Zero Hedge is reporting:
As we first reported last week, in an article that was met with much original skepticism, the Pentagon has now confirmed that a fleet of 12 warships has passed the Suez Canal, and is now likely awaiting orders to support the escalation in the Persian Gulf. The attached image from Stratfor shows the latest positioning of US aircraft carrier groups as of June 23: the USS Harry Truman (CVN-75) is now right next to USS Eisenhower (CVN 69), both of which are waiting patiently just off Iran.
As for the catalyst the two carriers may be anticipating, we ... read that Israel may be on the verge of an attack of Iran, with an incursion originating from military bases in Azerbaijan and Georgia.
We caution readers to take this news with a grain of salt as the Gulf Daily News' sister publication, Akhbar Al Khaleej, has a slightly less than stellar credibility rating. Then again, this is what some, Breaking News Online most notably, said about last week's carrier news, urging readers to ignore it.
There have been a number of predictions that Israel would attack Iran this summer. Are we getting ready for war?
Sebastian Junger has just written a book entitled war, he has followed the war in afganisan for the last 5 years and maintains if we get out then we will leave the country to fall apart.\
ReplyDeleteYesterday on Meet the Press the President said that he never said that we would have our troops out of Afganistan, which he clearly did.
Everyone says that the president is unlucky like Jimmy Carter with the hostages who were releasd the first day that Regan was in office. If we are depending on luck with this president we are truely going to be in trouble. 2 Wars, an economy, the worst natural disaster in history.
It is not all his fault, the most successful politicans suround themselves with good people....he hasn't