IRGC Yemen.

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America fights back!

Once more from the latest edition of the DEBKAfile news letter:

"US Tomahawks destroy Iran's radar bases in Yemen"

13 October.

"Tomahawk cruise missiles launched by US Navy destroyer USS Nitze early Thursday, Oct. 13, destroyed three Iranian-Yemeni coastal radar stations, after C-802 anti-ship missiles supplied by Iran to Yemeni Houthi rebels were fired at US naval vessels off the Yemeni coast. The stations were built and operated by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for their Yemeni proxies to back up a threat to blockade the Red Sea. From Oct. 9, the new missiles four times targeted the US flotilla shortly after it arrived to patrol the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. Neither the US nor Iran has acknowledged their mounting confrontation over control of these strategic waters, which Tehran is waging through its Yemeni proxy . . . A highly advanced radar installation is required for the use of the C-802. Two radar stations set up outside Yemen’s two principal Red Sea ports, Mokha and Hudaydah, earlier this month were operated by IRGC missile and radar teams until they were destroyed Thursday . . . The third station was added for triangulation. The destruction of all three by US Tomahawks has knocked out the Houthis’ ability to use C-802 missiles and Iran’s threat to blockade the Red Sea."

As I said, those missiles fired at American warships more than likely not under the control of the Houthi rebel. Under the control of Iranian Revolutionary Guards, the firing of those C-802 presumably done only with the consent of the highest governmental authority in Iran!

The battle for the control of the waters around Aden and Bab al-Mandeb has begun!

That significance of the waters contiguous to Aden and the Strait of Bab al-Mandeb not having changed in over one-hundred years. Admiral Jackie Fischer was right!

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Houthi Yemen.

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From that latest edition of the DEBKAfile newsletter:

"Yemeni Houthis fire 2 Iranian-made missiles at US destroyer – and miss"

10 October 

"For the first time in two years, Yemeni Houthi rebels Saturday fired on an American vessel, launching two missiles at the US Navy guided-missile destroyer US Mason . . . The failed attack came a week after a United Arab Emirates vessel was badly damaged by a missile launched from the Houthi-controlled Yemeni shore . . . The Yemeni insurgents have been armed with advanced Chinese-made C-802 (NATO-named CSS-N-8) anti-ship missiles upgraded by Iran, as part of Tehran’s proxy bid to seize control of the strategic Red Sea strait. The same missile fired by Hizballah in 2006 crippled the Israeli Navy’s Hanit at the outset of the Second Lebanese"

MORE THAN LIKELY THIS IS NOT HOUTHI REBELS FIRING AT THE AMERICAN SHIPS AND THE UAE VESSEL BEFORE THEM! ARE EITHER IRANIAN MILITARY OR REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS OR THE HEZBOLLAH PROXY OPERATING AND FIRING THE MISSILES.

Consider also that these attacks allow the U.S. Navy an opportunity to evaluate anti-ship missile defense. A real-world life or death situation that cannot be replicated during maneuvers or tests.

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Mosul.

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Mosul the battle begins? Mark you calendar and mark it well.

From the latest edition of the DEBKAfile newsletter:

"Obama set for Mosul battle, leaves Aleppo to Putin"

8 October.

"The warlike rhetoric heard from Washington over the plight of the stricken Syrian town of Aleppo does not represent any current Obama administration plan for military intervention to halt the ever-mounting carnage . . . for now, the US president’s mind is fixed exclusively on the preparations for the Oct. 19 offensive for the liberation of the Iraqi city of Mosul from ISIS occupation. US, Iraqi, Iraqi and Kurdish forces are aligned for the battle. Obama is brooking no distractions from his main objective. He hopes the Mosul operation will be over and done with by mid-December, so that when he exits the White House in January, he will have chalked up a major victory against the Islamic State as part of his legacy."

Announce the date for the big offensive to oust ISIL from the city of Mosul and ALSO while you are at it why not give the bad guys a copy of your entire operational plan.

Beware Mosul to having been mined by ISIL so that the place will resemble one big exploding detonation after another. Apocalyptic in nature!

OH, what do I know?

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Crook II.

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Conclusion!

His name was Crook but he was no crook!

General Crook both as a soldier and military governor demonstrating skill and ability with vision and forethought, that combination of talent rarely found in any individual.

