Someone did an excellent job. This type of stuff used to be important enough for the black helicopter crowd to come up with a new conspiracy theory on a daily basis. Most people probably didn't even notice the Iranians are trying to appear threatening to the Persian Gulf, and anyone in the world who will pay attention by exercising their armed yacht club Navy.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has successfully completed the second phase of the Shahamat 86 naval war-game in the Persian Gulf.
IRGC Navy Commander, Ali Razmjou, said the Shahamat 86 war-game aimed at boosting the navy preparedness had been going on successfully in the Persian Gulf.
The Iranians are the only ones talking about it.
The Second Zone Commander of the Naval Force of the Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps (IRGC) General Ali Razmju said on Saturday that forces under his command guarantee security of the country's territorial waters in Persian Gulf with full strength.
Briefing reporters on the `Shahamat' (Courage) Wargame to be staged this year, Razmju said the maneuver, to be conducted in three phases for four days on in an area of 7,000 square miles from orth of Bushehr province to Assalouyeh general zone as of Sunday, ill involve hundreds of launching vessels, torpedoes, marines, divers, and Basijis.
He said different kinds of equipment and new vessels will be showcased in the exercise whose aim is to repel likely threats of enemies and guarantee security of Persian Gulf, islands and coastlines.
The exercise is happening right now, being "showcased" and all, and absolutely no one cares enough about it to write even a single conspiracy theory outside of Iran. We used to get at least one long, amazingly stupid conspiracy theory a day. Isn't it amazing, or perhaps, coincidental how Fallon, Gates, Rice, etc.. spent a few months calling on everyone to tone down the rhetoric on Iran so they could get some work done, and out of nowhere comes this strangely worded NIE written by the State Dept. that has that effect.
I think it is funny people want to claim our spy services are broken, because it seems to me they are still very effective at some things.
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