who am i talking about? iran? NOT in this case (although i am no fan of the iranian government). i am talking about KING GEORGE AND HIS COURT. THE biggest bunch of lyin' weasels (again, i mean NO offense to weasels) on this goddess' earth
POLITICS-US: Official Version of Naval Incident Starts to UnravelAnalysis by Gareth Porter*
WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (IPS) - Despite the official and media portrayal of the incident in the Strait of Hormuz early Monday morning as a serious threat to U.S. ships from Iranian speedboats that nearly resulted in a "battle at sea", new information over the past three days suggests that the incident did not involve such a threat and that no U.S. commander was on the verge of firing at the Iranian boats.The new information that appears to contradict the original version of the incident includes the revelation that U.S. officials spliced the audio recording of an alleged Iranian threat onto to a videotape of the incident. That suggests that the threatening message may not have come in immediately after the initial warning to Iranian boats from a U.S. warship, as appears to do on the video. Also unraveling the story is testimony from a former U.S. naval officer that non-official chatter is common on the channel used to communicate with the Iranian boats and testimony from the commander of the U.S. 5th fleet that the commanding officers of the U.S. warships involved in the incident never felt the need to warn the Iranians of a possible use of force against them. Further undermining the U.S. version of the incident is a video released by Iran Thursday showing an Iranian naval officer on a small boat hailing one of three ships. The Iranian commander is heard to say, "Coalition warship 73, this is Iranian navy patrol boat." He then requests the "side numbers" of the U.S. warships. A voice with a U.S. accent replies, "This is coalition warship 73. I am operating in international waters." The dramatic version of the incident reported by U.S. news media throughout Tuesday and Wednesday suggested that Iranian speedboats, apparently belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard navy, had made moves to attack three U.S. warships entering the Strait and that the U.S. commander had been on the verge of firing at them when they broke off. Typical of the network coverage was a story by ABC's Jonathan Karl quoting a Pentagon official as saying the Iranian boats "were a heartbeat from being blown up". ........
Furthermore, as the New York Times noted Thursday, the recording carries no ambient noise, such as the sounds of a motor, the sea or wind, which should have been audible if the broadcast had been made from one of the five small Iranian boats. |
3 comments:
Gotta get that war started soon or Bush's legacy won't be complete.
On a serious note, if there is a war going on with Iran in November, it'll boost whatever Republican Candidate is running by at least 10%.
Not to mention, Bush could declare martial law and announce that he's staying in power until the crisis is over.
Channel surfing and saw the Fox Noise Channel's Steve Docy actually smiling over this report. Talk about mega-creepy.
I don't know but it seems the mood in the country has changed to the point that if we go to war with Iran I believe it will sink just about any of the close to zero chances the Republicans have for the White House. On the other hand I believe its very possible Bush could arrange something to keep him and Cheney in office.
i am LITERALLY praying both of you are wrong about martial law
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