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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 12:16 PM Original message |
Iran plays down Gulf incident with US |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. "the most serious provocation of its sort" in the Gulf (!!) |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. .." "I'm coming at you and you will blow up in a couple of minutes," "..... |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. if we were on station |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. You didn't answer the question |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Because I find naval battles to be such an archaic concept. - eom |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. uh-huh ... "on condition of anonymity" |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. some are on the record now |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. How very, very dare they - |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. CNN is still pushing they were Rev. Guard while the Pentagon |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Iran's news network confirms it was Iran Rev. Guard |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. "October 12, 2000, suicide bombers detonated explosives on the port side of the USS Cole " |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Methinks you confuse the guard with al-CIAda. Happens. n/t |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. The republican guard |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. And the US plays games with big boats all the time. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. We win naval battles.. |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Ok. Maybe not "all the time," just "from time to time." My bad. n/t |
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rockybelt (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. What gulf is this? |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That's what I said... |
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frankieT (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Persian Gulf |
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rockybelt (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. The |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. IMHO, this is why he is going to Israel. Keep an eye on the date when Israel bombs Iran. |
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rockybelt (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. As you recall |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. August 5 1964: |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Big difference betwee LBJ's GoT resolution and the straits of Hormuz |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. At least Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammed Ali Hosseini |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Perhaps they were Israeli agents and therefore the anonymity. |
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PsN2Wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. Gnats attacking an elephant |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Achilles had a heel |
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clarence swinney (673 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
13. JUST PLAYFUL KIDS |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. Persians think they own our Persian Gulf /NT |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
16. ...."Iranian boats had not recognized the U.S. vessels".... yeah, thats understandable |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
26. "Mistaken Identity"? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. US Navy has been deploying SEAL teams into Iranian territory |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. That is a great guess.. |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. The Iranians have seal teams deployed throughout the area also |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
28. I suspected something along the lines of the Gulf of Tonkin "incident." |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I suspect "Praying Mantis" |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. I suspect the Iranian mullahs understand the rules |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
39. Google up "Paul Van Riper" |
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