Major news item for those that can connect the dots,and as a result this new development, an attack on Iran in the year2007 goes to 75%.
Fascist madness reigns STILL in the Capitol, fact remains, the post election Democrats victory was not the end of Bush41 and The Fascist Empiricist Neocons as the "we need to feel good" liberals were fantasizing, and as this here old RADICAL i so cynically disagreed with them.
The wish-wash Dems/Liberals still suffer from the dementia this is a democracy, and they couldn't conceive the Baker Group wasn't anything more than the old right wing guard of the decaying Kissinger old guard finding out they are NOT the power anymore in this ever more far right-wing government.
The "we can do it at the ballot box" America must unite and get passion and fire and anger and drive for Impeachment, and not wait for 2008.
But they will not as there is no passion left in this land of too many seated Toros and too many PodPeople and a generation that reality has more and more become a video game, the future will be hell before they get it, in my usual view that i am living in the New Dark Ages.
The News Item
let's title this THE BUILD UP
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<<U.S. may send second carrier to Mideast Gulf Wed Dec 20, 6:49 PM ET 12/20/2006
The U.S. command responsible for Middle East operations has asked the Pentagon to add a second aircraft carrier to the Gulf region as a warning to Syria and Iran and to help it carry out other operations, a senior defense official said on Wednesday.
The war-fighting Central Command wants the carrier strike group and its warplanes by end-March for "deterrence" and to increase "flexibility," including for potential noncombat operations, said the official who asked not be to be named.
"It gives them (the Central Command) the flexibility to move around," she said. "And it does send a message."
No final decision on the matter has been made by the Joint Chiefs of Staff or the Defense Department, which must approve it, the official added.
The request from Central Command chief Gen. John Abizaid is now under review by the joint staff and Navy "to determine the best way to meet the requirements," she said. It is expected to reach the chairman of the joint chiefs, Marine Gen. Peter Pace, by the end of this week.
CBS News reported on Monday that a projected naval buildup was intended to discourage what U.S. officials view as increasingly provocative acts by Tehran as it presses its nuclear program and support for Shi'ite militias in Iraq.
Syria was also a factor in the request, the official told Reuters, "in the vein of deterrence." In addition, the Central Command considered it useful for dealing with possible contingencies in Iraq and Afghanistan, she said.
The Navy and the Central Command had no immediate comment. The carrier Eisenhower and its strike group is already in the Gulf region. A carrier strike group typically includes 70 to 80 warplanes, among them F/A-18s, E-2C Hawkeyes and EA-6B Prowlers, along with escort ships.
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