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January 4, 2012

how many days, weeks, hours, can the pundits expound upon these GOP

knuckleheads? They ran out of intelligent commentary a long time ago. It's beyond absurd.

January 3, 2012

Even Without The Aircraft Carrier, The US Military Has Iran Surrounded

Even Without The Aircraft Carrier, The US Military Has Iran Surrounded
Robert Johnson | Jan. 3, 2012, 9:56 AM


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-bases-surrounding-iran-2012-01#ixzz1iPYsE3Gm

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Even Without The Aircraft Carrier, The US Military Has Iran Surrounded
Robert Johnson | Jan. 3, 2012, 9:56 AM | 1,056 | 8

Image: Democratic Underground,
Each star represents a U.S. military base. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2456137

Given today's warning out of f Tehran and its outspoken military stance of the past few weeks, this map, we originally ran on December 12, offers a bit of perspective.

This is the world Iran sees from inside its borders. This map from Democratic Underground puts a star on every U.S. military base in the region, and aside from the Caspian area to the North, American forces pretty much have Tehran surrounded (via Informed Comment).

Iran wound down its 10 day naval exercises today with the successful test of a medium range missile, and a warning for the U.S. not to send any aircraft carriers back into the Persian Gulf.

Fars news agency reported that Ataollah Salehi said "We usually don't repeat our warning, and we warn only once. We recommend and emphasize to the American carrier not to return to the Persian Gulf." (via Bloomberg)

On December 27, Tehran said it photographed the USS John C. Stennis slipping through the Strait of Hormuz with the guided missile cruiser the USS Mobile Bay.



Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-bases-surrounding-iran-2012-01#ixzz1iPZ9afbs

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