Crook also apparently an enlightened man, able to combine the carrot and stick with good intentions in mind!

From the wiki entry for George Crook and his participation in the American Indian Wars specifically his campaign against renegade Apache Indians. Again, that correct combination of carrot and stick most effective::

"In 1882 he returned to Arizona, forced the Mormons, squatters, miners, and stock-raisers to vacate the Indian lands on which they had seized, encouraged the Apaches in planting, and pledged them the protection of the government. In the spring of 1883 the Chiricahuas entrenched themselves in the fastness of the mountains on the northern Mexican boundary, and began a series of raids. Gen. Crook struck the trail, and, instead of following, took it backward, penetrated into and took possession of their strongholds, and, as fast as the warriors returned from their plundering excursions, made them prisoners. He marched over 200 miles, made 400 prisoners, and captured all the horses and plunder. During the two years following, he had sole charge of the Indians, and in that time no depredation occurred. He set them all at work on their farms, abolished the system of trading and paying in goods and store orders indulged in by contractors, paid cash direct to the Indians for all his supplies, and stimulated them to increased exertion. The tribes became self-supporting within three years."

Crook functioning in the capacity both as a combat commander and military governor his performance in both roles outstanding!

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Crook I.

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Here with a number of quotations as attributed to the American general officer George Crook.

Thanks to the tip from Professor Al Nofi at Strategy Page!

His name was Crook but he was no Crook! General George Crook.

"General George Crook, considered by many of his contemporaries, and historians alike to be the US Army's most skilled Indian fighter, respected Native Americans as valiant foes who deserved to be treated fairly and humanely in defeat."

To the remarks and quotations:

Poor governance! Crook coming to the same conclusion as Don Alvaro centuries before!

In this particular instance General Crook has the missionary in mind? the missionary concerned with the afterlife while neglecting the temporal here and now!

Wow! I couldn't have said any of it better myself! Crook rather enlightened for his time, even way beyond the normal it can be surmised! With a half-dozen good men in command such as George Crook much of the conflict between the white settler and the American Indian could have resolved in a much more amicable manner? NOT resolved unless good governance was forthcoming. And in most cases it was not!

To be continued.

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DEFCON 3.

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Hot super red Flash message.

NO WHERE in the main stream media did I see this topic covered.

Thanks to the Internet web site Before Its News and the tip from Al for this info:

"War Drums: Warning System Has Just Been Raised to DEFCON 3"

 "The DEFCON Warning System Alert status has just been raised to code Yellow. DEFCON 3. Tensions between Russia and the United States have reached levels beyond the cold war in the recent week. The situation between Russia and the United States is extremely fluid at the moment. In all likelihood as dynamic as at times during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962."

AMERICAN MILITARY FORCES PLACED ON AN ENHANCED READINESS STATUS!

Fluid and dynamic! To say the least!

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Fulcrum MiG-29.

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A history lesson for Martin.

"Why Would Pentagon Pretend to Fly Russia’s Military Jets?" by Martin Berger.

"The Internet has lately been filled with pictures of American military pilots rushing towards US warplanes closely resembling Russia’s Su-34, painted in a recognizable light blue paint scheme that has never been used in the US military, but is routinely used by the Russian Air Force."

This particular Fulcrum having German Luftwaffe markings. Aircraft as inherited from the old East German airforce.

PAINTING THE AMERICAN WARPLANE IN A MANNER ALA RUSSIAN A PRELUDE TO A FALSE FLAG ATTACK DESIGNED TO CREATE FURTHER TENSION LEADING TO WAR BETWEEN THE WESTERN POWERS AND RUSSIA AS IT IS SUGGESTED!

I would bring to the attention of Mr. Berger that the United States Air Force [USAF] does NOT NEED TO PRETEND TO FLY RUSSIAN JET WARPLANES.

For several decades now the MiG-29 Fulcrum has been in the inventory of the USAF. The American government having purchased twenty-one MiG-29 from Moldova and DONE SO SOME TIME AGO!

"Exposed: America Purchased 21 Lethal Russian Mig-29 Fighters"

How many of those twenty-one Fulcrum are operational, still up and flying a mystery. Any devoted reader to the blog having a handle on this?

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