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| Aljazeera notices: What are the four U.S. Carriers doing in the Gulf? |
| 2006-11-19 |
| As the American President George W. Bush steps up threatening rhetoric against Iran to force it suspend its nuclear program, calling for worldwide isolation of Tehran until it “gives up its nuclear ambitions,” experts predict that the coming days would see a much violent step by Washington against the Islamic Republic. What asserts the experts’ fears is the fact that on October 31, two nuclear-powered carriers, the USS Eisenhower and USS Enterprise, arrived in Bahrain, accompanied by their carrier strike groups. And on November 9th, the USS Iwo Jima, and the USS Boxer also arrived. Is President Bush up to something? Asked Rense.com More, mainly quotes from recent news reports from a variety of sources, plus pretty pictures of the carriers, and a comment thread. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #15 visit San Diego - there's at least one berthed and sometimes two at North Island (it has three berths). There's a cool museum on the (retired) Midway. They are huge |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-11-19 12:25 |
| #14 I once viewed the Carrier' "Ranger" at sea from about 5 miles distance. It looked huge from that distance. |
| Posted by: Sneaze Shaiting3550 2006-11-19 12:18 |
| #13 Al Jizz knowz whereever 90,000 tons of US sovreignity and the most powerful weapons system ever built shows up, bad guys get hurt... |
| Posted by: badanov 2006-11-19 11:52 |
| #12 Hey, shortie, duck. BRUHAHAHAHA!! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-11-19 09:00 |
| #11 Your not confusing there TW. I find it interseting that they are now reporting it and see it as a threat. This justifies one of the reasons we have a fleet, or four, LOL. the fleet could be in Hawaii for all I care, as long as they think it is right over their horizon ready to kill them all. This reminds me of the Khadafi event where he boarded a speedboat to go and go battle with the fleet. He came back a changed man. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-11-19 08:58 |
| #10 Battleship Row Part Deux. Instead of forcing the immediate threat to travel all the way across the Pacific to do its dirty work, let's just set up real close to them. Politically mandated ROEs will make these guys too much of a target. Just look at the politically driven ROEs have done in Iraq. |
| Posted by: Cheating Angeaque9874 2006-11-19 08:54 |
| #9 I do apologize. I didn't post this so much for the information in the article, which we here know already, so much as for the fact that Aljazeera noticed and is concerned... and is sharing that concern with its worldwide readership. And if Rense.com is as rinkydink as all that (thanks, a5089! I'd wondered who they were), surely it's amusing that those illustrius journalists who came from the BBC and other prestigious news agencies consider them an appropriate source. Again, I apologize for being confusing. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-11-19 08:48 |
| #8 Read the article. The headline is misleading. They're careful to say ships came in at the end of Oct. But are the ships still there?? US Navy website says there's ONE carrier (the Eisenhower) in the Arabian sea. The Enterprise is listed as being in the Atlantic. Might be just off of Gibralter for all I know, but unless the Navy is deliberately misinforming us it's not in the Gulf. The Boxer expeditionary group is listed as in the Gulf. We don't call it a carrier (it's smaller and supports Marine helicopters, not jet fighter bombers) but even if we accept that designation the Iwo Jima group is listed as being in the western Mediterranean. In other words, we came for the exercise and pulled back -- a little. |
| Posted by: Murpling Argeon0987 2006-11-19 08:34 |
| #7 What are the four U.S. Carriers doing in the Gulf? We call it diplomacy there Aljiz. Ya see when nations forget to act civilized we send the fleet as a gentle reminder to act like adults. If they still refuse to listen and politics fail, well, we will force you to behave. You should feel special, you have our undivided attention. Don't blink! |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-11-19 08:27 |
| #6 Well, it IS, at least on rods and cattle mutilations. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-11-19 07:30 |
| #5 mainly quotes from recent news reports from a variety of sources Er, if rense.com is considered a 'news source'... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-11-19 03:58 |
| #4 There's a trip wire being laid, and the longer the CBGs linger the closer the Irantians bravo comes to tripping over it. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-11-19 02:37 |
| #3 They have been there since mid October, and one group that will be nameless, has trained intensely on joint operations with Rapid Deployment Forces. I would guess that they are enjoying the Indian Ocean while conducting a little planning. |
| Posted by: Sneaze Shaiting3550 2006-11-19 01:37 |
| #2 On October 11, American officials announced that the U.S., Bahrain and other states will hold their first naval exercise in the Gulf to practice interdicting ships carrying weapons of mass destruction and missiles. Weak! The four CBGs are just tagging along to watch the destroyers do their job? Hmm. Still, it seems to me it's probably just a little sabre rattling. But as TW said yesterday, it doesn't hurt to hope. Keeps me going, anyway! :-) |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-11-19 01:29 |
| #1 American Hiroshima(s), i.e. Decapitation-Assassination disguised as Terror + MSM "justified" anti-US retaliation, still looms. "Justified" Socialism, "justified" Communism, "justified" Totalitarianism + Anti-Sovereignty. AMERICAN ANTI-AMERICANISM = ANTI-AMERICAN AMERICANISM??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-11-19 01:15 |