The U.S. Navy Buildup In The Middle East

The carrier USS John C. Stennis — backed by a strike group with more than 6,500 sailors and Marines and with additional minesweeping ships — arrived in the region Monday. It joined the carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower after President Bush ordered the build-up as a show of strength to Iran.

The additional U.S. firepower has ratcheted up tensions with Iran. But Walsh said the increase aims to reassure Arab allies in the Gulf and prevent misunderstandings that could escalate into outright conflict.

"They threaten to use oil as a weapon. They threaten to close the Straits of Hormuz," Walsh said. "And so it is the combination of the rhetoric, the tone, and the aggressive exercises in very constrained waters that gives us concern."

Since the Stennis was ordered to the region, Iranian leaders have increasingly warned that they would respond to any attack by closing off oil shipping lanes or attacking U.S. interests.   AP     By JIM KRANE

    A University of Maryland/Zogby International poll of Arab public opinion this month showed residents of the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and other allies believe Iran is far less a threat than the U.S. and Israel.

    The people in the middle east understand things that we ignorant Americans do not. This entire fiasco in the middle east between Iran and the United States is over the Bush Crime Family and the oil industry wanting to take over as many oil producing countries as they can get away with.

    I'm not sure who the aggressor would be in the case between the U.S. and Iran. I see Iran having to sink a few ships in the Straits of Hormuz as a way of keeping the Bush Crime Family from taking anyone's oil out of the region. Yes, the price of the crude would go up but what do you think would happen if the Bush clan got their hands on it?

   Already the price of oil is back on the up-tick just over the threat of a possible confrontation with Iran. I've watched my prices at the pump go from $2.04 per gallon something like two weeks ago up to $2.20 two days ago. If this is not price manipulation then there is no such thing!

   Better watch out with all of the new weapons that Saudi Arabia is buying as of late. They may not be for defense against Iran but for defense against the United States, in time.

 

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