Monday, 17 September 2012 20:51

U.S. Leads Biggest Gulf Mine Exercise in Signal to Iran

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"In addition to serving as a warning to Iran, the display of power will “signal to Israel that the United States has a military option available” and show “U.S. resolve to its Persian Gulf allies, especially in the face of repeated Iranian threats to try to close the Strait of Hormuz,” according to Kenneth Katzman, a Middle Eastspecialist for the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service in Washington." 

This is a big show put on just to salve Bibi's wounded ego. It was expected, and we can expect nothing to come of it. - Wes

Bloomberg article

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