Comments on: Because You’d All Be Sad without a “Borat Visits the Straits of Hormuz” Update

By: Rayne

Rayne — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:56:20 +0000

And that, besides the point masaccio makes at (46), is why this happened as it did.

They might be trying to test the mettle of Fallon to its limits; if Fallon were to snap, we wouldn’t question him as much as another naval officer because of his previous statements. But push him they will, and in an attempt to enlist the support of Gulf countries for an assault on Iran.

Wonder what shows up on Google Earth in regards to coordinates…

By: phred

phred — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:56:41 +0000

Glad you liked that ; )

And my most sincere apologies to rats the world over, you are correct that I was quite unfair to them.

By: readerOfTeaLeaves

readerOfTeaLeaves — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:12:11 +0000

Agree. The kids at my local junior high could do a better job with iMovie.
Plus, they’d probably use GarageBand to create some nice music loops as background sound.

This craziness puts Fallon and his trusted officers in a very precarious situation. Sooner, or later, someone’s going to make a quick misjudgment.

By: masaccio

masaccio — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:39:39 +0000

Juan Cole gets into the act:

The Gulf monarchies in particular are very afraid of the Iranian navy, and the Bush administration video would have been useful for pushing the Kuwaitis, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia into agreeing with the Bush grand strategy of surrounding Iran and then cutting it off.

This explains why the events are being released now.

By: bmaz

bmaz — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:34:40 +0000

Aw man, I like the Weekend at Bernies guys; they are a lot more interesting and creative than Defense Dude….

By: freepatriot

freepatriot — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:28:33 +0000

can we have a “STOOOOOPID” contest here ???

nominations could include our secretary of defense (and panty wadding) robert gates, and the two idiot who wheeled the dead guy to the check cashing business

By: freepatriot

freepatriot — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:24:43 +0000

so who was it that said:

“all We’ve proved here is that any halfwit with a trailer hitch and a dock can threaten the US Navy”

sums up the bushco DOD

By: mainsailset

mainsailset — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:21:53 +0000

The simple explanation is that the Rep presidential hopefuls needed a new topic to go off on, can’t talk Iraq, Afghanistan, economy, God forbid science, employment, gas prices, immigration. So, Bush’s folks just blew them a kiss and they’re off and running. Unfortunately for the ‘leaders’, their crazy cohort, Ron Paul, didn’t jump with both feet into their nuke ‘em talk so he spoiled the effect.

By: freepatriot

freepatriot — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:20:07 +0000

I smell a rat.

come on man

even rats don’t smell this bad, even when they’re dead

that’s george w bush that you smell

By: klynn

klynn — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:31:33 +0000

Speaking of Wikipedia, this latest incident in Hormuz is listed as event #4. With only the “first” breaking news propaganda as the entry.

Wish I could link for all but when I link the link breaks but you can try this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz

30% of the world’s oil supply goes through Hormuz. That alone would explain all this nonsense to me.

The incident with US submarine, USS Newport, hitting a Japanese tanker is also interesting.