An Iranian 150-ton freighter departed Bandar Abbas port Sunday, Nov. 18, with a cargo of 220 short-range missiles and 50 improved long-range Fajar-5 rockets for the Gaza Strip.
Iranian proxy Sudan greets cargo ship carrying weapons from Iran
US warships turn around toward Israel for possible evacuation of Americans (the first time ever). Perhaps we are anticipating Israel to be attacked by Iran?
DEBKA The US has ordered three amphibious warships with 2,500 Marines aboard back to the eastern Mediterranean to remain on standby off Israel’s shore in case they are needed to evacuate American citizens. TheUSS Iwo Jima, the USS New York and the USS Gunston Hall, were sailing west of Gibraltar on their way to back to Norfolk, Virginia, when they were turned around.
USS IWO JIMA
USS GUNSTON HALL
http://www.barenakedislam.com/2012/11/19/while-iran-ships-new-more-powerful-fajar-5-missiles-to-gaza-the-u-s-sends-three-warship-for-possible-evacuation-of-american-citizens-from-israel/
Special thanks to Jim Peterson for this article.
I am not sure but this seems to send a message more than "evacuating people from the U.S," I hope. The fact that these ships contain rockets and missles, as well, I hope means that we are willing to offer assistance to Israel and to tell Iran to back off and leave this alone. This is a chance for Obama to prove himself capable of defending the U.S. and I hope he doesn't fail.
Have to hope for Israel's sake.
Yes, Jim, thank you very much.
Appears Obama is taking the "passive approach" when, in fact, he should be sending warships to intercept the Iranian ship!
Obama is saying "America is passive and he won't intercede. Tell me how this can be good. It cannot.
To all of you who are involved in this: and I guess that means EVERYONE;it certainly appears to me that our POTUS is showing his true colors, but WHAT ARE HIS TRUE COLORS?
He's leaving us out here in somewhat of a FOG. We know who we should be protecting, yet, in that article, nothing is really stated about protecting anyone other than our American Citizens. If that isn't kicking the Jewish Faith under the bus, I don't know what it is.
I can't imagine any other of the past presidents that I've lived through in my lifetime, allowing this situation to go as far as it has. Perhaps, just as the heroes of Benghazi, took it upon themselves to live up to the protection of human life, the US NAVAL OFFICERS who have turned around from their trip back home will take the same attitude, and do what they honestly feel is following the oath which they took upon entering the military and perhaps when they became Officers etc. Let's hope for Israel's sake that they are somewhat protected regardless of what we have or have not heard via the main stream media.
Jim
Remember what Obama said in 2008 before he was elected: "I WILL FUNDMENTALLY CHANGE THIS COUNTRY." That is what he said, Jim. And, he intends to do that.
Our only hope at this point is that Obama continues to meet gridlock over the next two years and hopefully by then the American people will once again be on their feet eyes facing east and will vote in November 2014 and bring another tsunami vote and rearrange the Senate. The did it once they can do it again.
Obama wants a weakened America which means he had to capture the healthcare, but that is failing in the states, AND he must drastically reduce our military capability and he is working on that....and this is why he sits back and does nothing for Irsrael. He is sending a message to the middle east.
He has four more years but after that he is a nobody and can move to Hawaii. Meanwhile, we watch and wait.
I apologize to Jim for misspelling his last name, as it is Petersen as he rightfully reminded me.
Diane, not only do we watch and wait, but we must be ready to raise our voices and let our representation on Capital Hill know that we will not stand for anymore catering to Obama; he violates the Constitution or commits another Benghazi and he is impeached and forced to leave the White House. The lines needs to be drawn in the sand on this.