Syrian “Incursion” Imminent? Hints From Current US Naval Positions
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
04/25/2013
Following the dramatic change in tone from Washington regarding Syrian “Weapons of Chemical Destruction”, the phrases “Middle East” and “geopolitical risk” are suddenly back in the same sentence on the lips of those sitting around trading desks, leading to a powerful jump in the oil complex where Brent is having its best day in four months, and WTI in give. Yet the feasibility of an armed conflict with Syria which Russia has made very clear in the past is a strategic ally in the region aside, is the probability of an incursion truly imminent? For that we go to Stratfor’s latest weekly update of US naval assets, which shows that if indeed Obama is planning to do a flyover showing off his Nobel Peace prize above Damascus, there will be a waiting time of at least several weeks as there is nothing in the immediate Syrian offshore vicinity. It appears that the 5th Fleet only has CVN-69 Eisenhower in the vicinity of Bahrain, as well as one big deck amphibious ship, the Kearsarge keeping an eye on the Straits of Hormuz.
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