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US Warship Given Permission To Cross Bosphorus, Enter Black Sea
Yesterday it was two Russian and one Ukrainian warships which had crossed the Bosphorus in direction Crimea, today it is the Americans. As Hurriyet reports, Turkish authorities have given permission to a U.S. Navy warship to pass through the Bosphorus within the next two days as fears grow that the standoff between Russia and Ukraine and the West over Crimea could soon become militarized.
Turkish sources, speaking with the Hürriyet Daily News on March 5, declined to elaborate on the name of the U.S. warship. The same officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, however, noted that it was not the USS George H.W. Bush nuclear aircraft carrier as suggested in some news reports, as it did not meet the standards specified by the 1936 Montreux Convention in terms of weight.
The U.S. Navy ship to pass through the straits will conform to the convention’s standards, the sources said.
According to the Montreux Convention, the total weight of military ships that non-littoral states to the Black Sea may deploy to the body of water cannot exceed 45,000 tons.
As a reminder we have been tracking the CVN-77 for the past week, ever since it crossed the straits of Gibraltar and as of yesterday it was in Piraeus, Greece. It is also worth noting that while the Montreux Convention provides guidelines, it is not restrictive, which means that should the US really want to, it will have no problems getting its aircraft carrier into the Black Sea.
That said, even a simple frigate or cruiser in proximity to a boatload of Russian and Ukraine warships already on edge, will make an already combustible situation extremely volatile with an abundance of false flag provocation opportunities, which those who are most interested in escalating military events, will be delighted to take advantage of.
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True. And you know how long it takes to dig a tunnel to China? About 20 years. When the SHTF hords of them Chinese are gonna come out of the ground (like that movie) and we'll be finished. And they'll time it when all the 2nd Amendment people are waiting in line for take-out, so there won't be ANY resistance. That Marxist Keynen sure has planned this out, man...
No World Order. And this is to protect some Goldman Sachs Banksters control of What?
Arrest Goldman Sachs before they destroy the world. We don't need the no good M'Fers.
"it will have no problems getting its aircraft carrier into the Black Sea"
An Aircraft carrier in the Black Sea is a military blunder
Must be an Obummer decision than.
Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's recently-released former prime minister, has urged the West to ramp up pressure on Russia to force it to withdraw troops from Crimea.
"It is up to them [the U.S. and the UK] to choose the methods to stop the aggressor. But they must do it immediately," Tymoshenko said at her office in downtown Kiev. The West must do "everything that will stop the aggressor. Period."
Translation
WE WANT WAR (and 35 billion)
Looks like she wants to grab power during.
We don nee no stinkin carrier in Black Sea - all the goodies are well within reach of airbases in Germany, Poland, Turkey.
John McCain must be furiously wanking his little knob off over Lindsey Graham to all this.
Not a nice picture I do agree.
Most likely it's a signals ship or some other ship that will fill that role. The US Navy and the NSA are probably beside themselves with the prospect of listening in on the activity both on land and sea.
I think we will send 6 ships in there each marked with a large circle and a single letter to convey a very important message.
T A R G E T
I hear there's good fishing in the Black Sea, maybe the US Navy wants to catch some crabs or something.
never forget israels crimes.
NEVER FORGET THE USS LIBERTY.
fuck you netan yahoo and your bankster tribe
too bad your god is that tribe.
damn your ancestors were dumb to deify a dead banker
Gulf of Tonkin, meet Straight of Bosphorous.
Turkey can't say no to any parties crossing without seeming like they are favouring one side... and screwing themselves if they chose the wrong side.