Cyre2067
The Living Force
So I'm not sure where my boss got it from, but I come back from lunch and she asks, "So did ya hear how we came close to war with Iran this morning?" I looked at her a little perplexed and immediately hit up Cnn.com (my source for all things mainstream) and low and behold their front page:
What I immediately thought of was Donald's economic commentary which I read this morning. In it, he quotes another article in which the author lets us know that Iran is off the table, eventhough for a good while it definitely seemed like Iran was the next Iraq. It's creepy, we have these independent members of the blogosphere (i love that word) calling the PTB on their pathetic and translucent agenda and yet we have this incident today which serves solely to remind American's that 'Iran is still an issue'. At least, that's how I read it.
AFP also was a bit more specific then CNN in describing the location. CNN says 'International Waters' while AFP mentions the Strait of Hormuz by name. While I'm certain that strait is International waters it's also along the coast of Iran. Edit: Here's a picture
What's also 'gets me' is that this is all out of the mouth of the pentagon which was then broadcasted by CNN.... it's like so obvious on one hand and yet so hidden on the other. Talk about two realities...
What I noticed is that the story was carried on sott, here:_http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/07/iran.us.navy/index.html said:Iranian boats 'provoked' U.S. Navy, officials say
The U.S. military says it was a "significant" confrontation involving five Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats that "harassed and provoked" three U.S. naval ships in international waters over the weekend. But the Iranian government countered today that the incident was "something normal" and had been resolved.
Rest available here: http://www.sott.net/articles/show/146795-Iranian-speedboats-harass-US-navy-vessels-in-Gulf-PentagonAFP said:Iranian speedboats harass US navy vessels in Gulf: Pentagon
WASHINGTON - Five Iranian speedboats harassed three US navy ships as they transited the strategic Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, radioing a threat to blow them up, a Pentagon official said Monday.
What I immediately thought of was Donald's economic commentary which I read this morning. In it, he quotes another article in which the author lets us know that Iran is off the table, eventhough for a good while it definitely seemed like Iran was the next Iraq. It's creepy, we have these independent members of the blogosphere (i love that word) calling the PTB on their pathetic and translucent agenda and yet we have this incident today which serves solely to remind American's that 'Iran is still an issue'. At least, that's how I read it.
AFP also was a bit more specific then CNN in describing the location. CNN says 'International Waters' while AFP mentions the Strait of Hormuz by name. While I'm certain that strait is International waters it's also along the coast of Iran. Edit: Here's a picture
What's also 'gets me' is that this is all out of the mouth of the pentagon which was then broadcasted by CNN.... it's like so obvious on one hand and yet so hidden on the other. Talk about two realities...