Thursday, July 19, 2012

The Best Thing For A Sitting President Facing a Tough Re-Election: War

War in August? Bet on it. Commander: Nobel Peace Prize winner.
The US Navy has unexpectedly dispatched a fourth aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf, along with a fleet of underwater drones in what is being considered just the latest move in a series of escalations leading towards a potential war with Iran.

The deployment of dozens of small, unmanned submarine-like watercraft was confirmed by the Los Angeles Times this week, which cites military officials speaking on condition of anonymity.
Iran may not yet know about the drones, so please don't forward this link to Al Jazeera

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The same reader, thank you, also sent me this link: Syrian leaders are ready to use chemical weapons if cornered. I would say "they" are cornered. 

But I digress. The story is NOT Syria. The story is NOT Israel-Iran (although it will be a huge story when it happens). The BIG story is elsewhere.

Gaza Strip-Yemen-Lebanon-Kuwait-Turkey/Kurdistan-Iraq-Libya-Egypt-Syria .... do you notice a trend, and, worse, do you notice the Mideast name missing? Drum roll....

Missing in that list: Saudi Arabia. I don't know how much folks along the US beaches are paying attention to what's going on over there, but I can tell you that this is a huge story in the coffee shops in Turkey. I remember hearing stories of the French helping the US revolutionaries in 1776, or thereabouts. I don't think there's a lot of love lost between the 2,300 Saudi princes and the tens of thousands of revolutionaries waiting for their moment.

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