Posted on 06/27/2010 11:09:59 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
As we first reported last week, in an article that was met with much original skepticism, the Pentagon has now confirmed that a fleet of 12 warships has passed the Suez Canal, and is now likely awaiting orders to support the escalation in the Persian Gulf. The attached image from Stratfor shows the latest positioning of US aircraft carrier groups as of June 23: the USS Harry Truman (CVN-75) is now right next to USS Eisenhower (CVN 69), both of which areAs for the catalyst the two carriers may be anticipating, we provide the following update from the Gulf Daily News where we read that Israel may be on the verge of an attack of Iran, with an incursion originating from military bases in Azerbaijan and Georgia. waiting patiently just off Iran.
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Good points, but we do get the Israel is Attacking Now Thread every month. If we missed a month, that might really give em a clue.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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” Do the carriers have any aircraft on board?
Of course they do, silly. And the bomb racks are fully loaded. With Skittles.
I hope the Navy has a handle on the Iranian subs.
They are DE and very quiet. I understand we have had poor results tracking them.
This could be a disaster in the making.
Crossed my mind, too. What would you do as a captain?
I know whose side he is NOT on!
Thats indeed a high possibility with the treasonous scat we have sitting in the White House.
We are in the post alliance era in relating to Israel, few can conceive of that.
The Israelis already likely have a work around. And their pilots will fly even if it is a suicide mission, which gives them an edge.Hopefully they will not have to near miss target our carriers with strategic nukes. This is a high stakes game , my FRiends.
Knowing Hussein he could have ordered all Aircraft removed before deployment.
wouldn’t surprise me. :)
Yep, the Saudis want a nuke-free Iran just as much as anybody. Obama will bow to their wants.
Maybe Hussein wants us to lose a carrier in the gulf to show us we are “not all that and a bag of chips”....
Follow Orders,Like Major Winters in the 101st Airborne,tell everyone to get a good nights rest and report in the morning you went to find Israeli Fighters but only found Iranian Nuke facilities
I figured Obama issued an order for empty bomb bays in the Navy FA18s stationed on an Air Force base in Nevada.
My reply was also in jest—Skittles is a candy.
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