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US Navy Sends Aircraft Carrier, Warships To Intercept Iranian Weapons Shipments In Yemeni Waters
Update: Because the report from AP does not play well with "Everyday Americans", US CentCom is denying:
- *U.S. DENIES REPORT SHIP SENT TO INTERCEPT IRAN VESSEL
- *U.S. SAYS SHIP SENT TO KEEP SHIPPING LANES IN REGION OPEN
The 'proxy' war is escalating very rapidly. As AP reports, Navy officials confirm that the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is headed to Yemeni waters to intercept an Iranian weapons shipments. Just as we warned 10 days ago, the probability of a major escalation over the latest proxy Middle Eastern civil war escalated substantially when Iran parked two warships off the Yemeni coast.
As AP details,
U.S. Navy officials say the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is steaming toward the waters off Yemen and will join other American ships prepared to intercept any Iranian vessels carrying weapons to the Houthi (HOO'-thee) rebels fighting in Yemen.
The U.S. Navy has been beefing up its presence in the Gulf of Aden and the southern Arabian Sea amid reports that a convoy of Iranian ships may be headed toward Yemen to arm the Houthis.
The Houthis are battling government-backed fighters in an effort to take control of the country.
There are about nine U.S. ships in the region, including cruisers and destroyers carrying teams that can board and search other vessels.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the ship movement on the record.
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As the following Naval update map shows, the two Iran warships will now be located in the immediate vicinity of not only two US aircraft carriers, CVN-71 Teddy Roosevelt and CVN-70 Vinson, but well as the big-deck amphibious warship Iwo Jima which as reported before is providing marine support should the situation demand it.
All of this means the odds of a naval "accident" involving one or more warships in the Red Sea just went up substantially.
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i.e. Iran is trying to help the good guys defend themselves from Salafist terrorists.
and the US navy is, of course, tasked with stopping that.
huzzah!
Hail Hydra.
The world was better when the USA were the good guys.
I thought the Yemeni "terrorists" were natural enemies of Saudi Arabia... if so, wouldn't Iran be on the terr'st side of things for this one, as they are longtime enemies of Saudi Arabia?
Doesn't it stop being a proxy war when the superpower of one side steps in?
Obozo makes new friends,
so we will never run out of enemies. WTF?
What exactly does “intercept” mean? Boarding the ships and confiscating cargo? Sinking them? Because those things are acts of war.
I think it means impressment, Royal Navy style
World War 3 here we come. Remember the only way to survive a nuclear blast is to not be there when it happens.
God willing, I shall see you all on the other side.
I think you mean "Allah Willing"
Another banker war. Hegemony at risk, obviously painted differently to the unknowing couch crowd. Save me .gov from that country on the other side of the planet!!
I can feel a USS Liberty/Gulf of Tonkin event.
The Navy invented the False Flag...just sayin'. I mean, what do you think all those 'nuclear' meetings were really about???
This is a job for Superman
definitely worthy of second Peace Prize.
Weren't they a band in the '00s? Houthi and the Blowfish?
Of course there will be weapons on those Iranian ships, they are warships after all !!!
CVN 76 the Ronald Reagan is still in port. As you may recall, it took a hot iodine-131 bath off the coast of Japan when Fukushima blew up. The sailors that filed suit got kicked to the curb as well. Looks like their health records all mysteriously "got lost".
http://fas.org/nuke/guide/iran/missile/hoot/
when first one sinks
Intercepting ships on the high seas is an act of war.
Acts of war = US government standard operating procedure.
I keep forgetting which terrorists we're supporting.
And I refuse to turn on CNN to find out.
The ones we just signed a peace agreement with!
The USS Cole got blown up right in that neighborhood.
By a rubber dingy loaded with C4 manned by a couple employees with serious workplace grievances screaming "Allah Ackbar, motherfuckers!"
BTW, whose side are we on this time?
I can't keep track of whose side the US is on anymore. Sometimes it seems like full throttle for and against everybody.
I'f I remember right the USS Cole got patched together for ~250 million sheclkelrs.
