Remember the U.S.S. Cole? Guess where it's parked?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Signaling impatience with Syria, the United States has sent its USS Cole warship off the coast of Lebanon in a "show of support" for regional stability, U.S. officials said on Thursday.


A senior Bush administration official told Reuters the United States was very concerned about the political deadlock in Lebanon, which Washington blames on Syrian meddling, and the U.S. military gesture underlined that worry.

"The United States believes a show of support is important for regional stability. We are very concerned about the situation in Lebanon. It has dragged on very long," said the senior official, who spoke on condition he was not named.

Lebanon's western-backed governing coalition and its Syrian- and Iranian-backed opposition have failed to reach a deal to end the country's political conflict.

This is like 1984 all over again. I remember the U.S.S. New Jersey being off the coast of Lebanon. Hope this doesn't go that way.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080228/pl_nm/lebanon_usa_warship_dc_2

 

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Lebanon needs to align anti-ship rockets along its border

C-802 ASM, upon the empire of evil

 

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Well that might just be enough to provoke a response that would rid the world of Hezbollah, once and for all. But I doubt Nasrallah is as ready to die as you think.

 

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Why? So undetectable F-22s/F-117s/B-2s can fly over and blast them to rubble?

 

WTF draqon?

 

the world does not need to get rid of Hezbollah. The world you speak of is limited to the countries controlled by Israelis.

 

I didn't realize that Russia, China, Japan and Canada were all controled by the Israelies? Just how's that being done anyway, I'd like to know?:shrug:

 

undetectable?

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oh everything's detectable.

 

they are not precisely.

 

The Cole is a provocative choice for Mideast gunboat "diplomacy". Between the lines, the message (intentional or not) is that this is a boat that's particularly ready to "git some". The silhouettes of US warships on the horizon have never reduced tensions in Beirut. Most often, they've been dark omens for a truly defenseless and fragile nation. We're fools to believe any Washington suggestion that we're only making our presence felt in order to bring calm.

 

If not precisely then how? :shrug:

 

hehehe

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If this is not spamming a thread, I don't know what is. Wonder if we could borrow SAM from Biology to do a little thread cleansing?

You realize the Cole has been re-deployed for about six years now, and regularly visits hot spots around the globe. They can't very well hide the ship in the North Atlantic for the rest of its commission because of what happened in Yemen.

 

Cole would not be "hiding" if simply assigned to other fleets than the 5th or 6th.

 

Sure. Even the F-22s are; when they open their bomb and missile bay doors, but by then, ordnance will already be launched and they will return to invisibility after the doors close back up; and ready to dogfight any enemy jet(s) that are foolish enough to take off and try to intercept them.

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If the US is truly reduced to gunboat diplomacy, it's in trouble.

If the threat is more direct, and preparations made, what's in the offing ?

(btw: didn't the Serbs figure out how to pick up the stealth planes using cell phone shadows ? Or was that just part of the confusion over there ? )

 

If you're referring to the F117 shot down, that was by the equivelant of a commander of a AA batallion, obviously very elite.

Barry

 

you don't park a ship you dock it

 

Very droll sir. I'm sure if I had said the ship was "Steaming across the Med...", you would have also pointed out that an Arleigh Burke class destroyer isn't steam powered. Anywho, since it's in international waters, it's hardly being docked. But thanks for stopping by and offering your riveting insight.

 

mehhh you overestimate the F-22 capabilities, this so called small radar signature is enough to be detected. Plus there are other means of detection as well as did you know that the stealth ability of the airplane vanishes if it passes through rain/storm?