Besides the previous post there's this.

October surprize, anyone?

Booman Tribune:

US Navy Told to Prepare to Blockade Iran

It's looking more and more as if Bush's October surprise really will be war with Iran. From the current edition of TIME magazine:

The first message was routine enough: a "Prepare to Deploy" order sent through naval communications channels to a submarine, an Aegis-class cruiser, two minesweepers and two mine hunters. The orders didn't actually command the ships out of port; they just said to be ready to move by Oct. 1. But inside the Navy those messages generated more buzz than usual last week when a second request, from the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), asked for fresh eyes on long-standing U.S. plans to blockade two Iranian oil ports on the Persian Gulf. The CNO had asked for a rundown on how a blockade of those strategic targets might work. When he didn't like the analysis he received, he ordered his troops to work the lash up once again.

Need I remind anyone that a naval blockade is considered an act of war?

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