If it were anyone else, I'd have to agree with you, but he still has ValJar advising him, so nothing has changed. This is supposed to look like a show of military capability as a warning to Iran, and if it were anyone but Iran, it might work, but with Russia backing Iran by sending them equipment and personnel to help on their centrifuges plus aircraft for missile delivery, this is just a diversion, IMO. Getting arms to the Houthi in Yemen can be accomplished in other ways, and has nothing whatsoever to do with our endless negotiating on Iranian nuclear talks, although it's being made to look like it is. We could have helped Yemen earlier.
If Iran backs down, BHO can crow that we have the upper hand in the talks, and we should give them a chance to prove they are trustworthy and will honor any agreement that can be reached because they fear us...blah, blah, blah. Bull****! We'll see how an actual confrontation with Iranian ships is handled, but I'll hazard a guess it won't be us giving them problems, but one of the other countries that are also involved, if it goes that far, and since none of them are fond of us, and they don't want any agreement made with Iran, I wouldn't rule out an "accidental" hit to one of our ships, by one of them. What'll we do then, and why are we even involved in this quagmire? :2mad: