Where will we get the cheese... 
to feed these guys?
Posted on 08/10/2008 6:47:22 AM PDT by Fennie
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 "enemy force".
The lead American ship in these war games, the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN71) and its Carrier Strike Group Two (CCSG-2) are now headed towards Iran along with the USS Ronald Reagon (CVN76) and its Carrier Strike Group Seven (CCSG-7) coming from Japan.
They are joining two existing USN battle groups in the Gulf area: the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN72) with its Carrier Strike Group Nine (CCSG-9); and the USS Peleliu (LHA-5) with its expeditionary strike group.
Likely also under way towards the Persian Gulf is the USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) and its expeditionary strike group, the UK Royal Navy HMS Ark Royal (R07) carrier battle group, assorted French naval assets including the nuclear hunter-killer submarine Amethyste and French Naval Rafale fighter jets on-board the USS Theodore Roosevelt. These ships took part in the just completed Operation Brimstone...
Doing jobs submarines won't do.
That’s a whole lotta whoop ass.
I hope Iran does send some boats toward our ships and our ships turn them into sticky pink sea spray.
Annie, Get your gun.
what ever happened to our policy of loose lips sink ships on FR?
A inflatable killed 17 on the USS Cole and injure scores
What randomhero97 said...
A inflatable killed 17 on the USS Cole and injured scores
I’m curious what the French Navy was doing in the exercise. Did they need someone to act as casualties?
Hmmm....seems to me it’s no coincidence that Russia is attacking Georgia while we are on the verge of war with Iran. We’re good...but we can’t fight four wars at the same time.
These ships will not be moored in port (in an enclosed harbor) with no defenses available.
LLS
Good Lord I’ve heard of “Walking tall and carrying a big stick”, but that force is like swinging he whole elm tree!
IMO we've had to agree to allow Putin to do his thing in Georgia in return for the US to deal with Iran.
Where will we get the cheese... to feed these guys?
Buy oil futures contracts! Get ‘em while they’re still cheap!
I was going to say they needed someone to surrender... but they got a new president that is friendly to US interests...
Note to self... even though the French got a lot of abuse recently (and deserving so)... France has a extremely bloody history... let's see what kind of France we will get in the next several years... brave and courageous [or] wimpy, cheese eating monkeys...
I think there's a good chance of that.
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