Dangerous incident in gulf. Or comedy gold?

@if ®afiq said:
The US navy may be welcome by some of the governments in that area, but not the people. Regardless, the people of Iran and the Iranian government no doubt feel threatened by a large naval force of a country that is on the other side of the World.
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I wouldnt call 3 ships a "large naval force" tbh
 
Zefan said:
That ship is carrying a oil rig.

An oil rig.

:|
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Like I said, an impressive bit of kit. :)

I have a documentary on DVD about it and you wont believe how they get such a large item on there. They have to get the CoG of the 'cargo' in the right place down to a cm or so, otherwise it'll topple over in anything more than a gentle ripple.
 
Moses99p said:
lol, yeah, because Iran's gonna be invaded, there will be enough troops to do that. :rolleyes:
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At an Xmas party I was speaking to a guy who has just spent two year's advising the White House on certain issues.

He reckons there's a 60% chance that Bush will invade Iran before the end of his term.
 
[DOD]Asprilla;10836154 said:
He reckons there's a 60% chance that Bush will invade Iran before the end of his term.
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When's the end of his term?

I'm very close to someone who works in this sort of stuff and he said there's no signs of preparation for it as of yet (in terms of supplies).
 
If, or when, Bush goes after Iran it'll be nothing but an absolutely massive and overwhelming air assault. The only ground troops will be Special Forces, who aren't really there anyway (nudge nudge, wink wink). The US could obliterate Iran from it's bases back in America, let alone the firepower they already have out in the area. Not to mention that Israel may take a role, if asked to or not.
 
I will bet a small amount of money on the fact that Iran will see no military action from the US.

It's simply not in the US' interests.

Burnsy
 
It's far too damaging to the US and its image if they went for a third target alongside Iraq and Afghanistan. The US economy would suffer too much as even more essential resources would be diverted towards a conflict that would essentially have no real goals or results.
 
KNiVES said:
The US economy would suffer too much as even more essential resources would be diverted towards a conflict that would essentially have no real goals or results.
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There are real goals. You think we were told to expect a 100 year war for no reason? The results will come after permanent occupation begins due to the instability.
 
I cannot see any real goals in the potential invasion of Iran. The second half of your sentence is also precisely why we shouldn't invade - look at Iraq. What a hell of a mess.
 
Yeah, but most of the US public thought it would be quick, with only a few casualties. They were proved wrong and that's a big issue in the current presidential election.

Any action would have outcry from the democrats who would raise hell.

Burnsy
 
So who is this person you know? Does he shift ammo about in a warehouse?

I really cannot see the need right now for the US to invade Iraq, getting rid of Iran's military will not stop the attacks in Iraq and will open up a second front. The additional oil will not be much use. The US waiting to see who will be the next large scale oil exporter, Russia? Antartic?
 
I'm not sure we have much of a say really, there was enough of a fuss about Iraq and that went almost completely unnoticed.
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Except this time it really would cause a ****-storm. The US simply would not dare, the long term ramifications would be massive. I hate having to go into hyperbole but that's really the only way I can describe it. It just wouldn't happen.

If the US wants to satiate its oil addiction, it should start looking to its own shale oil reserves, and it is.
 
[DW]Muffin;10836532 said:
So who is this person you know? Does he shift ammo about in a warehouse?
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Can't really say, they work managing medical supply all over the world including preparation for new campaigns.
 
KNiVES said:
Except this time it really would cause a ****-storm. The US simply would not dare, the long term ramifications would be massive. I hate having to go into hyperbole but that's really the only way I can describe it. It just wouldn't happen.

If the US wants to satiate its oil addiction, it should start looking to its own shale oil reserves, and it is.
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I wouldn't rule it out totally, just not in the next few years without a substantial reason, like another attack with clear links to Iran.

Burnsy
 
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