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The Northerner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 01:33 PM Original message |
Official: Iran to send ships near U.S. coast |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's always wrong unless we do it |
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PacerLJ35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 11:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
70. I don't think anyone here in the US cares |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. That would be a very long, interesting voyage. Especially since the Iranian "Navy" is mostly |
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christx30 (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Iran should invest in those |
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jakeXT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. They have a literally a handful of submarines and frigates. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. What they do have a lot of are anti-ship missiles - hundreds of launchers. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. An easy threat to avoid |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. The straits are less than 20 miles wide, nothing's over the horizon. VFR for missiles. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. They won't be in the straits. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. If it comes to that, we will have already lost. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I don't think there will be a war |
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Robert_C (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Netanyahu might be crazy enough to start a war |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 06:00 AM Response to Reply #46 |
59. That small Iranian presence would be on the bottom of the ocean |
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Robert_C (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #59 |
73. Commercial vessels make better targets |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Meaningless pin pricks |
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vminfla (992 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. The Iranian Gov't should be congratulated for supporting America's artificial reef program |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 04:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
58. +1 n/t |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
64. Are we sure this is Iran and not the Duchy of Grand Fenwick? ;-) nt |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. And Hezbollah is equipping Cuba with missiles according to that nimrod, Bauchmann |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Hezbollah missiles are pretty much souped up bottle rockets. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 11:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
47. LOL- she is such a moron..... |
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Lurks Often (505 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. "A powerful presence" the Iranian navy is mostly a |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. They only have to last long enough to launch a shitload of ship-killer missiles. |
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A Physicist (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Anti-Ship Missiles |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Assuming China hasn't equipped them with Dong Feng's? |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. DS21 - isn't that one of those funny-looking French cars? |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
67. The DF21 is an MRBM |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. A: They have enough to do enough damage to the US 5th Fleet than we don't want to find out |
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left on green only (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. With tongue in cheek I would say that you are probably just saying that |
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Lurks Often (505 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. In a shooting war with Iran, no fleet commander would bring |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. True, but we pass through there all the time |
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PuffedMica (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. Or the Iranians wait long enough offshore for one of their vessels to sink in a storm |
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Vogon_Glory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. We Might Even Have To Rescue Them If The Atlantic Proves More Than They Can Handle |
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name not needed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. That's assuming they don't get hijacked by Somali pirates first. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 11:28 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. omg stop.... I just inhaled my ice tea! |
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AverageJoe90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:40 AM Response to Reply #45 |
57. That would be so cool if that actually happened. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 06:28 AM Response to Reply #45 |
60. . . . |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 11:27 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. hahahahahahaha |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. Good. China and NK should do it too. |
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tcaudilllg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. "Our" foreign policy, or Wall Street's? |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. As a nation. |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
11. The USA |
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A Physicist (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
13. Aircraft Carrier Battle Group? |
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Owlet (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
14. Iranian Warships! |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 11:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
50. ...... |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
15. FuxNooseChannel heads will be EXPLODING! |
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AverageJoe90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:38 AM Response to Reply #15 |
56. Actually, I think those assholes at FOX News would at least secretly, if not openly, welcome this. |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
17. They have every right |
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PacerLJ35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 11:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
71. International waters... |
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CJvR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
19. So... |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 11:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
51. hehehe.... |
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evilhime (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
22. And Bush made it possible |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
23. I heard through the grapevine, that Iran planned to surround our |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 11:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
52. But that would foil our job searches..... |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
24. So what? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
26. Great - now we don't have to go over there to sink their "fleet" nt |
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KILL THE WISE ONE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. so claim they crossed the invisible line and hold them hostage ? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I'd just park a battleship and a destroyed within sight and let them crap their pants. nt |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
68. Do we still have any active battleships? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
34. Reminds of when I read that the US sent one of its "Sea-Going" Monitors to England in 1865 |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
41. "Powerful presence" AAAAA! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
42. What are the wind currents along the coast from that far out? Do they move inland? |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
44. Makes sense. If we're going to do it to them, why shouldn't they do it to us? |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 11:33 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. I think they are well within their rights |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
54. The diesel submarine or the frigate? |
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AverageJoe90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:34 AM Response to Original message |
55. Part of this may be a consequence of U.S. foreign policy, true, BUT............. |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
61. Got a laugh out of this when I read it yesterday |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 07:42 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. I wonder why Iran considers the U.S. arrogant? |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 06:19 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. You letting Iran tell you when you can and can't laugh these days? |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 08:23 AM Response to Reply #69 |
72. My comment was in response to the poster thinking the U.S. Coast |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
63. "Iran lacks battleships ... " according to "White House, experts..." |
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CJvR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Perhaps... |
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Jazzgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
66. I put Politico in the same bucket with AP. |
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