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New Cold War? Iran Sends Warships to Gulf of Mexico ......

Discussion in 'Latest US & World News' started by MMC, Nov 23, 2017.

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  1. MMC

    MMC Well-Known Member

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    Well.....I knew that would get the Iranian apologists all in a tizzy.

    Its not an extreme concept. They just don't understand about......you get what you give.
     
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    Yep.. The Saudi demographic is also young.. and in Yemen 46% of the population is under 15.
     
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    Maybe if we left Germany alone long enough Hitler would have died
     
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    Apparently the "Arab Spring" was but a late winter shower. Now we have the nasty blizzard return....eventually it will be summer.

    Brutal winter though.
     
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    Something I finally agree with. Constant threats to a country just causes the populace to get behind their leaders. Iraq was very westernized until the first gulf war and the following sanctions. Iran is in the way to becoming very westernized.
     
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    Iran was Westernized long before the first Gulf war. Haven't you ever been there?
     
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    Never been there but met a few at college and university back in the 80's
     
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    No doubt...

    This is a very comprehensive timeline on Yemen. Start at about 1940.. Always in turmoil.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/world-middle-east-14704951

    BBC News - Yemen profile - Timeline

    www.bbc.co.uk › BBC Home › BBC News › Middle East
    A chronology of key events in the history of Yemen, from the 1500s to the present. ... Yemen profile -Timeline. 25 November 15 15:07. President Saleh and US ...
    Yemen profile - Timeline - BBC News - BBC.com
    www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-14704951
    1948 - Yahya assassinated, but his son Ahmad beats off opponents of feudal rule and succeeds his father. 1962 - Imam Ahmad dies, succeeded by his son but army officers seize power, set up the YemenArab Republic, sparking civil war between royalists supported by Saudi Arabia and republicans backed by Egypt.
    Yemen country profile - BBC News - BBC.com
    www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-14704852
    Provides an overview of Yemen, including key events and facts about one of the poorest countries in the Middle ... Yemen country profile .... Read full timeline ...
     
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    I have been to Iran many, many times.. I just don't understand their government.
     
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    George Bush compared Saddam Hussein to Hitler for months and months before he invaded Iraq. Do you want to invade Iran?
     
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    I am not so sure if Iran is who we say it is. I could be wrong, but from what I know it is not in our interest or business to keep attacking and destroying nations.



     
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    No but I don't want to leave them alone and just hope they go away as you suggested.
     
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    A war on Iran would be far worse than our 10 years in Iraq. Iraq was crippled by two decades of war and sanctions in 2003.
     
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    There is something between full on war and sticking your head in the sand. We need to harass and obstruct and push Iran at every opportunity and this armada they our sending to the gulf is the perfect opportunity to do so. We should send them home with their tails between their legs licking their wounds and asking the famous question from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid, "Who are those guys"!
     
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    The story is fake - No Iranian ships are heading into the Gulf of Mexico
     
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    I don't think so.. Trying to provoke Iran is not a strategy. Remember that if Iran closes the Straits of Hormuz they also hurt themselves.
     
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    Kinda like America and the "Great White Fleet" back in the day.

    It is just a sign that Iran wants to be more of a world power, that's all. Their military is still incredibly weak when compared to most of the world and if they did anything their navy would be reduced to .... well it would be sunk, very quickly.

    But it is just posturing, that's all. You will noticed however that when America did it we at least TRIED to make it look like a peaceful action by painting the ships white with "stars N stripes" so they were easily seen and not thought of on a war footing.
     
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    It is all just artistic rhetoric. The rear admiral is supposedly going to sail into the Mexican Gulf and wave an Iranian flag at the US then sail out. Bit pointless given that the Gulf is huge. There is no real intention of sailing anywhere near the Gulf. If anywhere, they will sail in the Southern Atlantic which they may have done so in the past
     
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    Iranian propaganda picked up by Caspian News?

    Tasnim News Agency: Home
    https://www.tasnimnews.com/en
    Visit tasnimnews.com websites for latest news from Iran and world in politics , economic, social, cultural, sports , Islamic awakening and entertainment.
     
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    I find it interesting that this "news" comes out of Iran.
     
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    It is the way that the Middle East operates. It's a form of poetry that is not to be taken literally. Quite common form of speaking in that area
     
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    I think this sudden excursion into the gulf of Mexico is about Venezuela. Under Chavez Venezuela became a major transshipment point for narcotics headed for the US, involving FARC and Hezbollah.


    CIA head says ‘Iran, Hezbollah & Russians’ involved in Venezuela, pose ‘risk’ to US

    https://www.rt.com/usa/399501-cia-pompeo-venezuela-hezbollah/

    It's what Hezbollah do, infiltrate, destabilise, seize control and Venezuela is now ripe for the picking.... watch your back America
     
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