US to cut carrier fleet in Persian Gulf to 1 February 6th, 2013

Plans for the USS Harry S Truman to deploy to the Gulf later this week have been canceled, officials said.

The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower was brought home from the Gulf in December for maintenance, including the resurfacing of its flight deck. It will return in the later part of February and stay until about summer. The USS John C. Stennis is currently in the Gulf, and it will be returning home after the Eisenhower arrives.

What type of DESPERATION will hit Ahmadinejad, who's got his Oil Tankers hiding from U.S./EU sanctions off the coast of Malaysia? 

September 13th, 2012 Iran is shifting more oil to what is effectively a mobile storage depot off Malaysia's coast said an industry source familiar with Iran's planning and Reuters shipping records concur.
While not illegal, the dead-of-night transfer of oil in the South China Sea has been going on in order to avert sanctions.

January 18th, 2013 Iran exported 1.2 million barrels of crude a day in December 2012, with China, South Korea, Japan and India accounting for 84 percent, the International Energy Agency said in a January report. 

Western sanctions have halved Iran's oil exports in 2012, leading to billions of dollars in lost revenue.

 

This is a very grave time, just when Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta leaves and the Senate Armed Services Committee delays their vote for the next Secretary of Defense.  

The Defense Department will bid farewell to Panetta, who has served as defense secretary since June 2011, in a ceremony on Friday February 8th, 2013. 

 

It's a lonely Hormuz Strait right now-

February 7th, 2012 Guam 

Fighter jets from the U.S. and two key allies roared into western Pacific skies Thursday in the combat phase of exercises that have gained importance as the region responds to the rise of China.

The Cope North drills- which could soon swell in participants - are aimed at preparing air forces of the U.S., Japan and Australia to fight together if a military crisis erupts.

 

Does this New Moon Sunday, February 10th, 2013 see Israel at war, when something bigger than magnitude 8 strikes a critical shipping route, that's storing Iranian Crude, and has so much military hardware deployed there?  

If this is coincidence, it is not a good one.  

 

Mid-Point - March 21st, 2013

God Bless,

gail