According to DEBKAfile, military sources report that Washington has posted a third carrier opposite Iran's shores. The USS Nassau (LHA-4) is a Tarawa Class amphibious assault ship and is being accompanied by the USS Mesa Verde and USS Ashland. The USS Nassau (Harrier Carrier) can launch Marine AV-8B Harrier jets, AH-1W Super Cobra's, CH-46 Sea Knight's, CH-53 Sea Stallion's and the V-22 Osprey in combat situations. This mini armada adds about 4,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel, bringing the total US strength in these waters to three carriers and 10,000 combat personnel.
The USS Harry S. Truman carrier strike group and it's twelve warships are reported to be cruising in the Arabian Sea near the Revolutionary Guards biggest naval base. It is this naval base that would most likely launch naval forces to shut down The Strait of Hormuz in the event of conflict. The Iranians have promised to shut down The Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic and halt the trade of two-fifths of all global oil. If this were to happen, oil prices would most assuredly top $200.00 a barrel causing an already weak global economy to collapse. So it's logical that US naval forces would concentrate on this Revolutionary Guard naval base and try to prevent such a closure. The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and it's strike force is said to be further West of the USS Truman in the Arabian Sea.
The addition of the USS Nassau to the region shows there is growing pressure on the Obama Administration to prepare for military conflict with the Republic of Iran. The most recent sanctions that were passed by the UN are weak and will do nothing to deter Iran's nuclear ambitions. It is reported that Iran has enough uranium in it's stockpiles to produce two nuclear weapons and weak sanctions will not keep the Iranians from further enrichment. Check back soon for further updates!
Thursday, July 1, 2010
IRAN UPDATE: USS NASSAU TAKES POSITION IN GULF REGION
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
The winds of war may be blowing towards Persia
The winds of war may be blowing towards Persia ever so quietly. The United States has been deploying Patriot PAC-3 missile batteries tacitly in the Persian Gulf region over the last year. The US Navy Aegis anti-missile ships have been deployed in the Eastern Mediterranean to cover Israel against an Iranian missile bombardment in the event of a strike on Iran. Ten US warships plus an Israeli and German battle vessel transited the Suez Canal June 18th in route towards the Persian Gulf. This armada is being led by the USS Harry S. Truman carrier and its Strike Group of 60 fighter-bombers and 6,000 seamen and marines. This all comes on the heels of the recent announcement by Saudi Arabia that reiterates it’s agreement with Israel in regards to flyover rights for the Israeli Air Force.
In early June US, French and UK warships practiced simulated marine force attacks on ground targets with close air support supplied by the USS Harry S. Truman and the Charles de Gaulle. This simulated attack on Iran and our military movements has apparently alarmed the regime in Iran to respond with military movements of their own. According to DEBKAfile, The Republic of Iran has declared a “state of war” on it’s Northwestern border with Azerbaijan and has mobilized the Revolutionary Guard, which are being massed in the Caspian Sea region. Tehran claims the United States and Israel are concentrating military forces on Azerbaijan army and airbases. Iranian Brig Gen. Mehdi Moini was quoted as saying, “The mobilization is due to the presence of American and Israeli forces on the Western border.”
