Posted on 04/20/2015 11:41:14 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian
The 'proxy' war is escalating very rapidly. As AP reports, Navy officials confirm that the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is headed to Yemeni waters to intercept an Iranian weapons shipments. Just as we warned 10 days ago, the probability of a major escalation over the latest proxy Middle Eastern civil war escalated substantially when Iran parked two warships off the Yemeni coast.
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chicken shitte state department.
I guess there were just too many Christians in the bunch
While the DIC may not care, the guys on the line do. ROE goes away in self defense.
Active Duty ping.
I just wish them all well. They’re out there doing a job for us, and I want to have their back.
If the Iranians were to sink the Roosevelt, what woul Obama really do? Send Kerry back to Switzerland for more negotiations? Don’t think he has the kahunas to carry a big stick.
Looks like all shipping data traffic in the area is down. Something is going on. Just don’t know what?
The TR was scheduled to replace, I think the Vinson for a regular tour/cruise in the area.
If they sunk an aircraft carrier with thousands of lives aboard I think Obama would not be able to stop the floodgate of bloodlust that will engulf America, much like 9/11.
We would celebrate in the streets as Israel bombed them. We would celebrate in our bombers too.
It is absolutely insane. Support Iran in Iraq... I guess and against them... I guess in Yemen all the time making treaties with them in their favor you don’t intend to support.
Insane.
An Egyptian media person (who presumably would not have said it without government cover) suggested that Israel should bomb a major Iranian nuclear development site. We have recently tested our newest super bunker buster bomb. Any chance we gave a few to a friendly foreign power?
Where you look for shipping data traffic? Link, site?
The situation is actually a lot worse than you say. Just listen to this: (http://johnbatchelorshow.com/podcasts/mon-42015-hr-1-jbs-thomas-joscelyn-fdd-ann-marlowe-hudson-co-host-thaddeus-mccotter-wjr). It is the first hour of John Batchelor's show from 4/20. He reports about how the US ambassador to Libya is openly favoring the islamic insurgents. The very people who killed her predecessor.
The US is courting its enemies and kicking its friends and natural allies to the curb. Very strange times, my friend.
http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ Looks like its back up.
Back then our President was American.
>> “micro-aggression” <<
Man oh man, when I hear liberal speak, just makes me want to chew nails.
What the State Department says is bogus concerning the ships being there in case the embassy needs evacuated. You don’t need an aircraft carrier, guided missle cruiser and a MEU-SOC (Marine Expeditionary Unit Special Operations Capable) to do that. All you need is the MEU. The other stuff is there for Iranian deterrence. The Marines in the expeditionary unit would also be qualified in ship to ship boarding and inspections. That could come in very useful if we have to board these Iranian ships. Having an aircraft carrier close by will convince the Iranian captains of the ship that it is in their best interest to cooperate.
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