The way to tell whose side we are on, just ask a saudi prince or Israel.
To tell who we are against, ask who Russia or Iran support.
The only certainty is that the US is not on the side of the US.
No doubt we're on the side of the U.S. munitions manufacturers.
This is a many sided war. In this case: The enemy of my enemy is probably my enemy as well.
With friends like Saudi Arabia and Israel who needs enemies! Fuck all those fucking fuckers!
"BTW, whose side are we on this time?"
I don't think the Banksters have told our Hessians yet.
BTW, whose side are we on this time?
We are on all sides. On the side of war.
Maximus: Three weeks from now, I will be harvesting my crops. Imagine where you will be, and it will be so. Hold the line! Stay with me! If you find yourself alone, riding in the green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled. For you are in Elysium, and you're already dead!
[Cavalry laughs]
That's an interesting map. It seems the US claims that the land-locked Caspian Sea is part of the US 5th Fleet AOR. How does that work? Do they air-drop a carrier or maybe a nuke sub when needed? Maybe Amazon can do a special deal on overnight deilvery.
The Iranians will do just about anything to avoid an "incident".
Not that what the Iranians do will have much effect on the likelihood of there being one.
'Oh-oh-oh - I mean, uh - Allah Damn-it'...
SILENCE...!!!
I KEEL You...
So what has really changed in the last two weeks?
The U.N. security council prohibited shipment of weapons to any rebels opposing Hadi (two-thirds or more of the country) last week. Now that all the legal groundwork has been laid, the only thing left to do is bribe the captain of some poor Iranian-flagged ship to try to get to Yemen. The U.S. or some ZATO stooge navy WILL intercept said vessel and will use it to either scuttle the nuke talks, prolong sanctions or start an all-out war with Iran. The supposed Iranian flotilla of supply ships is an unsourced rumor thanks to world-class journalism by the AP, but good propagandists know to plant the seeds of the narrative early and often.
Nothing has changed off the Yemeni coast. The Iwo Jima is still bobbing around in the Gulf of Aden. The Teddy Roosevelt is being relieved in the Persian Gulf and probably going home - it will simply pass by the Yemeni coast on its way to the Suez Canal. The Carl Vinson just passed around Yemen on its way to relieve the Teddy Roosevelt in the Persian Gulf - it didn't stop in the Gulf of Aden and apparently had nothing at all to do with Yemen.
Another thousand or so dead Yemeni civilians.
What has NOT changed in the last two weeks?
The majority of Yemenis want the U.S. puppet Hadi out. The years of U.S. drone strikes on al Qaeda have not only failed, but Yemeni al Qaeda seemed better organized and armed than before. Al Qaeda still controls all the oil and gas fields being developed in Yemen. Oddly enough, they have seized and control the port of Al Mukalla. The Saudis and the U.S. have not touched Al Mukalla, almost like they're protecting al Qaeda there. Worse yet, the port of Al Mukalla is were ISIS, al Qaeda and maybe Egyptian troops have been entering the country.
The U.S. has not stopped ANY shipping moving troops and weapons through Al Mukalla for al Qaeda and Hadi loyalists. Not even a token drone strike or two. Apparently, U.S. is no longer at war with al Qaeda in Yemen, but is actively supporting them (and Hadi loyalists) with weapons, targeting intel and unhindered shipping.
Oh yeah - the Saudis killed about three thousand Yemeni civilians so far. About two million at risk of starvation in the next few weeks. ZATO Mission accomplished - who needs ovens!
Four Iranian ships is not a "flotilla" in my book.
If I was on an Iranian ship I would be a little nervous right now about my soon to be aquainted 72 virgins not being as pretty as originally advertised!
Nowhere does it state that the virgins are women, let alone pretty women.
You dumb, brainwashed fuck. Go back to drudge.
How dare that brainwashed fuck have an opinion of virgins, especially virgins with camel like labia. amiright..
They must protect ISIS at all costs.. Telaviv commands it.
RIPS
And the Iranians receive delivery of the Russian S-300's in 3-2-1...
