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2015-05-18 Arabia

Showdown looms as Iran ship nears Yemeni waters

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Posted by trailing wife 2015-05-18 00:18|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 sink it

Posted by Frank G 2015-05-18 10:23|| 2015-05-18 10:23|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm thinking Iran may well have been outplayed in the long game by the Gulf arabs. Saudi and the UAE can export most of their oil via pipelines that bypass the Strait of Hormuz. While Iran can't.

If this becomes a sinking ships in the Gulf contest, Iran loses.

Posted by phil_b 2015-05-18 10:47|| 2015-05-18 10:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Caleb Maupin, of the WWP. Even his photo screams "Punch me-I'm a complete douchebag"

Posted by Rex Mundi 2015-05-18 14:49|| 2015-05-18 14:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Shades of the MV Ibn Kahldoon...

Posted by Pappy 2015-05-18 15:07|| 2015-05-18 15:07|| Front Page Top

#5 I agree wid #2, IRAN at present will not prevail or win agz the USN in a war at sea in the Gulf.

As a traditional land power, albeit wid an aggressive navy, IMO Iran's modus in the NT would be to fight the US or US-Allies on land, i.e. Gulf States, Arabian Peninsula, + Iraq, NOT at sea.

POTUS OBAMA + ALIGNED ANTI-US OWG GLOBALISTS, ETAL. MAY WANT IRAN TO BE A "US-STYLE" CO-SUPERPOWER IN LEAD OF ONE OR MORE REGIONAL OWG "UNION(S)", BUT IRAN'S ECON + MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IS PRESENTLY STILL TOO SMALL + WEAK TO WIN AGZ THE US NAVY-DOD IN 1980'S STYLE GULF COMBAT.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-05-18 22:38|| 2015-05-18 22:38|| Front Page Top

#6 Iran + econ need time to modernize - either Iran allows the US or US-Allies to invade Iran, or in altern it fights the US or US Allies in "active-defense" desert war throughout the Gulf + ME deserts.

IRAN = VIETNAM WAR = PRIORITY IS FOR IRAN TO DEFEAT THE POLITICAL WILL OF THE US, US GOVT + PEOPLE, NOT THE US MILITARY, IN PROTRACTIVE CONFLICT = "LONG WAR".

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-05-18 22:44|| 2015-05-18 22:44|| Front Page Top

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