Voice of America: US Navy to Avoid Hormuz After Iran Threat to Close Strait
CAIRO—U.S. Defense Department spokesman Colonel Steven Warren says U.S. warships have stopped accompanying U.S. and British-flagged commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. The move came after Iran threatened to close the waterway to U.S. and allied vessels.
The threat to close the Strait of Hormuz follows an announcement last week by Iran’s naval commander, Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, that his country would hold maneuvers in the Persian Gulf in the near future.
The deputy head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, General Hossein Salami, told state TV Wednesday that Iran would close the strait to U.S. and allied commercial vessels if it came under threat.
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WNU editor: The Iranian threat to close the Starit of Hormuz was only made a few days ago .... Iran To Close Key Oil Shipping Lanes If U.S. Proceeds With Military Drills (OilPrice) ... and now this announcement from U.S. Defense Department spokesman Colonel Steven Warren that U.S. warships will now no longer accompany U.S. and British-flagged commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. Is this coincidence? Probably not. And if it is related, it only feeds into the perception that President Obama is going to do everything in his power to avoid any conflict in the last year of his term.
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If Obama was a W.I.M.P. it would be several gigantic steps up for him.
The Chinese are smiling at this, he has "zero" foreign policy skills.....Perception is blind to him.
Obama is on the other team.
The USN started "escorting" US and British Flagged vessels through the Straights, when Iran seized two vessels in transit for non-payment of bills.
Word must have got out and the Corporate Leeches must have paid their past due bills and penalties, because apparently the USN Escorts arn't needed anymore.
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