No no, it's more like this:
"U.S. recession mitigation is top priority. War is intended to prevent recession. All other personnel expendable. End of Message. " --- Weyland-Yutani (A future division of Goldman Sachs)
Krugman (while stroking his pussy): I approve this message.
I think nuclear weapons are a good case for the nonexistance of anything resembling a "God".
Right, and super dangerous electricity should have been outlawed along with gunpowder and withcraft vaccines. God forbid we should learn how to fly, if he wanted us to fly we would be born with wings.
Wow what hyperbole. I really don't see how nuclear weapons bear any resemblance to the things listed. Are you saying that nuclear weapons have other uses besides mass destruction and mutilation of living things and the environment?
Best mousetraps ever.
I think we can all agree here that Iran would look much more appealing as a gigantic nuclear blast crater anyway . . . Allah willing.
Or a nice glass parking lot. Lots and lots of glass.
No we can't. Go back to watching Fox news and drinking your bullshit propaganda cool aid.
"Wow what hyperbole. I really don't see how nuclear weapons bear any resemblance to the things listed. Are you saying that nuclear weapons have other uses besides mass destruction and mutilation of living things and the environment?"
They resemble quite well when you think about it. Planes can be used to bomb people and kill them. Nuclear can be used for bombs, but also to give electricity to billions saving who knows how many lives.
Nuclear power saves lives? Ok...uh...Hillary is a milf.
Go choke on a bag of dicks, buddy. Fukushima, WIPP, and the 24/7 normal operating conditions release of hot particles into the atmosphere by all nuke plants taketh millions of lives and save notta one.
I'd be all for giving liquid fluoride thorium reactors a true go but the money masters have that lid screwed on tight it would seem, along with many other tech, far more promising than 'fossil' fuels and nookuelerrr.
Thought you just had to get away from windows and hide under a desk or other solid object? Or get inside an old refrigerator?
Don't forget the tin foil hat and a jar of vasoline, you will need those too while inside the refrigerator.
Gotta make sure the door is tightly closed or the radioactive air might get in.
Don't forget -- it's also vital to put your head between your knees.
They are only acts of war when a country other than the US or Israel do them.
That's how it works now.
1962 v2.0
Sanctions are "acts of war'! Don't forget, this is just another production of madmen.gov!
Yeah, you have a point. Soon, Uncle Satan will murder hundreds of thousands of civilians not as an act of war, but under the guise of "keeping peace" and "spreading freedom". Oh wait... that already happened.
Does Jade Helm = Stone Guide = Guidestone, as in Georgia Guidestones? "Maintain the population at 500 million". Soldiers marching down the street in CA the other day, surface to air missiles in a TX field, bizarrness from Wal-mart.....it ain't looking good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-DkyMXTo5Q
Old war, new war, nothing new under the sun.
How about Jade Helm = China at the Helm
Yes, also someone discovered military documents which say it means: Joint Assistant for Developement Execution Homeland Eradication of Local Militants!!!???!?!?
So are economic sanctions (an act of war). Doesn't seem to stop anyone these days from imposing them in some sort of knee jerk reaction.
Just ramp up the propaganda to provide the rationalization for it all. What a mess!
The UN Security Council voted to put an arms embargo on arms being shipped to the rebels so it would not be an act of war if a ship was found carrying arms to the rebels. I wonder why Russia abstained in the vote though?
Discussed at length at The Saker.
Consensus seems to be that Russia wants to play friendly when it can, and that they can't support all anti-Imperioil fighters everywhere. They have to pick their confrontations carefully.
Seeing more arms shipped to the Houthi (that's HOO'-thee, my little pork-chops) just doesn't score very high as a Russian goal.
Pushing a voting button in the UN is a Putin attempt at confrontation, and he backs away from that button hoping to avoid any hint of upsetting the other side.
Says a lot.
(Or can we use the old excuse "Putin is playing chess.")
Putin's actions show he is working along with the US most of the time.
