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First up - Israel and the US have sent a large contingent of naval vessels (more than a dozen including the Aircraft Carrier USS Truman) to the Gulf. That's the Persian Gulf. The ships have transited the Suez canal already.Further, the Israeli Air force are suspected of having unloaded equipment in Saudi Arabia and US forces are massing in Azerbaijan
Meanwhile Iran pokes back with a flotilla of its own. Iran is sending aid ships to Gaza with toys and medical supplies and almost certainly that's all they are sending because they want to play the moral high ground here. They would love to be attacked on a humanitarian mission but getting through is almost as good. Either one plays well to the people of the Middle East. Israel is backed into a corner on Gaza so maybe they hope that bringing their guns and their dad's guns and loudly marching up and down the street outside of the Mullah's house will discourage them.
There is a bit of a race on to start this war, it seems. If US/Israel can get a military provocation going in the Gulf they can still attack on grounds that Iran is building nukes and Iran is the aggressor. If Iran can get their aid ship sunk or to Gaza they can paint the war as one started by a mad-dog state trying to starve the Palestinians to death.
Furthermore, it seems that Israel has already moved aircraft to the Caucuses and the US have also moved troops there. G8 leaders are pretty sure Israel will attack Iran.
Meanwhile Iran pokes back with a flotilla of its own. Iran is sending aid ships to Gaza with toys and medical supplies and almost certainly that's all they are sending because they want to play the moral high ground here. They would love to be attacked on a humanitarian mission but getting through is almost as good. Either one plays well to the people of the Middle East. Israel is backed into a corner on Gaza so maybe they hope that bringing their guns and their dad's guns and loudly marching up and down the street outside of the Mullah's house will discourage them.
There is a bit of a race on to start this war, it seems. If US/Israel can get a military provocation going in the Gulf they can still attack on grounds that Iran is building nukes and Iran is the aggressor. If Iran can get their aid ship sunk or to Gaza they can paint the war as one started by a mad-dog state trying to starve the Palestinians to death.
Furthermore, it seems that Israel has already moved aircraft to the Caucuses and the US have also moved troops there. G8 leaders are pretty sure Israel will attack Iran.
