SEA POWER: The U.S. Navy is sending three ships to the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The deployment should not be viewed as threatening or in response to events in any single country in the region, said Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
TIMING: The deployment comes as international frustration mounts over a political deadlock in Lebanon. The U.S. blames Syria for the impasse. Lebanon's presidential election has been delayed 15 times.
SOME RESPONSE: A major opposition leader to the U.S.-backed government in Beirut said the ship movements looked like a calculated show of force by the U.S.~ link ~
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