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February 17, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/02/16/iranian-warships-having-an-outsize-impact/

Iranian Warships Having an Outsize Impact

(Commentary) J. E. Dyer - The Iranian ships themselves are hardly impressive: one frigate with old anti-ship missiles and one barely armed replenishment ship. But the big shift here is in political perceptions of power. Revolutionary, terror-sponsoring Iran - under U.S., EU, and UN sanctions - feels free to conduct this deployment, and Syria feels free to cooperate in it. Saudi Arabia considered it prudent to host the Iranian warships last week - in spite of the Saudis' own conviction that Iran has been aiding rebel groups that threaten Saudi territory.

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