Tuesday, July 3, 2012

US military strength beefed up at Hormuz as nuclear talks with Iran fade

DEBKAfile   "Shortly after the announcement, senior US administration officials said the fourth round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and six world powers taking place in Istanbul Tuesday were most probably the last: Tehran has refused to give way on the key issues of the 20-percent grade enrichment of uranium and the closure of its underground nuclear facility at Fordo.

The new war drums sent oil past $100 for the first time in three weeks.
As for the Gulf buildup, US sources said counter-measures were in place in case the extra forces were targeted for Iranian aggression."

Do you somehow visualize Obama launching an attack, oh, say about the first week of November?
Jerusalem Post cartoon
The Jerusalem Post seems to lack confidence in Obama's military leadership: Obama ‘chickened out’ of confronting mullahs  "  "The White House, however, has “a systemic failure in understanding the lay of the land” when it comes to Iran. The current president is no exception, according to Reza Pahlavi.
" “Barack Obama is hell-bent on engaging the Iranian regime just to prove that he’s not George Bush. That doesn’t help the problem. That’s not what people expected in Iran,” the Iranian prince said.
" “The people of Iran are asking for help, and Obama cares about showing Khamenei that he can reason with him. That was Jimmy Carter’s mentality in 1979 and that’s still the mentality in 2012.”
Reza Pahlavi called on “Israeli friends to stand up in support of those trying to bring democracy to Iran.”
"He added: “Of course Iranians don’t hate Israel. The regime wants you to think so."

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