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Strait of Hormuz standoff: Iran films US aircraft carrier
telegraph.co.uk ^ | 7:51PM GMT 29 Dec 2011 | Raf Sanchez, Washington

Posted on 12/30/2011 8:17:27 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach

Iran claimed to have taken surveillance footage of a US aircraft carrier near the Strait of Hormuz as both countries raised the stakes in their standoff over the key oil route.

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Video at the link:

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The commander of Iran's navy said the reconnaissance mission was proof that his fleet had "control over the moves by foreign forces" but it was unclear what intelligence could be derived from the grainy video, which was played triumphantly on state television.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran; straitofhormuz
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To: Allegra

This is just SOP for paultards. They demean anything to make RuPaul look better, and now they’ve targeted our military.

It is truly disgusting behavior, and I hope they all get the zot.


61 posted on 12/30/2011 3:42:59 PM PST by A.Hun (Common sense is no longer common.)
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To: Jim Robinson; Mariner
Thank you Jim from a fellow USN vet.
And this one, too.
62 posted on 12/30/2011 3:48:47 PM PST by SmithL (If you reward certain behavior, don't be surprised if you see more of that behavior)
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To: A.Hun; 50mm
It is truly disgusting behavior, and I hope they all get the zot.

Jim and the Mods have made amazing headway on that effort over the past few days. :-)

63 posted on 12/30/2011 3:51:32 PM PST by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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To: Allegra; All
It was almost TOO perfect of zot.

Perhaps the most perfect zot I've seen in my 13+years.

Navy thread. Navy Vet objects and calls for support from Jim and Admin. Jim JUST HAPPENED to be browsing the forum. Jim is Navy vet.

Perp zotted in record time.

Bunch of military vets and Active Duty stop by to empty their magazine too.

Oh, and the zotted was PROBABLY the most worthy of zot in the history of FR.

The perfect zot.

64 posted on 12/30/2011 3:51:56 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Allegra; Jim Robinson
Jim and the Mods have made amazing headway on that effort over the past few days. :-)

Thank you Jim!

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65 posted on 12/30/2011 3:57:14 PM PST by A.Hun (Common sense is no longer common.)
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To: Jacquerie

Yep, the Combat Air Patrol (CAP) fighters were already there and an E-2 Hawkeye was monitoring the entire area for threats.

JC


66 posted on 12/30/2011 3:58:14 PM PST by cracker45
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To: A.Hun

As I said yesterday, with all of these Paultards gone (as well as a gaggle of Mittbots), FR has tilted a little further over to the right.

And that’s a good thing. :-D


67 posted on 12/30/2011 4:00:28 PM PST by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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To: Jim Robinson

thanks, cap’. veterans everywhere thank you.


68 posted on 12/30/2011 4:02:51 PM PST by BlueDragon (there is only one "form")
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To: Allegra; A.Hun
As I said yesterday, with all of these Paultards gone (as well as a gaggle of Mittbots), FR has tilted a little further over to the right.

It smells a lot better, too. The combination odor of three-day-old sweat, weed, stale cheetos and patchouli attendant to paultards is dissipating.


69 posted on 12/30/2011 4:10:16 PM PST by 50mm (Trust nobody and you'll never be disappointed.)
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To: Covenantor

Having flown P-3s in the So China Sea, I would have turned East, declared an emergency and kept it airborne as long as possible, then ditched it in the water as the engines began to fail. Hated the Red Chinese communists!!

JC


70 posted on 12/30/2011 4:12:14 PM PST by cracker45
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To: 50mm

Amen 50mm, and thanks for all the pings...you’ve got to be getting a little weary, but keep up the good work!


71 posted on 12/30/2011 4:14:53 PM PST by A.Hun (Common sense is no longer common.)
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To: cracker45
Having flown P-3s in the So China Sea, I would have turned East, declared an emergency and kept it airborne as long as possible, then ditched it in the water as the engines began to fail.

Cool - my dad flew in the last class of P2Vs - just before the P-3s. He's a 28-year USN vet.

Thank you for your service!

72 posted on 12/30/2011 4:16:27 PM PST by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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To: 50mm
The combination odor of three-day-old sweat, weed, stale cheetos and patchouli attendant to paultards is dissipating.

Yep...that Zuccotti Park smell was getting kind of old.

73 posted on 12/30/2011 4:18:29 PM PST by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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To: cracker45
"Having flown P-3s in the So China Sea, I would have turned East, declared an emergency and kept it airborne as long as possible, then ditched it in the water as the engines began to fail. Hated the Red Chinese communists!!"

Absolutely CORRECT!

I had several buds in VQ-1 when we (VQ-3) were on Guam with 'em. Boot camp buddies. School buddies. SERE buddies.

That the skipper of that aircraft didn't turn east and run (at 200 ft) is BAFFLING to me.

74 posted on 12/30/2011 4:36:59 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: The Theophilus
Go away, you anti-American Paultard...


75 posted on 12/30/2011 4:44:07 PM PST by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Situation normal.
Iran does 1-2 major Naval Exercises a year.
Even when they were at war with Iraq - this was normal.
For that matter, it was the same under the Shah.
They always include missile shoots.
HQ and main port of the Iranian Navy and the IRGCN is at Bandar Abbas - right at the top of the SoH.
They never do exercises further than 12 hours steaming from there or the PTG base at Bushere in the north.
That way, they are an easy tow back to port when they mess up.

This is much to do about nothing...


76 posted on 12/30/2011 5:13:13 PM PST by DJ Elliott (Montrose Toast Blog)
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To: 50mm
As a proud Vietnam Combat Vet, I am happy to do a dance on the vestigial remains of this sorry specimen - a righteous ZOT if ever there was one!

Just to review the facts, we were kicking ass when I was in-country. We prevailed in every major engagement on the field. We defeated the NVA soundly, and but for the traitorous action of a few leftist bastards like Hanoi Jane Fonda and John F'in Kerry and a compliant media led by Walter Cronkite, final victory would have been secured.

The righteousness of our intervention in Vietnam was underscored by the Communist led bloodbath which followed our departure and the massive Diaspora of freedom loving Vietnamese to the West. Countless of those brave refugees and their progeny have become stalwart citizens of the USA and other Western Nations.

End of rant.

Thank God for the United States of America - Beacon of Freedom and the shining city on a high hill.
77 posted on 12/30/2011 5:14:52 PM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: tanknetter

Actually, we do. Top cover during transit is normal.
Plus it has become normal to det a couple squadrons to Afghan.
That is why they are transiting.
They are due to be relieved and they need to go pick up the detached elements and do turnover...


78 posted on 12/30/2011 5:22:06 PM PST by DJ Elliott (Montrose Toast Blog)
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To: brownsfan

The commander could not defend itself? I would expect the escorts to take out a sub in minutes.


79 posted on 12/30/2011 5:23:49 PM PST by Vermont Lt (I just don't like anything about the President. And I don't think he's a nice guy.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
the US also announced it was selling more than 80 F-15 strike aircraft to Saudi Arabia, an American ally

The country that is most responsible for the spread of Wahabism, and good friends of the Bush family.

80 posted on 12/30/2011 5:37:06 PM PST by itsahoot (Throw them all out! Especially the Frugal Socialists who call themselves Republicans.)
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