in support of my WW III argument check these out... this wont be Iraq (heck we're still stuck in Iraq)

Venezuela to host Russia navy exercise in Caribbean - Yahoo! Canada News

NewsDaily: Iran to hold three-day war games: report

both reported sep 7 2008
flyingimam Reviewed by flyingimam on . Massive US Naval Armada Heads For Iran Operation Brimstone ended only one week ago. This was the joint US/UK/French naval war games in the Atlantic Ocean preparing for a naval blockade of Iran and the likely resulting war in the Persian Gulf area. The massive war games included a US Navy supercarrier battle group, an US Navy expeditionary carrier battle group, a Royal Navy carrier battle group, a French nuclear hunter-killer submarine plus a large number of US Navy cruisers, destroyers and frigates playing the ā??enemy forceā?. Rating: 5