tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post435025499365737537..comments2024-01-03T05:18:54.650-05:00Comments on CDR Salamander: Sorry, no Tanker War This WeekCDR Salamanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981221786954902349noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-92101607225231546512019-06-20T13:04:42.775-04:002019-06-20T13:04:42.775-04:00Sal,
When Vincennes killed 290 Iranian civilians,...Sal,<br /><br />When Vincennes killed 290 Iranian civilians, including children, it was in the midst of a fur ball of gunfire, confused electronic intelligence indications, and international brinkmanship.<br /><br />The CO made the right call. The President, who foolishly let the flag officers and ‘genius’ advisors crowd the gulf with ships, men, and explosives made a terribly wrong call. Clearly, throughout ‘Earnest Will’ and ‘Prime Chance’ there was a powerful lobby with objectives not in the best interest of the United States who were pushing for a bloody ‘casus belli’, in the shape of dead American sailors and Marines, to commit the United States to war.<br /><br />To whose benefit? Saudi Arabia and Israel come to mind. (Similar to the sources of the intelligence on ‘launch ready WMDs’ that put us in a ruinous war later I might add)<br /><br />And Vincennes did not fire the last shot in the tanker war, Khomeini did. <br /><br />https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/10688067/Lockerbie-bombing-was-work-of-Iran-not-Libya-says-former-spy.html<br /><br />By the time we were certain enough to justifiably do anything about it President Bush (Sr) was working on an alliance with moslems to secure Kuwait and invade Iraq.<br /><br />During the return trip from an Earnest Will deployment I was with a wise warrior (ADM Snuffy Smith – serious guy, CINC might want to listen to him right now) when he advised his staff on the carrier off Iran that ‘if you start a war with a little guy he'll take it serious’.<br /><br />That comes to mind as, no doubt, CINC is hearing from an assortment of ambitious fools and incompetent, seditious spys. <br /><br />War with Iran? Easy? <br /><br />https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/hundreds-soldiers-hezbollah-inside-us-says-homeland-security-chairman<br /><br />Beyond some seriously competent Persians, NBPP and NOI have been in US prisons recruiting for decades. ISIS has been in ebola labs in Congo. Fellow travelers?<br /><br />And their target set? No surprise.<br /><br />https://www.start.umd.edu/pubs/DHS_I%26A_GTD_Targeting%20Critical%20Infrastructure%20in%20the%20US_June2016.pdf<br /><br />Southridernoreply@blogger.com