Anyone who threatens to disrupt freedom of navigation in an international strait is clearly outside the community of nations: any disruption will not be tolerated," US Fifth Fleet spokeswoman Lt Rebecca Rebarich told the Associated Press. She added that the US Navy was "...always ready to counter malevolent actions to ensure freedom of navigation."
The Fifth Fleet is based in the tiny Gulf state of Bahrain and commands a huge flotilla of American naval might, including air craft carriers.
That US response came shortly after the head of the Iranian Navy warned that the country could easily close the Strait of Hormuz if it desired to do so.
"Closing the Strait of Hormuz is very easy for Iranian naval forces... it will be easier than drinking a glass of water," Admiral Habibollah Sayyari told the state-run Press TV channel. However, he did add that Iran currently had no plans to carry out the act.
But the war of words theoretically raises the prospect of a naval conflict in the Gulf between Iran and the United States.
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Yeah! Those raggies better knock it off before we’re forced into asking for a UN “resolution” against them! That’ll show ‘em!
That US response came shortly after the head of the Iranian Navy warned that the country could easily close the Strait of Hormuz if it desired to do so.
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If the US had a real president, the USA could close Iran if it desired to do so....
Boy that’s telling them......I bet they are scared now! We have them on the run, prices of oil will be going down down down...So glad Obama stepped up to the plate on this one...........
Present? I don’t know scary times indeed, but I’m happy to know what truth and faith are about.
A strongly worded letter is needed
double secret probation
Well, actually the raghead is right. Announce that a few dozen mines were lost in the Strait of Hormuz during exercises and watch the oil tankers’ insurance companies shut down traffic.
even fake mines would suffice..
Isn’t “america” the same bunch of lowlifes who are blocking the Keystone pipeline and keeping us dependent on Muzzie oil in the first place?
Yeah, Iranians have drinking problems.
Obama will fail this test, too.
Why be so radical? Why not send the Iranians a letter of protest first?
We have a winner, for sure!
How much of the oil from Iran reaches the market through the Strait of Hormuz?
One sixth of the worlds oil supply goes through the Strait of Hormuz.... as recently reported on Fox.
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