[Eleutheria5]

Oh, good. As long as they're against imperialism./s

[2ndDivisionVet]

What a joke.

[moose07]

*Sneeze* Toulon! */Sneeze*

[Palio di Siena]

38’th fleet? hahaha

[Lower Deck]

They have announced this before and never made it past the Horn of Africa.

[NonValueAdded]

Will James Monroe please pick up the red courtesy phone ... James Monroe

[iowamark]

Big talk, but their navy can’t back it up. Their air force is also very questionable. The Iranian Mullahs see themselves as world Jihadi leaders. Their military can cause trouble locally in the Persian Gulf.

[capydick]

With 150 billion to play with / why not?

[catfish1957]

WEEEEE Don't need no steeeenkin' Monroe Doctrine.......

Che' Obama 2016

[HomerBohn]

Blow them out of the water quickly, thereby enforcing the Monroe Doctrine and see what happens. This could completely discombobulate Iran and flabbergast the world at large.

Have at it President Trump. And at the same time wipe North Korea off the map.

Saudi oil fields are next. No, wait. They’re our friends. Even our illustrious president bows down before them.

[kearnyirish2]

Americans can’t focus on the developing world to our south while ignoring the invasion of our own country; this is just theater, a distraction from real domestic issues.

[C19fan]

The Greeks sent the first 37 Persian fleets to the bottom???

[ETL]

Iran has been looking to expand ties with Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Cuba, Mexico and Colombia.

Related...

How Russia arms America's southern neighbors

Ioan Grillo
May 9, 2014

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Russia's push into Ukraine has put many on edge. But less known is that Russia is also strengthening its military links south of the Rio Grande and re-establishing itself as a power in the region.

Vladimir Putin has been strengthening military links here, and Russia is now the largest arms dealer to governments in Latin America, surpassing the United States.

Russia has even floated the possibility of building new military bases in Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, and putting its warships permanently in the Caribbean.

In the midst of the Ukraine crisis, Russia's top diplomat Sergei Lavrov recently visited Cuba, Peru, Chile, and Nicaragua, where he announced that Russia would also pour money into the new Central American canal project. ..."

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/140508/russian-arms-military-trade-latin-america
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Russia Boosts Arms, Training for Leftist Latin Militaries

Moscow defense minister inks deals with Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua for joint exercises

BY: Bill Gertz
February 20, 2015

Russia agreed to provide military training for three leftist regimes in Latin America and increase military visits and exercises following a visit last week to the region by Moscow's Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu, Pentagon officials said.

Shoygu met with defense and military leaders in Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua and signed several agreements on warship visits and military training during the visit, which ran from Feb. 11 to 14. It is not clear whether any new arms deals were completed during the visit.

Defense officials said the Russian leader is seeking bases in the region for strategic bomber flights that Shoygu recently promised would include flights over the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean.

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/russia-boosts-arms-training-for-leftist-latin-militaries/
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Aug 2015

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"50 years is enough , " Trump said in an interview with the Daily Caller published Tuesday, referring to Obama's decision to re-establish U.S. ties with Cuba.

"I think it's fine. I think it's fine, but we should have made a better deal," Trump added. " The concept of opening with Cuba is fine."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/08/politics/donald-trump-cuba-diplomatic-opening/index.html
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Trump: Vladimir Putin's praise is 'a great honor'...It is always a great honor to be so nicely complimented by a man so highly respected within his own country and beyond ,"

(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...
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Dec 2015...

During Friday's 'Morning Joe' interview, Trump said he was impressed with Putin's high poll ratings among the Russian people.

He went on to say he has 'always felt fine about Putin.'

'I think that he is a strong leader. He’s a powerful leader,' Trump said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3365976/At-s-leader-Trump-s-extraordinary-verdict-Vladimir-Putin-two-cozy-up.html
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"I think that I would probably get along with him [Putin] very well."
--Donald Trump, CBS' Face The Nation, Oct 2015
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Joe Scarborough: Again, he [Putin] kills journalists that don't agree with him

Trump: Well, I think our country does plenty of killing also, Joe, so, you know. There's a lot of stupidity going on in the world right now, Joe. Lot of killing going on, a lot of stupidity, and that's the way it is.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3365976/At-s-leader-Trump-s-extraordinary-verdict-Vladimir-Putin-two-cozy-up.html

[Fitzy_888]

What better way to transport heroin in bulk from landlocked Afghanistan than Iranian flagged warships.

They are cutting into the CIA’s business...maybe now they’ve gone to far?