Gaius, You are pretty much right. First US Navy Warships intercept the foreign ship, signal a demand to stop and await boarding. Now a days the Navy has boarding teams trained to board the foreign ship for search purposes. If the Navy really suspects trouble, they can probably access a Navy SEAL team to board first before the regular sailors. They search for contraband items. In this case Iranian arms. Then command must decide wether or not to simply turn the ship away, escort it back to Iran, or impound the ship and remove the cargo, then hand the ship back
How far they go in this would come straight from the White House. I suspect they would turn the ship away and escort it back to Iran. This avoiding taking the ship and giving more cause for conflict.
The worst would be to simply sink it after seaching. That is war.
It all depends on how badly Israel and Obama want the war with Iran to start.
I am still puzzled why Russia didnt veto the one sided UN resolution. They should of argued for an embargo on both sides and the cessation of Saudi incursions into a sovereign nation.
Far preferrable to be an enemy of the US now than an ally.
Damn right. All they need are jobs and EBT cards (That's been advanced as realpolitik by UknoWho)
It would be a real shame if those Iranian warships were accidently flown over by an F/A-18 going super-sonic and blew some windows out.
A real shame..
Um they are *warships* they usually do not have windows..
But it would be a real shame if the Americans just flat out fired a salvo of harpoon missiles at everything Iran had and just sunk the crap - sound better?
No
I want their fucking windows blow out first!
You've been watching too much Top Gun.
Now get back to oiling up Goose with some Ban de Soleil.
Indeed. All that glib talk about blowing out windows or firing anti ship missiles is just that, glib talk. Attacking Iranian warships has consequences. Some people talk like war is a game, lots of fun and always ends well for team USA. No, it isn't a game, or fun and it will not always continue to be a cake walk. After all, how are we doing in Afghanistan. Iran, on a scale of ease of occupation would be much higher on the hard scale that Afghanistan. Iran has has two decades to prepare resistance. Weapons dumps, safe havens, underground stores of modern missiles. Lots of good stuff.
Let's not get out ahead of ourselves. But starting to threaten Iran's ships on the high seas is not a smart move.
It's fine. Wazakamiristan just got the S300 missile and will down any jet it pleases today and in perpetuity.
Missile porn baby!
Last time US pilots met Russian AA gunners was Vietnam; last time they met Russian pilots was Korea when MiGs (using copied RR engines) outperformed USAF Sabres (using copied RR engines)
Go back to the Yahoo boards, chicken hawks....Hoo rah
Well said Mr. Pink!
US only shoots down airliners and only by accident.
In addition to US and Iranian naval vessels, there are also Russian, Chinese, and Indian Naval warships (among others) crowded into this corner of the bath tub, so shooting would probably NOT be a good idea.
Moar strangely ALL of them, EXCEPT the gay village people of the USN have been trying to rescue stranded US citizens from Yemen.
Barack Obama and the entire Joint Chiefs of Staff should all really be hung from the south balcony of the White Hut.
*U.S. DENIES REPORT SHIP SENT TO INTERCEPT IRAN VESSEL
BULLSHIT!
*U.S. SAYS SHIP SENT TO KEEP SHIPPING LANES IN REGION OPEN
UNDEINIABLE BULLSHIT!
The US has not ever boarded another countries Warship at sea without a war, they are not going to start now.
Freedom of the Seas.
re:rescue stranded US citizens from Yemen.
IF those Americans were white, not Arab-Americans, I would expect a very quick evacuation, like in Lebanon!
OK.
I have to go now to have my last sleep.
(coz its too late in yewrope now. For everything)
Good nite!
Is the US doing this to protect ISIS?
If the Iranians, who are backing the Houthie dudes to fight the dreaded ISIS villains, are blocked by the US it would sure seem that way.
Gulf of Tonkin 2.0 coming in 3.....2.....
Everything is a LIE...............WW1
''reveals how accounts of the war’s origins have been deliberately falsified to conceal the guilt of the secret cabal of very rich and powerful men in London responsible for the most heinous crime perpetrated on humanity. For ten years, they plotted the destruction of Germany as the first stage of their plan to take control of the world.''
https://firstworldwarhiddenhistory.wordpress.com/hidden-history-the-book/
Yes and there is little doubt in my mind something very similar is going on today. Unfortunately, it is clouded with missile porn, ISIS, China, Putin and loads of other bullshit and most are falling for it hook, line and sinker.
nuubee
Are not the Saudi leaders themselves "terrorists',
and the main direct backers of religious extremism?
