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2015-04-29 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Tehran Cites 'Commercial Dispute' as U.S. Says Iran Forced Cargo Ship to Iranian Port
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Posted by trailing wife 2015-04-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Iran 

#1 'Too bad we can't bring back the "Operation Praying Mantis" approach used by a REAL President: http://youtu.be/gob3lMwkjnw
Posted by Lone Ranger 2015-04-29 00:17||   2015-04-29 00:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Tehran just making absolutely sure Obama is a wuss.
Posted by 3dc 2015-04-29 01:01||   2015-04-29 01:01|| Front Page Top

#3 This is the stuff of wars. Bring it! Let's get it over with.
Posted by Besoeker 2015-04-29 02:56||   2015-04-29 02:56|| Front Page Top

#4 IRGCN handling what is essentially a customs issue?
Posted by Pappy 2015-04-29 13:28||   2015-04-29 13:28|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe it shall soon be time for me to crack open my '79 Chivas Royal Salute .
Posted by Hupineger Glomomp52169 2015-04-29 14:21||   2015-04-29 14:21|| Front Page Top

#6 Noah Rothman over at Hotair said it best,

There is no better metric to measure the health of American hegemony than whether trade ships enjoy unfettered access to sea lanes. Global maritime law is among the more settled concepts in international law, and its violation has universally understood consequences.
Posted by mossomo  2015-04-29 18:01||   2015-04-29 18:01|| Front Page Top

#7 As per #6, ... YEEUUUP.

* RELATED LUCIANNE > PENTAGON LAWYERS DISCOVER WE [USA] DON'T HAVE TO DEFEND OUR ALLIES IFF THREATENED BY IRAN.

* TOPIX > [BreitBart] US DENIES TREATY-BASED DUTY TO PROTECT MARSHALL ISLANDS FROM IRAN.

* LUCIANNE > [Bloomberg] MARSHALL ISLANDS NEEDS US HELP IN IRAN STANDOFF.

So does the Philippines + ASEAN agz Rising China = OWG Co-Superpower China in the South China Sea, Japan agz China again in the East China Sea.

VERSUS

* TOPIX > OBAMA'S LAST RED LINE: BLOCKADE OF IRANIAN WEAPONS TO YEMEN.

"Last red line" may be too premature at this time given we are talking about Anti-American Amerikan = Anti-US US OWG Globalist POTUS Obama + aligned, where US-specific = US-N-Only-The-US strategic unilateral or self "Retreat/Fallback is World Peace". The Bammer isn't officially out of office as POTUS until Jan. 2017 which gives plenty of time left for fostering or empowering new anarchies-n-chaoses around the World.

AGAIN, THE BAMMER = USA HASN'T EVEN STARTED WID CHINA YET, + CHINA-CENTRIC MILPOL CONFRONTATION, CONFLICT IN EAST ASIA-PACIFIC IS THE MOST DANGEROUS SCENARIO OF SCENARIOS FOR THE BAMMER + GLOBIES.

China at this time is focused on entrenching + improving its geopol base vee the "First Island Chain" + Mainland Asia ["Belt & Road" strategy],
but it still desires to control 1/2 of the Pacific [WESTPAC] by 2020 NLT 2025 vee the US; + as a "US-style" OWG Co-Superpower in PARITY wid the US, NOT INFERIORITY, China still desires clear-n-unrestricted/unconditional strategic access for the PLA from the First Island Chain into the Second + Third Island Chains.

This is why despite the advent of "Belt & Road", China is still going all-out to secure its interests in the SCS, ECS, + IOR.

* FREEREPUBLIC > [The Hill] TPP [Trans-Pacific Partnership FTZS/FTAS] UNDERMINES US NATIONAL SECURITY.

The Hell you say!

See below.

* TOPIX > [Xinhuanet] CHINA TELLS PHILIPPINES, VIETNAM TO STOP INTRUSIVE ACTIONS AT SEA [disputed SCS = China's sovereign territories].

The escalations towards shootng war = military conflict goes on.

* FYI DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > US READY TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS, CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS TO DEFEND JAPAN | US, JAPAN ANNOUNCE HISTORIC CHANGES TO ALLIANCE IN WASHINGTON - SPUTNIK INTERNATIONAL.

D *** NG IT, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A JOB FOR "SUPER-C/SWEET-C" = CAROLINE KENNEDY!

Ala the late HUGO "THE US HAS LAND-DESTROYING/
SINKING WEAPONS" CHAVEZ, or 1960s-1970's Guam Taotamonas whichevar! Youse or the FBI-CIA, etc. prefer, personally I'm more interested in finding out iff Caroline + Kennedy Clan as high-profile US Politicos-Leaders can prevent the ["weak/
declining" = Globalist?] USA from unilaterally intentionally sinking or destroying GUAM + other important or Mil Strategic Pacific Isles during its self-imposed strategic retreat around the World, as part of so-called "A2-AD" [Anti-Access, Area-Denial] agz China + other Geopol rivals.

YEMEN CRISIS > ANTI-IRAN "A2-AD" = ANTI-CHINA "A2-AD" = ANTI-RUSSIA/PUTIN "A2-AD" = ...???
= HOW FAR CAN THE US-N-ONLY-THE-US SAFELY RETREAT OR FALLBACK, ETC. WIDOUT BEING EXISTENTIALLY THREATENED???

'Tis a Simple Question but a Biggie.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-04-29 21:48||   2015-04-29 21:48|| Front Page Top

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