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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCNN: Iran to do MASSIVE military exercise Straits of Hormuz within 48 hours
U.S. Military has immediately responded with a statement that they are watching this very closely.
hmmm....not good folks.
superpatriotman
(6,249 posts)They're not doing it in Chesapeake Bay or Lake Huron. It's their neighborhood and their right as a sovereign nation.
I feel the war drums a-beating.
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)it's a strait with multiple nations with rights/interests in it. If they are sticking to their territorial waters and not blocking access by other nations sure, no problem.
If they aren't, could be a problem.
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)Caliman73
(11,738 posts)Iran likely scheduled the exercise a long time ago, but there are recent events, especially the stupid tweet by the orange idiot, that create more tension with regards to military.
Then you have right winger Netanyahu just itching for conflict with Iran.
The Straits of Hormuz is a vital shipping lane with a lot of international traffic daily.
It is worth mentioning and monitoring.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)how many people here whine about bibi wanting a confrontation but never bother to point out that Iran is the one who keeps threatening Israel.
From May this year
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/11/iran-israel-nuclear-destruction-584196
From April this year
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/10/world/middleeast/iran-israel-missile-syria.html
Ten days later in April
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-iran-s-revolutionary-guards-threaten-israel-finger-s-on-the-trigger-1.6013204
malaise
(269,054 posts)Imperialists can't help themselves
EX500rider
(10,849 posts)still_one
(92,219 posts)America has no credibility
Better get my oil tank filled....