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Re: From Argentina’s Clarin newspaper: Resurrected U.S. Fourth Fleet Creates Suspicion Across South America

Liam A — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:07:18 -0000

I think its funny how they refer to Joseph Kernan as "Supreme Commander". I also think its funny how they refer to Kernan a Navy Rear Admiral as a marine.
They claim that "Southern Command has suddenly become just as important as CENTCOM", yet there are TWO wars being waged in CENTCOM. This article is as much propaganda as some of the major newspapers in States.

Re: From Argentina’s Clarin newspaper: Resurrected U.S. Fourth Fleet Creates Suspicion Across South America

Mike_P — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:55:52 -0000

I don't think this is a big deal. Until 2000 the Navy operated the "South Atlantic Force" out of Puerto Rico. It had few permanently committed assets, but ships from Second Fleet would rotate in and out. For years they sponsored the 6-7 month-long "UNITAS" series of exercises, which consisted of naval maneuvers with most coastal SA navies (usually 13 or so, including Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, etc.) as well as port visits in each of those nations. The SA news media was very much aware of it, covered the exercises widely, and for the most part positively. Most of the region's current senior naval officers surely participated in them, and gained professionally from them.

We've ignored and been ignorant of South America and its importance for far too long. A formal U.S. Fourth Fleet sounds like a good idea to me.

Re: From Argentina’s Clarin newspaper: Resurrected U.S. Fourth Fleet Creates Suspicion Across South America

TPAZ — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:03:35 -0000

Of course not silly. Just as we needed a brown face (Colin Powell) to lead a Christian army into the Muslim world to fight, we need a brown face (Obama) to lead the 4th Fleet in the upcoming South American/North American Wars.

The pretext for these oil wars will be the narco-trade getting out of control and illegal immigration.

Re: From Argentina’s Clarin newspaper: Resurrected U.S. Fourth Fleet Creates Suspicion Across South America

Rambie — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:55:16 -0000

We going to blockade Cuba again?