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US has assets in Iraq region as B.O. considers action
2014-06-19
WASHINGTON (AP) - As President Obama considers his golf swingweighs options for potential U.S. intervention in Iraq, due to a deteriorating security situation, the Pentagon retains a broad range of ground, air and sea troops and assets in the region. They include:

-Six warships in the Persian Gulf, including the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush
I wonder if B.O. gets annoyed every time he is briefed on available forces?
, a cruiser, three destroyers and the amphibious transport ship the USS Mesa Verde, which is carrying about 550 Marines and five V-22 Osprey hybrid aircraft.

-About 5,000 U.S. soldiers across the border in Kuwait, as part of a routine rotational presence. They include the 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, a combat aviation brigade and other support troops.

-Air Force aircraft capable of a full range of missions positioned within range of Iraq. According to Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James they include F-15E, F-16 and F-22 fighters; B-1 bombers, C-130 cargo planes and A-10 attack jets.
Posted by:Squinty

#5  Noon at last!
Posted by: Shipman   2014-06-19 12:01  

#4  How long does it take for the B-52s to get to Iraq from Diego Garcia? A few arclights ought to help the situation.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2014-06-19 11:14  

#3  Price of the regime's 'On the Job Training".... 4 dead Americans,
and thousands at risk around the world!
Posted by: Skidmark   2014-06-19 09:49  

#2  Right Joe. Demonstration flights of 'fast movers' over Benghazi... No Can Do. Too far, not enough time, no permission slip.

Now suddenly, [thanks to dozens of talking heads on teevee] the regime adopts demonstration flights of fast movers over Iraq.

Price of the regime's 'On the Job Training".... 4 dead Americans.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-06-19 04:26  

#1  As like Benghazi, any of which could've been used by now, iff only in limited or selective strikes.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2014-06-19 02:52  

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