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Originally posted by AnonymousCitizen
Source: www.zerohedge.com...
An interesting picture is developing with SWIFT cutting off ties with Iran, US and UK releasing oil reserves and soon to have three carriers and a large amphibious war ship off the coast or Iran.
I still think we are trying to provoke Iran to fire the first shot, rather than the US striking first.
Here is what the naval picture in the Arabian Sea looked like most recently, where courtesy of Stratfor we can see that not only is CVN-65 full steam ahead to its final date with history somewhere off the shores of Iran, but that LHD8 Makin Island crossed the Straits of Hormuz recently. Just because.
Virtually the entire non-parked naval fleet will be in the Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf in the next 4-6 days, where 3 aircraft carriers and one big-deck amphibious warfare ship are just waiting for the order.
Update: as we hit print, we see headlines that the UK will cooperate with the US on bilateral agreement to release oil stocks. Crude down big on the news, which is merely an advance move ahead of almost inevitable war with Iran, simply to make the spike more palatable.
From the AP:
The SWIFT global financial transaction service said Thursday that it was cutting ties with Iranian banks that are subject to European Union sanctions aimed at discouraging the country from developing nuclear weapons.
The action effectively enforces EU sanction because the world's financial transactions are impossible without using SWIFT, and it will go a long way toward isolating Iran financially.
edit on 3/15/12 by AnonymousCitizen because: grammaredit on 3/15/12 by AnonymousCitizen because: add AP commentaryedit on 3/15/12 by AnonymousCitizen because: move paragraph
Originally posted by OptimusSubprime
The Enterprise was scheduled for this deployment YEARS ago, long before any of this crazy Iran stuff started
Originally posted by randomname
that's the only reason iran hasn't been attacked yet.
if they close down the straight of horuz and harass oil tankers, gas in america will jump to $6-7 a gallon, and there goes obama's second term.
when the can go to the NSA and be spoon fed.
I wonder if CNN is watching this thread to get some ideas to spin in their daily stories
Originally posted by AnonymousCitizen
Originally posted by stirling.....if even one gets through, they will lose a good part of a carrier ......perhaps even sink it.
As CALGARIAN points out above, one of the carriers is scheduled for decommissioning. Two birds with one stone, perhaps? The "trigger event" they want and also save on decommissioning costs at the same time?