A similar post/story went up on a diff forum (and completely diff universe) I haunt.
Maybe I am cursed with an "abuse me" gene. Although it is an excellent source for news, roughly 80% of the people there are all in favor of nuking the entire mid-east, EXCEPT Israel which can do no wrong, every time Ahmadinejad burps, farts, speaks, or wears the wrong color tie.
Personally I find no "heroes" in the mid-east at all. But I post there on the subject just to keep pointing out that there are alternatives for subjects which are none of our business, besides nuclear warfare.
The story:
U.S. beefs up defenses near Iran
Reporting from Washington - The Obama administration has increased the U.S. military presence near Iran and is accelerating installation of antimissile systems in nearby countries, officials said Saturday, as the White House builds pressure for stern new sanctions against Tehran.
New air defense systems are being delivered to Persian Gulf countries, and specially-equipped cruisers -- a linchpin of the U.S. missile defense system -- are being deployed in the waters of the Persian Gulf, the officials said.
The moves are intended to reassure Gulf countries that they would be protected against possible offensive action from Tehran, which is under intensified international pressure to refrain from developing nuclear weapons.
U.S. officials stressed the defensive nature of the actions being taken throughout the region.
The partnership between the U.S. and Gulf countries, described by a senior U.S. official on Saturday, is likely to include early-warning radar systems and missile defenses that will be integrated with U.S. systems, including those on the cruisers and elsewhere.
The initiative involves the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait, four countries with close military ties to the U.S.
"Iran and President [Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad have scared those on the west side of the Gulf right into our arms," said the senior official.
U.S. officials also hope the moves will alleviate concerns about Iran within Israel, which has said it has the right to launch military strikes to prevent Iranian progress toward development of weapons.
The Obama administration has stepped up pressure on Iran to take part in talks aimed at reconciling its civilian nuclear efforts with international concerns that Tehran's true goal is developing nuclear weapons.
Rest at: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-a...,4832460.story
So being a quart low on abuse today, I attempted to try and get people to see what a silly exercise this is, and posted:
To the notion that
"U.S. beefs up defenses near Iran"
Three questions:
1. Will this help stop Iran from pulling into Pittsburgh with 100 tanks, and occupying city hall?
2. If you ran Iran, in response would you:
- Stop building or deploying any kind of weapon, conventional or nuke?
- Get busier'n a SOB and build something, anything that would possibly deter this? Say... a battlefield nuke?
3. Since this can not possibly make the US any safer... who are we billing for this?
Very truly yours, I remain,
that "Jihad-loving, Islamic kiss-butt, traitor"...
Fred