This isn't a Pleasure Cruise People. Largest Naval Deployment since 1991 heading towards Persian Gulf.

Which source is accurate, which is not, will it happen, will it not. The bottom line is that seems to be the plan from a faction that is hell bent on trying to make it happen. From someone in the inside that we know well as spoken on the AJ radio and an article written based on that conversation: Aug. 9-2008 "Rep. Ron Paul: The US is heading into an Illigal Attack on Iran" by Harold H. Burbank 11 "Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex) has warned millions of radio listeners that the United States is heading into a illegal attack on Iran, stating his amazement at members of Congress who have openly voiced support for a criminal nuclear strike. If we do attack it is going to be a disaster the Congressman told the Alex Jones radio show. The frightening thing is they are taking no options off the table, even nuclear first strike" Paul said. Paul believes from talking with his contacts in and around Congress that a strike has already been green lighted." www.globalresearch.ca

We can only hope the insane plans are brought to a halt.

You have to go outside of American MSM to find out the truth. You also have to quit bickering like babies about Alex Jones .
If you would take the time to Google things like naval blockade Iran you would find out that the navy just finished Operation Brimstone "wargames" of our eastern seaboard and that armada was not dispersed but was heading for the Persian gulf . You also learn that France , who has their carrier in dry dock ,has 20 Rafeal Fighter jets on the Teddy Roosevelt . The TR is underway along with Abraham Lincoln along with an Amphibious Assault Group. Most of you who know the navy's capabilities know that is a lot of firepower.
Back in Washington House Joint Resolution 362 , The unconstitutional bill allowing the blockade is up to 256 co-sponsors. In the Senate it's matching bill is at 51 co-sponsors, a majority for passing in both houses. So congress is giving Bush the greenlight for a war with Iran, Deal with it cause it's going to happen and there is nothing we can do to stop it.
Now grow up and pray that this does not turn into Word War 3.

Below is just one of the sites that you can verify this . There are many more . You just have to get of your ass and look.

http://europebusines.blog...

I do not know. But if it IS happening, it is time we put a stop to Presidents being allowed to just "deploy" all these troops without some sort of approval from The People. I am tired of the Commander in Chief power being abused.

Where is a legitimate, verifiable source for this information??? THIS is why I don't listen to that wingnut Alex Jones. It's just a bunch of fear mongering.

ooops! Forgot! Iran doesn't have a navy. Unless you think three frigates and two corvettes along with a TOTAL complement of 13,000 is going to really screw up three US Navy carrier groups. The three 50 year old destroyers of the Iranian Navy are parked.....either they forgot how to start them up or they don't make parts for them anymore.

Hold on now we need to protect ourselves from these madmen!

How about the air force Their principal attack helicopter is a Bell Supercobra...wait? Didn't we manufacture those? Son of a gun.

They have two squadrons of F-4E's...McDonnell Douglass built fighters...that's an Arab company ain't it? No? We made them too?

Hold on now I know I can find a threat here.....they have a squadron or two of F-14 Tomcats....dang it! US made all the way.

So how long those squadrons of 1960's and 1970's jets going to last when 6th fleet decides to put the hammer down..huh? Like 5 minutes? Less?

Can we drop the Iran war scenario now? Venezuela has a better shot at effing us up than Iran...freaking Cheney is sick. Killing for the sake of killing.

You gonna have along talk with God when you go home, Dick Cheney.

Yep Bullshat. I smelled it a mile away. Anything to get people fluffed up and feathers on edge.

Half the crew of the Theodore Roosevelt is on leave, for about two weeks, at present.

The other half will take leave in September , when the first half returns.

The Rosie isn't going to the Gulf or anywhere else until the end of September. Period.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...

we have two their now, add two more.

See how much fire power you have. Like I said this ain't a yacht party.

This is a GREAT READ from Jim Sinclair today (The US needs, Iraq, Iran and Georgia)
Posted On: Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 4:01:00 PM EST

What You Need to Know

Author: Jim Sinclair

Dear Friends,

The following missive encapsulates everything you need to know. Please pass this along wherever there is interest.

There are indeed a lot of things happening in the world - and some have terrible consequences. The politicos are scheming intensely.

I played a business game in university involving three teams running three companies who were all competing to make the most profits. The economic situation today mimics that game and its eventual outcome. If one team made a mistake, invariably the other two teams turned against it with blood in their eyes. We expected the other team to turn on the weaker player and planned accordingly.

In my humble opinion the following factors are particularly relevant to today's economic situation:

The fiat money system around the world is a house of cards. There is no entity I know of that can borrow forever without paying back someday. Disregarding Europe, (which seems to be suffering worse that the US at the moment if you believe all the propaganda out there), I doubt the amount borrowed by the US Feds - never mind the states and cities, the corporates and individuals, will ever be paid back - and we are talking trillions. (Remember that the Gross National Product of the USA is between 10 and 15 Trillion). Mother Nature has her own ways of extracting payment.

