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U.S. Top Officer: Closing Hormuz would be Red Line
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| 8/1/12
| Gil Ronen
Posted on 01/08/2012 2:18:25 PM PST by Eleutheria5
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I wonder if that carrier that's supposed to be steaming our way even has enough room to dock in the port of Eilat.
I wonder if General Dempsey has any relatives named Jack.
I wonder if anyone takes Leon Panetta seriously, including himself.
To: Eleutheria5
The question is what would it take to reopen the Strait, and would the precipitate war?
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posted on
01/08/2012 2:29:50 PM PST
by
Brilliant
To: Eleutheria5
Watch out, Iran! If you don't behave, Panetta will send in the Cesar Chaves:![](http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1531761400162&id=50f0821ec26442123862125fc027831d&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.tucsonsentinel.com%2ffiles%2fentryimages%2f052011cesarchavezship.jpg)
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posted on
01/08/2012 2:37:28 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Eleutheria5; SunkenCiv
Weve invested in capabilities to ensure that if that happens, we can defeat that. AHA! Indirect, but still confirmation of our secret underground nuclear sub bases in F ghanistan.
To: Brilliant
Ah, don’t be like the liberals and ask the question backward. BLOCKING the strait could precipitate a war.
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posted on
01/08/2012 2:47:54 PM PST
by
Jabba the Nutt
(.Are they stupid, malicious or evil?)
To: Eleutheria5
I have three words for Iran: Operation Praying Mantis
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posted on
01/08/2012 2:51:50 PM PST
by
RC one
(Scorch the earth Newt. Scorch it.)
To: Eleutheria5
Personally, my hope would be that the USA would not act unilaterally.
I would hope that a “coalition” of Oil Importing Nations, Such as Japan, various European nations, the USA and maybe even China would be asked to impose an international force that would patrol and keep the Straits open and would establish a “demilitarized zone” around the Straits that was closed to all but Coalition of Oil Importing Nations military.
My hope for this is that if Iran decided to challenge the coalition, that we and others would have a clear reason (their violation of the demilitarized zone) to bomb and destroy all Iranian military targets on a near continuous basis and go after their command and control facilities and their leadership so as to encourage regime change in Iran.
It is time the the Iran leadership got the sword they so dearly like to rattle shoved up their *@s.
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posted on
01/08/2012 2:56:38 PM PST
by
Robert357
(D.Rather "Hoist with his own petard!" www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1223916/posts)
To: Eleutheria5
At the first moment they block the passage, gas prices go to $50 a gallon. No oil, no gas. And we refuse to drill here because a bunch of liberal commie so called scientists say we will destroy some dirt.
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posted on
01/08/2012 3:06:44 PM PST
by
RetiredArmy
(The End of Days draws near. In this time, you should be drawing closer to the Lord Jesus Christ.)
To: Eleutheria5
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posted on
01/08/2012 3:08:27 PM PST
by
Bon mots
("When seconds count, the police are just minutes away...")
To: Eleutheria5
The strait is too narrow—we should bomb hell out of the eastern shores until there is more room—say an extra 800 miles...
...just for the safety of international navigation of course.
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posted on
01/08/2012 3:12:08 PM PST
by
Happy Rain
("The GOP establishment BELIEVE conservatives can't win--Liberals KNOW conservatives win.")
To: Brilliant
The Iranian leaders know that the American military will be too busy arresting and detaining American citizens.
A war has never been averted from a position of weakness.
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posted on
01/08/2012 3:13:27 PM PST
by
Know et al
(The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.)
To: Eleutheria5
Eilat is an ideal port to dock submarines as well, but I hear limited infrastructure for repair, and hope it will be upgraded. Submarines to operate from Eilat will allow Israel to strike Iran from the south.
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posted on
01/08/2012 3:15:43 PM PST
by
Wiz
To: Happy Rain
General dynamics is fast tracking nuclear prowered dredging platforms for just that event.
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posted on
01/08/2012 3:18:21 PM PST
by
maine yankee
(I got my Governor at 'Marden's')
To: RetiredArmy
My understanding is that we get about 600 thousand barrels a day through the Strait of Hormuz. The price pressure we would see would be as European and Asian customers begin soliciting our supply sources to replace their halted shipments.
Of course, the price will blip based on the emotions, but that won't last... unless the Iranians are capable of doing a better job of jamming things up than anticipated.
Here is the latest data that I could find:
USA Crude Oil Imports (Top 15 Countries) (Thousand Barrels per Day)
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posted on
01/08/2012 3:24:05 PM PST
by
Ron/GA
To: Brilliant
That’s no question. It would take a war to reopen the straight. Period.
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posted on
01/08/2012 3:46:50 PM PST
by
Eleutheria5
(Diplomacy is war by other means.)
To: Eleutheria5
Panetta warned that a unilateral strike by Israel against Irans nuclear facilitiesWon't happen as long as Odumbo is in the white house.
To: RC one
We only sunk 1 FFG, 1 PTG, and 3 PBs in Preying Mantis.
The 8 hours war was not significant enough to be a deterant...
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posted on
01/08/2012 4:07:37 PM PST
by
DJ Elliott
(Montrose Toast Blog)
To: DJ Elliott
There was a You Tube clip that I loved... An American Skipper on a DD.. says on the hailing freq “Iranian Warship ! Heave to for I intend to sink YOU”
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posted on
01/08/2012 4:13:20 PM PST
by
Robe
(Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
To: leapfrog0202
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posted on
01/08/2012 4:13:57 PM PST
by
leapfrog0202
("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
To: Robert357
Spain, France, Italy and India can all put aircraft carriers on station; let them do so.
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posted on
01/08/2012 4:23:21 PM PST
by
MSF BU
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