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Iran Threatens to Deploy Military Ships off the Coast of the U.S.
This article reminded me of the movie 2010 (also known as 2010: The Year We Make Contact) a 1984 American science fiction film ….
In the movie … the actor Bowman appears and tells Floyd that everybody must leave Jupiter space within two days because “something wonderful” is going to happen. Afterwards the Monolith (which is a mystical black object in space) suddenly disappears and a growing black spot appears on Jupiter itself .. The spot is actually a vast group of these mystical black Monoliths which are constantly multiplying. The Monolith objects begin shrinking Jupiter’s volume, yet increasing the planet’s density, and modifying the chemical properties of its atmosphere.
Nevertheless … while this something wonderful was taking place out in deep space … back on Earth …. tensions between the United States and Soviet Union escalate to what is “technically a state of war” …
And I wondered then as I was watching the movie … “why in the mist of such strange and apparently immanent things occurring in deep space … would the rulers of the earth initiate war instead of peace ? …. and then I thought …. maybe the war is actually to help save and enslaved people of the planet … so in earth as it is in the heaven ……
Either way …. this article may suggest such a war portrayed in the movies over 20 years ago … just may be immanent to play out, sometime soon …
Iran threatens to deploy military ships off the coast of the U.S.
HERE TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran raised the prospect on Tuesday of sending military ships close to the United States’ Atlantic coast, in what would be a major escalation of tensions between the long-standing adversaries.
“Like the arrogant powers that are present near our marine borders, we will also have a powerful presence close to American marine borders,” the head of the Navy, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said, according to the official IRNA news agency.
Speaking at a ceremony marking the 31st anniversary of the start of the 1980-1988 war with Iraq, Sayyari gave no details of when such a deployment could happen or the number or type of vessels to be used.
The declaration comes just weeks after Turkey said it would host a NATO early warning radar system which will help spot missile threats from outside Europe, including potentially from Iran. The decision has angered Tehran which had enjoyed close relations with Ankara.
And it comes a few months after Iran sent warships through the Suez canal, after the fall of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the first time the Islamic Republic had deployed navy vessels in the Mediterranean.
The United States and Israel have not ruled out military action against Iran if diplomacy fails to stop it getting nuclear weapons. Tehran denies it is developing nuclear arms saying its atomic program is for purely peaceful purposes.
Iran has dismissed the threats, warning that it will respond by hitting U.S. interests in the Gulf and Israel if any such attack happened.
Analysts say Tehran could retaliate by launching hit-and-run strikes in the Gulf and by closing the Strait of Hormuz, the waterway where about 40 percent of all traded oil passes.
The Islamic state often launches military drills in the country to display its military capabilities amid persistent speculation about a possible U.S. or Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
(Writing by Hashem Kalantari; Editing by Rosalind Russell)
