Tuesday, July 01, 2008

US 'won't allow' Iran to shut key Gulf oil route

They are ratcheting up the rhetoric, the press and the government working hand in hand, preparing the population for war. We have seen it all before but this time - oh boy what a war it will be. We expect Israel to attack Iran in December. Let's hope we are wrong:

Agence France-Presse - 01 July, 2008
The commander of the US navy's Fifth Fleet warned on Monday that the United States will not allow Iran to shut the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf sea lane through which much of the world's oil is supplied."They will not close it... They will not be allowed to close it," Vice-Admiral Kevin J. Cosgriff told a press conference in Bahrain, where the Fifth Fleet is based.

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