Are we getting ready for another war? News Story....

[Big Steve]

9 war ships including 2 aircraft carriers and 17,000 personnel enter the gulf.

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[The once and future king]

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9 war ships including 2 aircraft carriers and 17,000 personnel enter the gulf.

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Just gunboat diplomacy. Yanks have to demonstrate the capability to project force and especially the means to bomb nuclear facilities, in order to strengthen there stance in negotiations with Iran.

[clowntable]

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On the way to the straits, a public announcement called on crew to witness “some of the most powerful ships in the world,” whose tight formation against a backdrop of the setting sun created a dramatic image of American naval might.
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First I laughed, then I shuddered. Then I checked my Lockheed Martin stocks.

[Nielsio]

It's..

Vietnam-Gulf of Tonkin
Japan-provoking Pearl Harbour
Germany-provoking submarine attacks

..all over again.

[whiskeytown]

ABC News's Brian Ross has a story saying that GWB has authorized the CIA's plan to destablize the government and economy of Iran.

And of course, news of this secret plan leaks out as the Govt. conducts wargames within the range of Iranian weapons.

Almost like we're daring them to do something about our attempts to destablize the region. And documentation from before the Iraqi War shows that the powers that be were willing to try to create situations to provoke a hostile response to justify escalation.

Meanwhile GWB invited pro-family leaders like James Dobson to the White House recently - not to talk about gay rights or abortion, but his plans for Iran and the War on Terror - Dobson then had a week of "pro-family" cheerleading on his radio program for military action in Iran with "prophecy" fiction writers and the secular "expert" analysis of Rick Santorum crying for something to be done about Iran. None of the 5 days hardly even covered Iraq - just the broadening threat of "Islamofascism" - it was almost all about Iran, and I know cause I sat thru it for 5 days to hear what they was cheerleading about.

Gulf War 2.0 - coming soon to a theater near you.

rb

[ianlippert]

I would imagine the US cannot afford another all out war. When george bush declared the surge for Iraq at a measly 20K troops I new for certain that there would never be war with Iran on the same scale as the Iraq war. I guess you could just bomb the [censored] out of them though. I'm sure that wont piss anyone off.

[betgo]

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It's..

Vietnam-Gulf of Tonkin
Japan-provoking Pearl Harbour
Germany-provoking submarine attacks

..all over again.

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Don't forget
Spanish-American War -- Send battleship into Havana harbor which blows up.
Mexican-American War -- Send forces into disputed territory so they will be attacked.

[niss]

From the ABC News site's story:

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"Vice President Cheney helped to lead the side favoring a military strike," said former CIA official Riedel, "but I think they have come to the conclusion that a military strike has more downsides than upsides."

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I am seriously coming around to the possibility that Dick Cheney makes the top 10 of most dangerous people in the world.

[JOHNY CA$H]

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From the ABC News site's story:

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"Vice President Cheney helped to lead the side favoring a military strike," said former CIA official Riedel, "but I think they have come to the conclusion that a military strike has more downsides than upsides."

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I am seriously coming around to the possibility that Dick Cheney makes the top 1 of most dangerous people in the world.

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[Misfire]

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First I laughed, then I shuddered. Then I checked my Lockheed Martin stocks.

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gold.