When Central bankers around the world collude to save something - be it the financial system, the dollar or whatever - they never commit to such a process unless there is a clear and present danger. That danger had to be recognized by all parties for them to take any action, whatever the outcome.

When the problems with our financial system became apparent, countries started “diversifying” out of the US$. (Read "dumping" it as quickly as possible without starting a panic.) Aside from the last few days, which I attribute largely to “open market operations” (read manipulation) and the fact that markets never go in a straight line, the US$ has been slipping badly against all currencies, and the effort to “diversify” has spread to nearly every country.

The dollar is a forty pound weakling and the whole world knows it. The dollar underpinned nearly every currency in the world (including the Euro) and still does to a large extent despite the “diversification.” The clear and present danger affects all fiat currencies around the world.

Governments have learned to distract others - particularly their voters - from an issue by setting up a straw dummy and knocking it down. In the case where the main thrust of some legislation would be roundly condemned, they add one positively draconian measure as a dummy and give it up to achieve all their other goals. What bigger distraction could there be than WWIII, nuclear/biological/EMP style? I think the US set out to distract their voters and the world from the financial problems by saber rattling over Iran. War is not only hell, it is expensive.

I think the US made a mistake. Russia recognized the ploy and has taken advantage of it. In 1989, when the USSR went bankrupt over the Cold War, the US was in bad financial shape as well. No war in history has ever been settled until one or both of the protagonists went broke.

Since that time, Putin has been busy, particularly in the oil patch, strengthening Russia’s financial position. (I suspect he now has FAR more reserves financially that the US which currently amounts to only “the full faith” of the US and loans that are so large as to frighten most of the holders of that paper.)

The financial situation in the US continues to deteriorate. Parties around the world are less likely to lend their winnings to the US if they do not expect to get paid back, both in principle AND interest. It may be argued that the US has a superior military to Russia. I don’t know. What I do know is that the care and feeding of that military costs astronomical amounts. Will the US have to borrow from Russia in order to challenge them militarily as they currently do with China in order to trade? And then there is Afghanistan and Pakistan, two other quagmires. And who knows what China, with vast financial reserves, is thinking?

The US was busy steaming towards Iran and Georgia - the latter a US-backed country which attacked South Ossetia, a Russian-backed region. Within 24 hours, Russia had thousands of men and massive amounts of equipment in Ossetia. You don’t move that number of men and equipment in 24 hours unless you are fully prepared to do so, and even then it is difficult. It took many weeks for the US to move that amount of assets during Desert Storm. Russia was prepared, for whatever reason, for that attack. Ooops, suddenly the US is being attacked on another somewhat unprepared flank. The US had prepared for a great show of distraction, and could it be that Russia has other plans? Putin is not god but he is no dumbbell.

The US is between a rock and a hard place. They have wars on umpteen fronts and are trying to save their financial system which they need to fight even one war. Despite all the happy news in the markets of the last few days, the financial malaise is growing and not bottoming. Not only that, but world supplies of oil are tight, and the US imports at least two thirds of its oil. To maintain its world status and/or military, the US needs Iraq, Iran, AND Georgia.

I understand Mexico, a big supplier of oil, has just become a net importer. Canada, the largest oil supplier to the US, has conventional reserves that are dropping alarmingly. And despite its vast oil sands, Canada can't expand oil production from this source very quickly. (Oil sands extraction needs fresh water, and they are almost at the limit now).

Moreover, if the West abandons Georgia, not only will they lose that oil source, their weakness will be apparent for all to see. And surely the other players in this game will turn on them. It is Mother Nature' way.

Posted On: Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 2:53:00 PM EST

Someone I know served a year at Andrews Airforce Base as his "deployment" in 2004. While there, he saw a building packed to the ceiling with "a soldier's manual to Iran" similar to the unclassified manual to Iraq. Thousands of them.
www.campdoha.org/soldiers...

There is no question that the US has planned the possibility of an attack on Iran for years. Who knows. Maybe they have a manual for every country.

but i have a family member in 5th Special Forces group. nothing unusual about his day-to-day routine to lead me to believe we're about to attack Iran. one of my best friends is in the 82nd Airborne. none of the brigades have been put on notice of a pending rapid deployment as of Sunday. in fact he's home and on his way to my house in a few minutes.

i'm not saying any of this is concrete evidence, but i'm not worried at the moment.

I heard this idea floated before. Have we staked out Georgia for the buzzards, with a guarantee the Russkies control that pipeline in order that we might go into Iran and secure that oil for our own purposes?

You know, one dirty hand washing another....

I may not know the truth, but I know when I'm being lied to...

have a massive ship movement underway!

http://freeandindependent...

as for me and my home, we shall worship the LORD

lots of trolls on here... notice how the attacks are increasing the closer we get to an event!

as for me and my home, we shall worship the LORD

fake story!

http://fabiusmaximus.word...