Of course, we all know who gives unending support to the region's despots,
and who is also the main purveyor of death and destruction in the region.
Saudi Arabia is enemies with Al Qaida in Yemen so they are bombing the Houthis in Yemen.
Iran is friends with the Houthis in Yemen so they aren't really doing anything but sunbathing on the ocean.
The US is enemies with Al Qaida in Yemen and Iran so we are feeding bombs to Saudi Arabia to bomb the Houthis in Yemen.
Try to keep up.
1780s?
When was that, exactly?
when was the US the good guys? I'll give you world war 2.
name one war since.
Or one before other than 1812 and Rev.
Exactly. All wars to date have been financial wars. This shit is no different. Bankers are the sewage of ANY society.
That got my vote for post of the day. Spot on.
Also showed your restraint by only calling them sewage; that was a nice touch.
Haven't you seen all of the TV ads? The US Navy is a "force for good" all over this planet.
I puke a little every time one of those ads come on.
Whenever I see those Navy ads I roll this gay-as-hell Japanese navy ad from YouTube to offset my disgust.
http://youtu.be/ZjAXJaFydwM
All hail the illustrious crew of USN 1063
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InBXu-iY7cw
Looks like we still have a lot of sheep here on the hedge. Why do you brain washed morons even KNOW what's on TV?
what the flying fuck???
WTF!!!!
Fire that PR Coordiantor!!!
No wonder Japanese women no longer get pregnant.
Force for good could be taken as a boot stomping on a face forever if one were to sit back and ponder the implications of the phrase.
Force for good = Force forever.
Yeah, I used to be a rah, rah, America fuck yeah kind of guy, but those ads kinda piss me off now too.
I'll say it: it's not the job of the Navy to build a school in Bumfuck Nowheresville.
Isn't their job on the water?
Really, WWII? Germany was fighting against native german genocide in Poland, and defending itself against civilian attacks from France and Great Britain. The real enemy was Stalin and the rise of Communism that was being transported to Europe .. 40 million dead from Stalin alone .. Germany had GB and France pressed against the coast (within 6 weeks of the war, I think) and could have anihilated them all, but let them go in peace. Hitler fought against the rise of communism and 'Uncle Joe' .. The Jewish communists needed to go - both in Germany and Russia. Hitler wasn't trying to take over the world or exterminate jews. He was just sick of the absurd control the 2% exerted over Germany and its communist mission to the rest of Europe .. I know its not popular, but Stalin was the real enemy, not Hitler.
Wait ............................... what?
Okay, I get your point, but, would Korea count? Maybe not at that time, but the North Koreans are, even by the standards of this planet, pretty messed up. It would make me feel better about spending a year in a revetment...
Let me see if I get it........
Barry is hot to get a hand job from Iran so he can pay for it by lifting sanctions and providing Iran with billions in free cash flow, Iran is telling him he's a jerk and they won't play, in the mean time Barry is putting American sailors in harms way and trying to finger bang Pakistan and ISIS for a three way and putting more American troops in harms way.
Is he a little skizoid or is it me?
macholatte " in the mean time Barry is putting American sailors in harms way and trying to finger bang Pakistan and ISIS for a three way and putting more American troops in harms way."
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Is that a golf joke in there? But seriously, it is effed up.
the usa and the uk was never good guy numb nuts
read some stuff meat head
try some anthony c sutton some eustace mullins read war is a racket smedley butler check out the empire of the city of london.
stop reading histories written by the yahudi rabbi
already my life
But the Zioteevee told me Hitler and Germany were evil.
Funny they fail to mention Henry Ford's involvement with financing those smelly Germans.
Henry Ford was very active in fighting the bolsheviks after their revolution. Hitler was trying to prevent the spread of the cancer called zionist bolshevik communists. That's why there will now be a mandated holohoax museum in every city of more than 50K.
