The Brits have sacked the one possible dissenting voice in
the Ministry of Defense, Nick Harvey.
And a
multi-national task force (exercise) is heading into place in the Strait of Hormuz at this very moment, for the upcoming War with Iran.
An
armada of US and British naval power is massing in the Persian Gulf in the
belief that Israel is considering a pre-emptive strike against Iran’s covert
nuclear weapons programme….
Battleships,
aircraft carriers, minesweepers and submarines from 25 nations are converging
on the strategically important Strait of Hormuz in an unprecedented show of
force as Israel and Iran move towards the brink of war.
Western
leaders are convinced that Iran will retaliate to any attack by attempting to
mine or blockade the shipping lane through which passes around 18 million
barrels of oil every day, approximately 35 per cent of the world’s petroleum
traded by sea.
A
blockade would have a catastrophic effect on the fragile economies of Britain,
Europe the United States and Japan, all of which rely heavily on oil and gas
supplies from the Gulf.
The
Strait of Hormuz is one of the world’s most congested international waterways.
It is only 21 miles wide at its narrowest point and is bordered by the Iranian
coast to the north and the United Arab Emirates to the south.
In
preparation for any pre-emptive or retaliatory action by Iran, warships from
more than 25 countries, including the United States, Britain, France, Saudi
Arabia and the UAE, will today begin an annual 12-day exercise…
Sir
John Sawers, the head of MI6, the Secret Intelligence Service, reportedly met
the Israeli prime minister and Ehud Barak, his defence secretary, two weeks ago
in an attempt to avert military action against Iran.
But
just last week Mr Netanyahu signalled that time for a negotiated settlement was
running out when he said: “The world tells Israel 'Wait, there’s still time.’
And I say, 'Wait for what? Wait until when?’
“Those
in the international community who refuse to put red lines before Iran don’t
have a moral right to place a red light before Israel.”
There is even a Facebook page for the upcoming War with
Iran for the people likely to be on the frontline of that war in the field protecting the West's lazy crony capitalism addiction to Petroleum. How do you spell Electric Car? Duh!
How lucky that tensions are coming together as a long
planned ago exercise - Armada - is coincidentally forming just in time in the
Third Gulf War.
