Iranian Warships Arrive Near Yemen

THE WASHINGTON FREE BEACON ^ | 04/22/15 | ADAM CREDO

[mulder1]

Iranian Warships Arrive Near Yemen Comes just days after U.S. announced it would send its own warships A fleet of Iranian warships arrived near the southern coast of Yemen on Wednesday in a move likely to add greater tension in a developing U.S.-Iranian standoff in the region, according Iranian military leaders.

Just days after the United States announced it would send its own warships to Yemen in order to prevent Iran from smuggling weapons to terror forces fighting there, a flotilla of Iranian destroyers docked in the same area.

Iran’s military moves are likely to increase tensions between the two countries as each seeks to bolster opposing sides in the fight currently unfolding in Yemen.

An Iranian fleet including a destroyer warship and a helicopter-carrying warship arrived in the waters off the southern tip of Yemen on Wednesday, according to Iranian state-controlled media.

The warships will “protect [Iran’s] cargo ships and oil tankers against pirates,” according to Iran’s Fars News Agency.

The United States and other countries fear Iran is using these cargo ships to deliver weapons and other deadly hardware to opposition forces in Yemen.

The Iranian warships will remain in the area for at least three months, according to Fars.

Iranian military officials have been defiant about the country’s presence in the region, vowing to remain there despite pressure from other countries.

“This presence [of Iranian warships] continues in the free waters, including the Gulf of Aden, to fight against piracy according to the plan which was drawn at the request of the International Maritime Organization and no one can warn the Iranian warships (to move away) and this has not happened yet,” Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari was quoted as saying in the Iranian press over the weekend.

[Slambat]

“At least the ROEs were clearer then. These days, under hussein, they seem more like they’re designed for the muslim Navy.”

What better way to “downsize” the Navy than to let a few
ships get sunk.

[HLPhat]

>>“O” is sleepwalking into a leaf shredder

Probably a habit he got from his hash-Oil days.

[piasa]

Assad’s a Baathist, so was Saddam Hussein. They both created ISIS by funding and supporting and providing safe haven for Zarqawi and Saddam’s general man al Dhouri when they were the main insurgency in Iraq.

[HLPhat]

>>Even Carter didn't do that.

You mean Jimmuhs' NSA advisor - Zbigniew Brzezinski - didn't fund and instigate the Islamic Revolution of 1979 starting in 1978?

http://www.google.com/#q=brzezinski+george+ball+ayatollah+iran+Cyclone+1978

And Obama's Foreign Policy mentor is....

{ drum roll please }

http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2013/01/10/john-brennan-the-cia-zibgnew-brezinski-columbia-university-and-obama/

 

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"We think that a democracy or republic form of government will work over there."

Not me. A liberal democracy is only going to work with an enlightened people who understand the principles of liberty as set forth by people such as John Locke. Until these countries education system get's reformed, the people will not be ready. True, some of the countries have people ready for a liberal democracy. I think that both Iran and Iraq are two such candidates. However, countries such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt probably need a strongman. If nothing else, they protect the minorities against the passions of the majority.

"But I think getting ourselves into another mess in the middle east is not in our national interest."

I don't believe preventing Iran from delivering weapons to the Huthis is getting ourselves in another mess. If Iran tries to prevent us from boarding and inspecting their ships (which we have every right to do via the U.N. mandate against arming these rebels) it will be operation Preying Mantass II and it will end the same decisive way. It won't be a mess unless you are talking about the Iranian Navy.

[rfreedom4u]

Barry will say he doesn’t want to sink the Iranian vessels because the ecological impact of fuel/oil leaking from the sunk ships would be bad for the Earth.

What happened to the millions of barrels worth of fuel/oil that was in the ships sunk in WW2?

[Pecos]

Well, I’m glad he has his priorities straight. /s/

[Lil Flower]

Yep. We there to cover/help Iran. I blame every coward, company owned Republican for this. Every. One. Of. Them.

[Grampa Dave]

“Don’t think they’ve docked, yet.”

According to Fox News, the Iranian ships haven’t docked, changed courses and picked up speed.

[Vermont Lt]

Taking the post too personally. By “we” I meant the government and the neocons before this government. Not you or I.

Play this out two or three steps. The Iranians drop off arms. We stop them by shooting at them. Then Iran does what? And to whom? They certainly are not going to attack us.

This is a chess game. You are playing checkers.

The other issue here is that we simply do not have the ability to project power in the Middle East AND Europe AND the Pacific. Pick one, or two, but not three. Which one of those do you want to lose.

We import a small amount of oil from the Gulf. I suggest we lose that area instead of the other two.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

Well, it looks as if from the latest reports that the Iranian ships have turned around. As for where we should put our assets, I have long advocated that we need to pull out our Army forces from Europe. Just keep the air and naval bases. Western Europe should be able to protect herself. When do we push the baby away from the tit? She’s 70 years old now... (end of WWII)

[Vermont Lt]

Again, we are in agreement. (Probably in 99% of things!)

I think its more like 25 years. We needed troops there to offset the Soviet threat. But since then we have missed an opportunity to withdraw.

The problem now is that it would be impractical for Germany especially to rearm and grow enough to support the continent. And really, who thinks a strongly armed Germany is a good idea?

[justa-hairyape]

So we went from two Iranian Destroyers docked in Yemen, to 2 Frigate’s and 5 Cargo ships heading back up to Oman. Looks like the over land route is plan B. Oman is neutral with Iranian leanings. Or perhaps the Arabs saying screw you and restarting the bombing, demonstrated to Iran that the Arabs are no longer on our leash.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"And really, who thinks a strongly armed Germany is a good idea?"

I do, they are our allies. This isn't the Weimar republic. They are a stable democracy that are in no danger of being taken over by a Hitler. Same with Japan, I think they should be re-arming themself and taking more of these duties to protect themselves. These nations would rather have us doing it because it saves them a tremendous amount of money. We can't afford it anymore. These nations need to start taking on more of their responsibility for their protection. NATO charter says that all of it's members are supposed to be spending 2% of their GDP on defense. We are like the only ones that do it. It's time for other NATO members to step up to the plate. During the Soviet Union era they did. They have fallen off drastically since then.

[MinorityRepublican]

Assad’s a Baathist, so was Saddam Hussein. They both created ISIS by funding and supporting and providing safe haven for Zarqawi and Saddam’s general man al Dhouri when they were the main insurgency in Iraq.

That's all in the past. Now ISIS wants Assad dead so they can slaughter all the Alawites, Christians and other Minorities in Syria.

[MinorityRepublican]

NATO charter says that all of it's members are supposed to be spending 2% of their GDP on defense. We are like the only ones that do it. It's time for other NATO members to step up to the plate. During the Soviet Union era they did. They have fallen off drastically since then.

Let the Euroweenies be conquered by the Russians

[MaxMax]

Rasputin has the Royal Flush of Clubs.

[Forty-Niner]

“They see weakness. They see indecision. They see opportunity.”

And guys like us always wind up pulling the chestnuts out of the fire caused by weak leaders.

[Starboard]

Yep, conservatives are only wanted when there’s a mess to clean up. And then, after things start getting back on track, we’re criticized for not doing a better job and the liberals are back in charge.

[Vermont Lt]

Yeah, I kind of meant that tongue in cheek. Should have put a smiley after it or something.