When it comes to government, there are no good guys. That is where mister delicious has it wrong. Quite distasteful IMO. I don't like war from either side.
burp
When was that?. Before they took half on Mejico?
Russia and the US are on the same side on this, and that is not unusual.
Putin abstained from voting which gave approval of these sanctions. In other words Putin played stupid and pretended to not understand the consequences and refused to allow the Russian delegate to simply push a button.
And this is not unusual, Russia has repeatedly "abstained" and given consent for the US/Israel to take actions. At other times Russia actually voted for the sanctions (Iran, Iraq etc).
Hint: When the EUke army had the WUke army trapped and were prepared to destroy it Putin forced the EUke to stop and (believe it or not) he also forced the EUke's to allow the WUke army to simply walk and drive away safely. TWICE Putin did that. What do Putin's actions indicate?
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Impossible! Putin looks good riding unicorns and is 100% the white light that will destroy the forces of evil. He even gives S300 missiles to prove it and billions in aid to Greece so he can open a new super naval base from which to go on "nuclear alert" and launch even more missiles!!
Read up on your stuff dude......
These days, if you join the DOD to "Be all that you can be", it says very little about who and what you are, or can become.
I strongly suspect that your parents gave you daily Kool Aid, rather than the truth, or that you're an Economic Desperado, for whom joining the DOD is a step up.
The day they start attracting, affluent and educated kids, i.e. sons from Bankster and Wall St families, is the day the DOD can be taken seriously or with respect. Until then, it's the 80% bleeding for the 1%.
edit; removed, your complete thought wasn't presented (for some reason, only the 1st sentence showed) when I made my comment
upvoted for circling back and editting.
Amen.
Yeah but why would any parent capacble of "better" ever encourage their kid to join? I mean the Bushes made W president. Granted, not everyone has that kind of pull but they can always give their kids 5-10 McDonald's or something and called them successful franchise entrepreneurs. That sure beats their kids being called "Colonel Dipshit" by everyone.
There goes the nuclear deal
What "deal"?
Darth Vader: Calrissian. Take the princess and the Wookie to my ship.
Lando: You said they'd be left at the city under my supervision!
Darth Vader: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.
Maybe the Russians need to do another fly-over with the new electronic warfare equipment . . .
then the US will need the Iranians to tow them back to port.
There are no, "good guys".
That made me laugh to tears - holy frig is that funny!!! The US federal reserve mounted on a US aircraft carrier..
With heroin for ammo. Peace and calm and Democracy be with you.
It just needs Yellen jumping sharks while water skiing off the back in a thong bikini.
My eyes!
Where's the Mission Accomplished banner?
Don't all FED warships come equiped with that banner straight from the yards?
BTW: I hear Pablo Escobar is second in command
If you had to choose who would you rather see in a bikini.
1. Yellen
2. Michelle "wookie" Obama.
That is what is called a Hobbesian Hurl
…6"Many will come in My name, saying, 'I am He!' and will mislead many. 7"When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be frightened; those things must take place; but that is not yet the end. 8"For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.…
Mark 13:7
This may not end well.
Which god will fuck us up this time*. One of the old guard (Saturn, Jupiter, Venus, Mars)? Or some new divine incarnation descended from the heavens?
*For those of you wondering wtf I am talking about read Velikovski, "Worlds in Collision"
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight: a waste of desert sand;
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Wind shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
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Yes, yes, we know -- you started turning tricks. Well, you're a terrible lay -- you're going to have to go full time, or all you'll be making is pity-money.
What is it about the constitution and FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS that our government doesn't understand?
Fuck me. Is the economy that bad?
War is the ultimate QE.
''namely the latest Credit Managers Index for the month of March which "deteriorated significantly over the last two months and current readings stand at the recessionary levels not seen since 2008." To be sure, we have previously shown the collapse in consumer debt as reported by the Fed, which as we noted, just suffered its worst month for revolving credit since December 2010 and explains "why the consumer has literally gone into hibernation -''
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-04-13/unseen-recession-shocker-crushi...
THE DEBT MUST GROW