I HAVE BUT THREE WORDS TO SAY

[HowHasItComeToThis]

STRAITS OF HORMUZ

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. TAKE YOUR CAPS LOCK OFF.

[Hissyspit]

2. That's FIVE words!

:)

[seemslikeadream]

3. I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY YOU ARE SHOUTING

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1942964

[BlooInBloo]

4. The way you yell, I hope it's your last three.

[orleans]

5. well, i googled and i guess if we go after iran they will be able to tell us

instead of us finding out a week or two later from this gop

The Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps (IRGC) said Saturday that its troops have launched a new monitoring system which brings all movements in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz under Iran's control.

The system called 'Hod Hod' (Hoopoe) has been designed by the IRGC experts and makes it possible for Iranian troops to monitor even the slightest movement on the surface or in the air.

According to IRGC, Hod Hod which is equipped with the most advanced cameras and electronic devices transmit recorded films and photographs to different military centers round the clock.

Hod Hod which is capable of taking high resolution and high quality pictures and images even at nights, will provide the opportunity to the IRGC personnel - who are currently using different radar and electronic systems - to gain a better online control over the entire region.

http://www2.irna.com/en/news/view/line-16/0709298687164153.htm

[seemslikeadream]

6. Do Bush, Cheney & Co. indeed intend to attack Iran?

http://www.counterpunch.com/avnery09292007.html

Do Bush, Cheney & Co. indeed intend to attack Iran?

I don't know, but my suspicion that they might is getting stronger.

Why? Because George Bush is nearing the end of his term of office. If it ends the way things look now, he will be remembered as a very bad - if not the worst - president in the annals of the republic. His term started with the Twin Towers catastrophe, which reflected no great credit on the intelligence agencies, and would come to a close with the grievous Iraq fiasco.

There is only one year left to do something impressive and save his name in the history books. In such situations, leaders tend to look for military adventures. Taking into account the man's demonstrated character traits, the war option suddenly seems quite frightening.

True, the American army is pinned down in Iraq and Afghanistan. Even people like Bush and Cheney could not dream, at this time, of invading a country four times larger than Iraq, with three times the population.

But, quite possibly the war-mongers are whispering in Bush's ear: What are you worrying about? No need for an invasion. Enough to bomb Iran, as we bombed Serbia and Afghanistan. We shall use the smartest bombs and the most sophisticated missiles against the two thousand or so targets, in order to destroy not only the Iranian nuclear sites but also their military installations and government offices. "We shall bomb them back into the stone age," as an American general once said about Vietnam, or "turn their clock back 20 years," as the Israeli Air Force general Dan Halutz said about Lebanon.

That's a tempting idea. The US will only use its mighty Air Force, missiles of all kinds and the powerful aircraft-carriers, which are already deployed in the Persian/Arabian Gulf. All these can be sent into action at any time on short notice. For a failed president approaching the end of his term, the idea of an easy, short war must have an immense attraction. And this president has already shown how hard it is for him to resist temptations of this kind.


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Would this indeed be such an easy operation, a "piece of cake" in American parlance?

[CK_John]

7. Iran is just a head fake, Syria is the real target, IMO. n/t