No, not Iran IMHO....China.
Merkel smells like cabbage
Trump on many occasions...
“close to a deal with China”
“Very close to a deal with China”
“...Trump over the weekend threatened new tariffs on China...”
It’s CHINA
During WW II before we sent troops over seas, one of our planners left a Russian dictionary on a table when briefing the Press that we were going to start a new front. He didn’t mention where but the reporters figured out that it looks like the new front is going to be Norway or northern Russia. They were told to pack their things and report for the flight, still without knowing where they were going. So they figured based on the dictionary on the table, it was Russia.
They packed accordingly, over coats flannel underwear etc.. When they landed where the new front was, it was Africa. Operation Security, gotta love it.
Israel.
When Elvis did this he flew to Denver to get huge peanut butter, jelly and bacon sandwiches for himself and his entourage.
@idreesali114
U.S. officials say the bomber task force being sent the Middle East will likely include four B-52 bombers.
7:14 AM - 7 May 2019
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to London is going ahead this week after he canceled a visit to Berlin, a spokesman for U.S. embassy in London said.
“The Pompeo trip to London is still going ahead,” said the spokesman.
Pompeo is due to meet Prime Minister Theresa May and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt in London on Wednesday.
NYTimes Headline: Pompeo kidnaps reporters!
CNN guessing, nobody knows at this point:
“The sudden schedule change comes two days after the Pentagon deployed a carrier and a bomber task force to the Middle East, in response to “specific and credible” intelligence that suggested Iranian forces and proxies were planning to target US forces in Syria, Iraq and at sea.
The carrier group has been ordered to Strait of Hormuz in order to send a deterrent message to Iran, US officials said Sunday. The move is likely to heighten tensions as Tehran explicitly warned the US in April against any moves to block or interfere with the Strait. The 21-mile-wide waterway separates Iran from other Gulf countries and is a crucial conduit for the global economy, with 30% of the world’s crude oil passing through it.”
When you stop to wonder what might be currently about to blow, you realize what a pressure cooker this world is.
Iran, Syria, Israel, Iraq, Afghanistan, Russia, China, North Korea, Venezuela, etc...
This Administration does have their plates full.
I’d guess that the big tariff announcement on China is the most recent strong indicator of where the problem may lie, but the Chinese might be putting a surrogate into play as their next move.
High stakes, multi-front confrontation, for long-term strategic objectives.
Reuters reported yesterday (6 May):
“ROVANIEMI, Finland (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday the United States has seen activity from Iran that indicated a possible “escalation,” one day after the United States said it would send a carrier strike group to the Middle East to counter a “credible threat by Iranian regime forces.”
“We have continued to see activity that leads us to believe that there’s escalation that may be taking place, and so we’re taking all the appropriate actions, both from a security perspective as well as our ability to make sure the president has a wide range of options in the event that something should actually take place,” Pompeo told reporters.”
Wednesday (8 May) is the one year anniversary of the US withdrawal. Iran is saying it will resume some activities.
Maybe that negates the whole deal, and removes their protection from Military action?
@TreyYingst 1h1 hour ago
NEW: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Baghdad, Iraq, AFP reports
This as the US moves warships and bombers to the Middle East amid increased Iranian threat.
ping!
I sincerely hope this is NOT about attacking Iran. I want to know the specific threat or threats to THIS country or our military in place in the middle east. I am sick of John Bolton sucking us into fighting Israel’s war. This
“ Gulf of Tonkin” ambiguous obfuscated fake news is very Boltonesque . He was the father of WmD in Iraq.( Lie). Our President will ruin his chances for 2020 with an unprovoked attack on Iran on Bolton’s advice. The Hell that will break lose here will be unsurpassed. Don’t do it Mr. President!!
FNC just reported Pompeo had a four hour stop in Iraq.