Venezuela, Iran & others: a coalition? (New title)
Mod's Note:This thread was called: The "Newest" New World Order - a Coalition of Antagonistic Lilliputians ™ ? until 30/12/2010 and re-named for clarity as Venezuela, Iran & others: a coalition?
Maybe a call to that new kid with the funny haircut in Pyongyang.
A little innocent help from Russia, a little under-the-table help from China.
Good way to take out the Evil Empire of the Northern Hemisphere.
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TEHRAN, Iran – The leaders of Iran and Venezuela hailed what they called their strong strategic relationship on Wednesday, saying they are united in efforts to establish a "new world order" that will eliminate Western dominance over global affairs.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101021/...JhbnZlbmV6dWVs
nb : yes, it's spells out C.O.A.L. (every group of bad guys needs a single-syllable abbreviated name)
Cuban missile crisis - a replay further south?
AdamG,
Let us for a moment assume the news report is true.
Given the capacity of US intelligence, why has this not been noted before and placed in the public domain? If it has been noted, but not placed in the public domain - ponder that.
Now back to the Cuban missile crisis. There are some remarkable similarities. Now will we see a re-run in 2011?
A quick reaction.
Nomination of Larry Palmer for Ambassador to Venezuela
This link has a detailed explanation of what happened with the Venezuela nomination:
http://americasquarterly.org/node/2058
Well, that'll certainly raise tensions...
AdamG;126118
Quote:
(Reuters) - Iran raised the prospect on Tuesday of sending military ships close to the United States' Atlantic coast, in what would be a major escalation of tensions between the long-standing adversaries.
The USN will laugh themselves into a state of discombobulation ... :rolleyes:
Credibility of the Admiral isn't an issue.
Nor is the potential for their actually being able to mount such a deployments with their half dozen submarines or an equal number of DD/FF types and one tanker. They do have some cargo vessels that could make the trip unrefueled but those aren't "military ships"...
Even though we keep an eye on their ships and aircraft out in the world, they could do what you imply: "Pentagon and Missile Defense Agency officials increasingly are concerned with the threat of terrorists using a cargo ship to fire cruise and ballistic missiles just off U.S. shores but outside its territorial waters. ".
That raises four questions, two before the act -- in spite of our surveillance could they actually get here and launch such an attack? Why would they do that? Those two not withstanding, should they actually launch such an attack, while there would probably be symbolic damage should that occur, there are two questions thus raised; how much damage did they really cause to the rather large US land mass and and concomitantly large population? What would happen to the 'fleet' of the Iraniha and to Iran if they did?
While the cred of the Admiral isn't really material, it is worth noting that the Iranian hierarchy does tend to bluster and portend things they really have no intention of doing. The Mullahs are dotty but they aren't stupid. Some time spent in Iran gave me a firm belief that they bluster and bluff a great deal -- haggling is a national sport, after all -- but are really pretty shrewd when it comes to what they actually do.
Some seem to have or look for plenty to worry about. That's fine but I'll put this one in 'highly unlikely' category with respect to occurrence and possible damage even if it did -- and go back to dozing... :D
Latin America as a Terrorist, Subversive, Criminal Arena for Iran and Hezbollah
I think this Israeli think tank report sits best here, especially Venezuela is centre stage with Iran and then there's Hezbollah:http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/mal.../iran_e163.htm
It ends with:
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Iran's activities in Latin America and its readiness to carry out terrorist attacks on American soil (manifested by the attempted assassination in Washington of the Saudi Arabian ambassador) led Roger Noriega (added an AEI analyst) to the conclusion that "Tehran's activities near our homeland constitute a very real threat that can no longer be ignored." (ITIC emphasis) Despite with the grave assessments of the Iranian threat as expressed in a number of expert testimonies before Congress, certain members of the American administration are of the opinion that Iran's influence in Latin America is limited and that the United States can minimize it.
Not exactly an impartial review; Israel and those who lean a certain way maybe convinced.