Iranian sources are reporting that Israel has secretly transferred a large number of bomber jets to Azerbaijan via Georgia. I don’t know what kind of relationship Azerbaijan and Israel have but I do know that Georgia and Israel are somewhat close. The Israelis are done with Obama’s failed Iranian policy and have started to put the final pieces together for a strike on Iran. I will give the Obama Administration a little credit for beefing up our offensive and defensive capabilities in the region in anticipation of an Israeli strike. Although President Obama still hasn’t given Israel landing rights in Iraq but hopefully that will change when an Israeli strike becomes a fait accompli.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Former officers in Revolutionary Guard reveal tensions within regime
The one year anniversary of Iran's disputed elections and the murder that followed came and went without much notice. The Guardian media outlet recently released a video of former Republican Guard soldiers that took part in the suppression of the Iranian people. One former soldier claims that the Iranian regime was terrified and had made plans to escape to Syria if need be. This makes me wonder if the Obama Administrations timidity during this event could have cost us an opportunity to rid the world of this evil regime. We will never know if our Intelligence Services were doing anything to help the opposition topple this government, but I would like to think they were. Judging by Mr. Obama's weak foreign policy I would say their hands were probably tied. Watch this video, it is very revealing as to the inner workings of the Republican Guard.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Democratic Congressman goes crazy and assaults student
North Carolina Rep. Bob Etheridge assaults college student for asking if the Congressman supported the Obama agenda. I called Etheridge's office this morning and spoke with a staffer which I asked if the Congressman had a response to the assault. The staffer didn't even deny that it was an "assualt." The staffer stated that he hasn't seen Etheridge as of yet so he had no comment but they would contact me with a response soon. I doubt I hear anything back from Etheridge's office, but I do think assault charges should be filed against the good Congressman. That Obama Kool Aid appears to be driving those who drink it crazy.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
The "perfect storm" for war on the Korean Peninsula
The North Korean regime has threatened another "all-out war" if South Korea takes punitive action over the sinking of the Navy corvette Cheonan on March 26. It seems the the pot-bellied pig dictator threatens war every chance he gets but this time it may be different. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is not passive like some of his predecessors and has stood firm against this aggression by the North. South Korean soldiers of the Mt. Baekdu Unit in Gangwon Province have been ordered to start psychological warfare operations which were abandoned six years ago. These tactics were seen as effective in undermining the ideological morale of N. Korean troops in the past and will not be looked upon kindly by their leadership. The South Korean government has also imposed new sanctions on the North that could cost the cash strapped country upwards of $300 million. These actions and the announcement of new war games to be conducted by S. Korean/American forces may be the tipping point for Kim Jong il.
Lets take a look at past provocations by North Korea.
02/1958- North Korean agents hijacked a South Korean airliner to Pyongyang
that had been en route from Pusan to Seoul. Eight hostages still remain in DPR prisons.
04/1965 — Two North Korean MiG jet fighters “attacked and damaged” a U.S.
RB-47 reconnaissance plane over the Sea of Japan.
01/1968 — A 31-member commando team, disguised as South Korean soldiers
and civilians, infiltrated within striking distance of President Park
Chung Hee’s office/residence complex (The Blue House) before they
were intercepted by South Korean police.
01/1968 — Two days after the commando attempt on President Park, North
Korea seized the U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo with a crew of 83
officers and men off Wonsan in international waters.
10/1968 — One hundred and thirty sea-borne commandos infiltrated the Ulchin
and Samchok areas on the eastern coast of South Korea.
04/1969 — North Korean MiG jet fighters shot down an unarmed U.S. EC-121
reconnaissance plane over the Sea of Japan, about 90 miles off the
North Korean coast, resulting in the loss of 31 lives.
10/1969 — Four U.S. soldiers were ambushed and killed by North Korean
intruders near the southern boundary of the DMZ.
12/1969 — North Korean agents hijacked a South Korean airliner YS-11 to
Wonsan en route from Kangnung to Seoul with 51 persons aboard.
There are many more incidents that have occurred over the years including the 400 plus S. Koreans that have been kidnapped by the North with most of those still being held captive. The Korean Peninsula has truly never been peaceful since the armistice was signed in 1953, but "all-out war" has been avoided so far. This time we may not be so lucky. North Korea declared Tuesday that it would sever all communication and relations with Seoul and also announced it would expel all South Koreans working at a joint factory park in the northern border town of Kaesong. I think you will see another temper tantrum from the North once the war games start off their coast which may lead to another military provocation-this time involving US troops and sailors.
President Obama is looked upon as weak by most dictators around the world and Kim Jong il knows we are currently bogged down militarily in Iraq and Afghanistan, so this may be the "perfect storm" that allows war to erupt on the Korean Peninsula. I hope Obama knows the gravity of the situation because we have twenty-eight thousand plus troops in harms way in that theater. The US lost 33,629 soldiers in battle and 20,617 non-combat deaths in the Korean War. 70% of N. Korea's active force, including approximately 700,000 troops, over 8,000 artillery systems, and 2,000 tanks, is postured within 90 miles of the DMZ. The North could destroy much of Seoul in a matter of hours with the thousands of artillery pieces that they have trained on the capital. I don't see President Obama as truly being engaged with this threat from North Korea but I do hope that he gets his mind wrapped around this situation rather quickly.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Muslim terrorists on our Southern border
While the rhetoric heats up over illegal immigrants crossing our Southern border, the real danger with our porous border is being overlooked. Congressional reports have indicated that we have detained hundreds of illegals from Egypt, Iran, Iraq and Pakistan along our 2000 mile border. As I reported in 2009, Iranian funded Hezbollah terrorists have taken refuge in the tri-border region of South America. It is only a matter of time before a terrorist cell uses our border to transport a WMD of some sort and strike an American city.
