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Imminent War on
the Persian Horizon
By Gary Stearman “U.S. Admiral William J. Fallon, head of
the U.S. Pacific Command is taking over
Dr. Jerome Corsi, conservative author as the top commander of U.S. forces in the
and columnist, is a long-time Middle East Middle East, following the retirement of
watcher with a keen interest in the Arab/ Gen. John Abizaid. The transition of com-
Israeli conflict. His books, Atomic Iran mand from the Army to the Navy should
and Black Gold Stranglehold, have added be noted, especially with this much naval
greatly to our understanding of develop- power concentrating in the Gulf. We should
ments in the region. His critical analysis of also note that Admiral Fallon has command
the theater of war surrounding Baghdad has experience in the 1991 Gulf War, where he
given us a new look at what may be emerg- commanded the Carrier Air Wing Eight on
ing there. Our true target is now Iran. the USS Theodore Roosevelt during Opera-
He is saying that the current change of tion Desert Storm.”
leadership in the U.S. military points to The Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
a whole new strategy in the region. Now, Force from our nuclear submarines alone,
Iraq is no longer the chief focus of the dwarfs anything Iran will be able to project
Western war machine. Old Persia, reborn for many years into the future. U.S. sea-
as modern Iran, has now been programmed borne might is the greatest single force on
as the central target of satellites and battle the planet today.
computers. As this is written, Israel has already made
For years, even decades, Israeli leaders practice runs, in which they simulate the
have said that of all their enemies, Persia removal of Iran’s nuclear facilities. No
is the one with whom they will ultimately With U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, doubt, the U.S. fleet will be standing by in
do battle. Persia is strategically located be- we are in a position to put pressure on case things get hotter than expected.
tween the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf. Iran, should a strategic confrontation The January 7th London Sunday Times
To its east, lies Afghanistan; to its west become necessary. editorial was in complete agreement with
is Iraq. Even more interesting is Persia’s command ship of the Bataan Expeditionary Corsi’s assessment:
position in the great latter-day invasion of Strike Group, departed from Norfolk, Va., “The nomination of Admiral William
Israel. The ancient nation ranks first among headed for forward deployment. Typically, Fallon, a former navy fighter pilot, to com-
the allies of “Gog, the land of Magog … we should expect the USS Bataan to replace mand U.S. military operations in the area
Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them, all the USS Boxer in normal rotation. Even if is regarded as a sign of forward planning.
of them with shield and helmet” (Ezekiel that is the destination of the USS Bataan, we Fallon does not have a reputation as a hawk,
38:2, 5). As posted in the January 8, 2007 would have two amphibious strike forces in but in the words of a Pentagon source: ‘If
WorldNetDaily, Corsi writes, “War with the Gulf as the rotation is completed.” you go after Iran, you have a naval war on
Iran is imminent.” Corsi’s deduction is that there is a quiet your hands.’
He says, “In addition to moving addition- but massive naval fleet being assembled “Retired Colonel Sam Gardiner, a former
al military into the region, President Bush for quick deployment in the areas key to National War College professor who has
is putting into place a new political and Iran’s potential nuclear threat. A carrier war-gamed air strikes on Iran, believes an
military command team, all in preparation task force, together with guided-missile American attack remains a possibility. The
for an expanded war in the Middle East. cruisers and nuclear submarines is now a current deployment of a second U.S. aircraft
“We have already noted that the USS reality in the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea carrier strike force to the Gulf region, as
John C. Stennis (CVN 74) aircraft carrier and Persian Gulf. well as British minesweepers, is a ‘huge
battle group is heading to the Persian Gulf He holds the opinion that the key indica- deal,’ he said. ‘It is only necessary to do
to join the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower tion of this new reality lies in our Middle that if you are planning to strike Iran and
(CVN 69) aircraft carrier battle group cur- East military assignment. That will set the deal with the consequences’ – including an
rently on station there. tone for 2007. A naval assault, if unleashed attempt to shut the Strait of Hormuz, the
“Additionally, the USS Boxer (LHD 4) in its full strength, would present a new sea route for much of the world’s oil from
amphibious assault ship, the flagship of order of magnitude in the war that began the Gulf states.”
the Boxer Expeditionary Strike Group, is against Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hus- Today, the course toward a Mideast
on station in the Persian Gulf. On Janu- sein. It would become World War III. conflagration seems perilously close to
ary 4, 2007, the USS Bataan (LHD 5), the To Corsi, this is an obvious development: realization. u
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