3 Major US Naval strike forces arrive Persian Gulf this week

[Christians4LessGvt]

Three major US naval strike forces due this week in Persian Gulf

August 11, 2008, 10:37 AM (GMT+02:00)



New America armada around Iran

DEBKAfile's military sources note that the arrival of the three new American flotillas will raise to five the number of US strike forces in Middle East waters an unprecedented build-up since the crisis erupted over Iran's nuclear program.

This vast naval and air strength consists of more than 40 carriers, warships and submarines, some of the last nuclear-armed, opposite the Islamic Republic, a concentration last seen just before the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Our military sources postulate five objects of this show of American muscle:

1. The US, aided also by France, Britain and Canada, is finalizing preparations for a partial naval blockade to deny Iran imports of benzene and other refined oil products. This action would indicate that the Bush administration had thrown in the towel on stiff United Nations sanctions and decided to take matters in its own hands.

2. Iran, which imports 40 percent of its refined fuel products from Gulf neighbors, will retaliate for the embargo by shutting the Strait of Hormuz oil route chokepoint, in which case the US naval and air force stand ready to reopen the Strait and fight back any Iranian attempt to break through the blockade.

3. Washington is deploying forces as back-up for a possible Israeli military attack on Iran's nuclear installations.

4. A potential rush of events in which a US-led blockade, Israeli attack and Iranian reprisals pile up in a very short time and precipitate a major military crisis.

5. While a massive deployment of this nature calls for long planning, its occurrence at this time cannot be divorced from the flare-up of the Caucasian war between Russia and Georgia. While Russia has strengthened its stake in Caspian oil resources by its overwhelming military intervention against Georgia, the Americans are investing might in defending the primary Persian Gulf oil sources of the West and the Far East.

DEBKAfile's military sources name the three US strike forces en route to the Gulf as the USS Theodore Roosevelt , the USS Ronald Reagan and the USS Iwo Jima . Already in place are the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea opposite Iranian shores and the USS Peleliu which is cruising in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

[Michael Tee]

This is getting to be so much like the Adolf Hitler story.  One illegal aggression after another, each one emboldening the next, until ultimately they go too far and the whole house of cards comes crashing down on their heads.  Sure would like to see the final chapter of THIS story.

[Plane]

That is a lot more military force than Iran can muster to oppose , so reopening a closed Strait won't really take long.

But it will certainly be harsh for people dwelling the coastal area near the straights.

I wish they would ask me.

I would tell them to allow Iran to closee the straight , but then make it clear that we would also close it with a row of mines of our own , so soon the Iranians would be demanding the opening of the straight , then begging .

But we should hold shut the straight untill the Iranians were severely humiliated , humiliation serves better than death.

If they knew our plan was so certain to humiliate them , they would not want to start.


Yep, the price of oil would rise. We ought to be willing to pay the price for what we choose , and be aware that every choice has a diffrent price.