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2015-05-04 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Politico - Will the Champ refight Reagan's war with Iran

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-05-04 05:19|| || Front Page|| [21 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 1. The Tanker War started between Iran and Iraq in 1984. Iraq was the initiator, attacking Iranian tankers and the Karg Island terminal. It was an extension of the Iran-Iraq War, which began four years earlier. BTW, there is evidence that Syria and Iran were cooperating back then as well.

2. The US didn't get involved with naval support, ostensibly for the Kuwaitis, until 1987. It was G.H.W. Bush in office then, not R. Reagan.

3. The Fifth Fleet wasn't established until 1994. Until then, units were drawn from the 2nd and 3rd Fleets and placed under the command of Commander, Middle Eastern Force.

Other than that...

Posted by Pappy 2015-05-04 11:40|| 2015-05-04 11:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Whahahaha, well it was a..... Politico article. You really can't expect deliberate research and facts.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-05-04 11:55|| 2015-05-04 11:55|| Front Page Top

#3 No.

Next question.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2015-05-04 15:33|| 2015-05-04 15:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Even iff the Bammer did, his Super-PC, so-called "Minimalist" Approach to FP likely will mean that US Regional Allies will bear the bulk of any burden, NOT the US, which in turn again means or infers that IRAN will achieve a large degree of success in its ventures.

Any Bammer of similarly US-led Anti-US Globalist war agz Iran will be minimalist + long ...

INTENTIONALLY!

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-05-04 20:03|| 2015-05-04 20:03|| Front Page Top

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