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A hurried decision not to de-commission the USS Ponce helicopter marine carrier after duty in Libya - but to refit it for deployment by May in the Persian Gulf as a floating base for commando teams - was confirmed by the US Pentagon and Navy Sunday, Dec. 29. This transportable floating base will expand the commandos' range in coastal areas and support counter-measure against mines which Iran has threatened to plant in the Strait of Hormuz in reprisal for the US-EU oil embargo. The SEALs will also take on Iran's menacing fleet of military speedboats. debkafile reports Tehran operates four different kinds of these craft in the Persian Gulf:
Sunday, the Iranian parliament was due to vote on a motion to cut off oil supplies to Europe in response to the EU embargo declared last week. Tehran has made it clear it has no intention of standing idle until US and European oil sanctions go fully into effect on July 1 and knows that EU nations are not set up to forego 400,000 barrels of oil a day right now.
Saudi Arabia, which pledged to make up the shortfall arising from oil sanctions against Iran, will not have the missing quantities on stream before May – at about the same time as the Ponce and its complement of SEAL commandoes are due to take up position in the Persian Gulf. Tehran may decide not to wait and opt for letting its speedboats loose before then to try and pre-empt American and European plans.
Originally posted by youdidntseeme
The US an not afford another war at this time.
If we see anything in regards to Iran, it will be small precision strikes, and that is it.
Certainly not a WW3 scenario.
Many American fighting men and women have already been handed their walking papers fr when their enistment is up in the FY2012. A wide spread attack on Iran is simply not coming.
Originally posted by SLAYER69
reply to post by mileslong54
No False Flag needed.
Everybody already knows both sides are itching for a fight. I mean, it's in the News on a daily basis with hourly updates. Why bother dragging the "False Flag" scenario into it? I'm not advocating any attack on the Iran but neither side wants to back down.
So they fight, People Die. The price of oil goes up and everybody is happy except the guys/gals at the pump.
Originally posted by sonnny1
reply to post by mileslong54
hmmmm.........
debkafile's Iranian and military sources...
debkafile reports...
debkafile's military sources...
And NO official sources to speak of........
Highly questionable.