President Obama has canceled plans to extend the fence along the US-Mexican border and has cut millions of dollars for the "virtual fence." This administrations lack of will to stop illegals from coming across the border is not only is going to bankrupt our nation but very likely will result in an American city being lit up. Watch the below video as the terrorist recruiter describes how they can kill hundreds of thousands of Americans with just a small amount of anthrax smuggled across the border. All of the Democrats and some Republicans that refuse to seal our borders already have blood on their hands and they need to be held to account criminally once an American city is hit.
*******UPDATE***********
Feds Issue Terror Watch for the Texas/Mexico Border
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Stringent laws on illegal Immigration are needed now more than ever
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The new Immigration law signed into law by Arizona Gov Jan Brewer is a reflection of the inaction by Washington in securing our borders. This new controversial law is simple in it's mandate and it's aim is to identify, prosecute and deport illegal immigrants. Of course the usual lies and fear mongering has already been unleashed by those on the left and will only get more shrill as the debate goes on. Those of us that live in border states know that something more needs to be done and we are tired of the lip service that comes out of Washington. Texas has requested drones from the Obama Administration to help with interdiction on our Southern border and have denied on every occasion.
The left in this country that are making the most noise are calling this new law "racist" and say this will invite wholesale racial profiling. This law will require law enforcement to have a "reasonable suspicion" of a person being an illegal alien before they can take action. Lets look at what happens in all border states at present. The U.S. Border Patrol has 34 permanent vehicle checkpoints on major highways from California to Texas. These stations are not on the border but rather farther inland and everyone (Anglo-Hispanic-Black-Asian) are required to stop and answer questions about status, travel itinerary and anything else the border patrolman thinks is necessary. I have had my car searched (with my permission) while leaving El Paso at the check point center and I have no problem with this procedure. This new law gives local and state law enforcement powers that the Border Patrol already enjoys and nothing more.
Mexico's reaction to Arizona's immigration law was immediate and issued a statement that read in part, "The Mexican Government recognizes the sovereign right of States to decide which public policies will apply in their territory. However, when a law like SB1070 has a potential impact upon the human rights of thousand of Mexican nationals, it cannot remain indifferent." I find it hypocritical of Mexico to accuse Arizona of violating the "human rights" of their citizens. If you have ever been to Mexico, you know that local and state Mexican police can and do ask for ID and or passports of Americans anytime they see fit. Mexico deported 203,128 illegal immigrants in 2004 and I'm sure their illegals are not treated as well as we treat ours. For Mexico to preach human rights to us is funny at best.
There are at least 13 million illegals residing in the United States with many sucking our social services dry of funds. Illegals are bankrupting our hospital systems in our border states, mooching our welfare system and committing crimes. There is an old saying, "if you always do what you have always done, you will have what you have right now." Unless Washington does more to secure our borders the problem will persist and states will be required to take matters into their own hands. President Barack Obama's 2009 budget blueprint canceled plans to extend the border fence along the U.S.-Mexico border beyond the 670 miles already completed or planned. This year Janet Napolitano cut millions of dollars intended for the “virtual fence” along the Mexican border and denied the request of assets for Texas. How do we expect the illegal problem to fixed when we have an Administration that is asleep at the wheel.
The race hustlers on the left will use this new law to create anger within their base to help stem the tide of the defeat that awaits them in November. If you watch the video of the protests in Arizona, you will see how the left turns to violence when they disagree with a policy. I have yet to see any Tea Party protests turn violent, unless you count the violence perpetrated by union thugs on Tea Partiers. I hope Texas and the other border states will enact new laws similar to that of Arizona. It is the job of the Federal Government to secure our borders and if they fail to do so, the states will forced to do it themselves.
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