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Originally Posted by Guest
Navy aircraft carrier steams toward Yemen as fighting continues - The Washington Post
This has the potential to become quite interesting. The US has dispatched a carrier battle group, ostensibly to intercenpt 7-9 Iranian ships carry arms to Yemeni rebels.
(you will recall Yemen ... where Obama cited it as a model success story in the war against Islamic Terror, right up unitl the country recently imploded and fell to Iranian back rebels)
Anyway, I wonder how this will play out over the next few days?
Seems to me that, with this decision, there are two policy options open to the administration.
1. intercept Iranian ships to prevent arms transfers
2. ignore them and let them in.
Option 1 will require a credible threat of the use of force. The US can readily sink the Iranian flotilla if so desired. There will be consequences in the Persian Gulf and elsewhere if that happens.
Thoughts?
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It is quite something.
Yemen, who as you said was Obama's model in stress from the country who publicly says they want to kill USA and refuses to stop supporting terrorism, and with whom we are in negotiations with, and backing down quite a bit if news reports are accurate. Makes you wonder, but I am positive we will hear WORDS that will twist it and make it seem okay.
As many on here love to say.....elections have consequences.....these are serious ones for sure.