Op-ed:
A Laughable Message To Iran
That We Are Watching
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots on
cprworldwidemedia.net
"We don't let anyone give us warnings and threats, because we are
working according to international law and regulations...we work for the
security of our country and other countries." - Flotilla Admiral Habibollah Sayyar, Commander of Iran's
Regular Navy
And so the game of 'leverage' begins...
Coming soon after last weeks U.N. Security Council resolution that
imposed an arms embargo on leaders of the Iranian-backed Shi'ite Yemini
Houthi rebel fighters...and just weeks after Obama and the P5+1 sold the
U.S. and Israel out in that joke of a 'framework deal' with Iran over
its nuclear ambitions...last Sunday the Navy aircraft carrier USS
Theodore Roosevelt and her escort ship the guided-missile cruiser USS
Normandy left the Persian Gulf and headed for the Arabian Sea...to the
waters off Yemen...in what Naval officials have called
"maritime
security operations" to ensure that vital shipping lanes remain open and
safe.
And if you believe that I've got some swamp land to sell you.
So with the Roosevelt joining nine other American warships... including
cruisers and destroyers carrying 'board and search' teams...teams that
'anonymous' Naval sources say will intercept any Iranian vessels
carrying weapons to the Houthi rebels...and at last report there was an
Iranian convoy of eight ships nearing Yemeni waters...this is anything
but a so-called routine 'operation' NO matter that our Navy has in the
past conducted consensual boarding of ships.
Remember, the fact is that we do NOT have the legal authority or any
authority to board Iranian-flagged ships even with the U.N. resolution in place...and yet this is was what
'anonymous' Naval sources say we will be doing...an action that could be
construed as a declaration of war against Iran...an action counter to
Pentagon spokesman Col. Steve Warren saying,
“Ships are repositioning to
conduct maritime security operations, they are not going to intercept
Iranian ships.”
But wasn't Yemen supposed to be at peace as in an Obama success story...that's what we
were told...but once again it turns out it's just another in a long list
of lies spewed by this administration.
Yemen is now a country in turmoil...a country in the grips of yet
another Arab Spring gone horribly wrong...so horribly wrong that we
closed our embassy in Senaa in mid-February and in late March we
evacuated 300 military personnel from a base in southern Yemen.
Yemen...where the Houthi are battling government-backed fighters in an
effort to take control of the country and where Sunni-dominated Saudi
Arabia...in sort of a proxy war with mostly Shi'ite Iran...and a small
coalition of other neighboring Arab countries who support exiled
President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi...are ending their nearly month-long
airstrike operation...'Operation Decisive Storm'...against the Houthi
rebels and are ready to begin a new undertaking called 'Operation
Restoring Hope' which they claim will focus on security and counter terrorism.
Hoping to restore the Yemini government, the problem the Saudis now face
is that the Houthi rebels still control most of the capital of Sanaa NO matter the Saudi claim that they have
“degraded Houthi-controlled
military infrastructure, including key buildings in the capital.” And,
remember too, that the Houthi have overrun the country's northern
provinces even though we gave the Saudis logistical and intelligence
support...and even though Obama begrudgingly gave the Saudi coalition
refueling aircraft and launched 'limited' airstrikes against the
Houthi.
And this was done at the very same time Obama tried to persuade the Saudis to
limit the scope of their bombing campaign against his fellow muslim
brethren and to focus instead on protecting their own borders. Translation: more
'leading from behind'...more empty words and actions that were too
little and too late allowing Obama to have NO direct involvement in the
fighting, thus keeping him...or so he thinks...from being blamed for
even more muslim deaths in a country where civilian casualties are
running high and where Saudi officials in conjunction with coalition
officials from the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, and Kuwait say their aim is to
bring back Yemen's
"security and stability through establishing a
political process.”
'Establishing a political process' by countries where Obama released GITMO prisoners to...by countries NOT really America's friends.
So Obama is once again 'leading from behind' in yet another foreign policy
failure...another instance where Iran seems to be calling the
shots...another instance where Obama is going through the motions of
doing something but actually is doing NOTHING for 'leverage' and the
upper-hand is what this is all about.
'Leverage'...the power or ability to act or to influence people, events,
and decisions...as in Obama will do and say any and everything...including
playing soldier...or in this case sailor...by putting on this military
'dog and pony' show of force to get that Iranian nuclear deal signed and
in place before he leaves office...for his anything but stellar legacy...even if it means sending our warships off the coast of a place
where they have NO legal authority to do what some Naval officials say
they were sent to do. Sadly, the truth is that our military has been
rendered impotent to follow through on any and all threats from
Iran...threats that should be and would be handled post haste...as in
you do NOT pull your warships back there will be NO nuclear deal of any
sorts and even harsher sanctions will be put into place...if we had a
strong leader instead of a traitor at the helm of America's ship.
Remember, Iran...who routinely calls for 'death to America' and is
calling all the shots in the nuclear deal...will do what they want to do
when they want to do it and Obama will NOT stop them for when all the bloviations are
said and done...when the Saudi coalition does go home...and when Iran refuses to
back down and withdraw their warships with Obama giving them the
thumbs-up from the sidelines... pretty soon we will start seeing our warships
turning around as they start heading back to 'friendly' waters having done
nothing but make us even more of a laughing stock in the eyes of the world's than we already are.
Nothing to see here folks...just more of the same old same old show of
American military might being rendered powerless...military might that
unfortunately has Barack HUSSEIN Obama tying their hands behind their
backs.
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