Posted on 11/24/2011 2:02:26 PM PST by Sub-Driver
US Government Urges American Citizens to Leave Syria as US Aircraft Carrier Approaches
As the violent crackdown against Syrian dissidents continues, the US government is warning all American citizens in the country to leave immediately, according to CBS. Turkish citizens are also being warned to stay out of the country. The US ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, was pulled from that country last month.
The U.S. embassy continues to urge U.S. citizens in Syria to depart immediately while commercial transportation is available,” began a statement released Wednesday on the embassy website. “The number of airlines serving Syria has decreased significantly since the summer, while many of those airlines remaining have reduced their number of flights.”
Meanwhile, Tyler Durden at Zero Hedge notices that according to Stratfor, the “CVN 77 George H.W. Bush has left its traditional theater of operations just off the Straits of Hormuz, a critical choke point, where it traditionally accompanies the Stennis, and has parked… right next to Syria.”
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More “let’s give radical Islam a chance”?
So...if we had a carrier and a destroyer there, and they totally unleashed...how long would Syria last...in minutes?
I dunno, it’s not like W is doing all this WarMongering, Inc.
Cheney, either. The Middle East needs to re-think their alliances with and allegiances to Hussein, stat.
Too late, the already accomplished purpose is to have America perceived by the world as unreliable and untrustworthy.
Syria will be controlled and freed by Turkey and the Arabs
The carrier’ s moving is our Queen to counter the Russian rook
Neither is in the real game
Who are the bad guys this time?
Anyone know?
Obama is playing tough, trying to deflect from his arab spring stance, where he enabled all the bad actors.
Suddenly he backs the Syrian protesters.
Libya, Tunisia and Egypt were a farce.
Perry is right, we should be doing this. Turkey and the Arab league back this.
Obama is doing this **** for show.
Prayers for the folks on that Carrier. We have a real cluster**** now.
Why did Obama ignore the protests in Iran?
The only reason this turd is calling Syria out now is that he will try to pin any failure on Perry.
And as CIC I guarantee that Obama will provide failure in Syria.
Hussein may feel the need to wag the dog.
Rick Perry.
Bingo
yeah Bingo, and what vital national interests does the USA have in Syria? Anyone?
Obama is doing this with full knowledge that he will have all troops removed from Iraq next month.
It is a wag the dog effort. All but 2 carriers are back home in port.
He has no intention of overthrowing Assad.
If he did he would not be dismantling forward bases in Iraq.
The same stands true for Iran.
Obama is wasting our efforts on purpose, and you mark my words he will attempt to draw Perry into this looming failure.
yeah Bingo, and what vital national interests does the USA have in Syria? Anyone?
Syria and Iran are the only resistance we have in dividing the Middle East from Turkey to the Persian Gulf with freedom.
And as Txhurl points out, these are the bad actors on the forefront of developing nukes.
You know damn well that Iraq’s weapons were moved to the Bekka Valley
yes things worked out so well in Iraq and Afghanistan, let’s do it again!
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