US Special Forces ‘Floating Base’ Heading Through Suez to Persian Gulf
Ship Will Allow Small Scale Deployments From Offshore Anywhere in the Region
The USS Ponce, an amphibious transport ship newly refitted as a “floating base” for US special forces to launch attacks, is heading through the Suez Canal on Friday on its way into the Persian Gulf.
The Pentagon reported the warship was to be used for “support missions in areas where ground based access is not available,” and while it is being presented as a hedge against a hypothetical mining effort by Iran it could conceivably be used to launch attacks from offshore anywhere in the region.
CENTCOM has been keen to see the USS Ponce deployed to the region, saying that the ship is uniquely suited to operating in the region, where the US doesn’t necessarily have a base in every single country from which to operate.
The ship won’t actually have any combat forces on board when it arrives in Bahrain, expected to be about two weeks from now. Officials have not said when the combat troops will be deployed.
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byrd_bahls22
June 21st, 2012 at 10:28 pm
Well, hot dang ! Centcom makes me feel safer already. Another metallic phallic symbol to ponder late at night when "EYE-RAN" acts up or stands their ground against USrael and 'the plan" to dominate the whole planet. If Hillary says that Iran wants to be attacked, how can we doubt the old bat ? She is the "all knowing eye of horus," don't you know ?
Dave Spart
June 22nd, 2012 at 1:09 am
The Iranians will soon have a perfect target to test their new surface-to-ship missiles. They should take the opporunity as soon as they can.
MoT
June 22nd, 2012 at 7:34 am
And the clock keeps ticking down.
Budd Weiser
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:37 pm
Uh, huh. Watch it go boom (thru its own hand or that of Isreal) and used as the excuse to pounce on Iran. After all, it won't be the first time.
Budd Weiser
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:38 pm
Or, maybe, Isreal will do their USS Liberty trick on it while blaming the Iranians. What better way to kill two birds with one stone?
xenos
June 22nd, 2012 at 5:03 pm
Its not hard to see what the real game is.
My only sadness is that the Russian, Iranian and Chinese media do not spell it out more clearly and hammer it home more incessantly.
Its about the West taking over the whole world, a West run by criminals who presume to own the world. ….thats all it is about , nothing more, nothing less.
bob
June 23rd, 2012 at 1:36 am
Oh wow..what a waste
River Rat
June 23rd, 2012 at 7:43 am
History is known to repeat itself Budd.
@MagnifiedView
June 23rd, 2012 at 8:14 am
Kudos Mr. Ditz: Outstanding!
Whatever happened to our Noble Peace Prize winner's out of Afghanistan, out of Iraq, closing Gitmo?
Where did our great leader's anti-war base go? The silence is deafening
Right on Mr. Ditz – WRITE ON!
Respectfully, Yoda@magnifiedview.com
http://www.magnifiedview.com/2011/10/18/occupying…