So now theyre clamoring for 'battleship diplomacy' against Iran?

[Bhaisahab]

If the race to the US-Iran war of 2007 could be depicted as the infamous homeland security color code, I'd wager we're at Orange now...
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Centcom Pick Warns of Iran Influence in Gulf Region
By Ann Scott Tyson and Glenn Kessler
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, January 31, 2007; Page A11

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/30/AR2007013000099.html

Iran is positioning its military to deny U.S. access to the Persian Gulf while acting as a "destabilizing" influence in the region, President Bush's nominee to command U.S. forces in the Middle East told the Senate yesterday. Adm. William J. Fallon said he favors using what one senator called "battleship diplomacy" to deter Iran.

"Iranian support for terrorism and sectarian violence beyond its borders, and its pursuit of nuclear capability, is destabilizing and troubling," Fallon said in an opening statement at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

He warned specifically that Iranian activity "has not been helpful" in Iraq, where he said "time is running out" for action to curb the escalation of violence.

Fallon, 62, is the first Navy admiral to be named to head Central Command (Centcom), which oversees U.S. military forces in the Middle East, Central Asia and the Horn of Africa. Military officials say he was chosen because of his diplomatic and strategic skills at a time when the United States has dispatched two aircraft carrier strike groups to the Gulf for the first time since 2003.

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[magellan]

1. Predictable, how they're blaming Iraq's instability on Iran

Like we've done nothing for the last four years but shower the place with abiding respect, humility and compassion.

All signs point to air strikes being inevitable. And it breaks my heart that there isn't a damned thing we can do to stop it.