[FreeAtlanta]

Is this legitimate, or is it part of Obama Campaign 2012?

The unthinkable would be loosing one or both of our great ships and crews. I am nervous and praying for our military.

[MeganC]

If Iran successfully sunk both ships then Obama would be forced to wage war on Iran or lose the election.

Meaning I expect it would be a bad day to be in Tehran.

[FreeAtlanta]

sorry, losing. before I get beat up by the grammar gods

I really hate having our big ships in that Gulf.

[the invisib1e hand]

Loosing...

that would be series.

[nathanbedford]

I have posted repeatedly my suspicion that Obama will contrive an October Surpris, probably a strike against Iran in the run-up to the election.

With two carriers in the Gulf it should not be hard to generate a provocation. If Obama strikes Iran, one could expect the polls to swing wildly in his favor as Americans typically rally to the flag and to their President.

In a stroke he will convert public opinion to his cause and eliminate his liabilities for astronomical gasoline prices.

It is possible that the Obama administration is leaking against Israel's presence in the neighboring country (whose name escapes me) because he wants to control timing and leave himself free to order such a strike in late summer.

All of this is rank speculation on my part.

[castowell]

“The deployment of the nuclear-powered USS Enterprise along with the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group marks one of the few times the Navy has had two aircraft carriers operating in waters near the Persian Gulf, said Cmdr. Amy Derrick-Frost of the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet.”

Say what? This is completely false.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Day old news isn’t breaking news. The destination has been known since the boat left port in March.

[Moose4]

This is a planned deployment for the Enterprise IIRC. In fact, I believe it’s the Enterprise’s last deployment before her decommissioning.

}:-)4

[muleskinner]

7 Days in May. Many in D.C. are looking at this time frame for military action.

[PUGACHEV]

All else aside, that’s a beautiful picture of a very impressive ship. It makes me proud that it’s ours.

[Vroomfondel]

ping

[Mariner]

"The unthinkable would be loosing one or both of our great ships and crews. "

No worries. That won't happen.

Iran does not have the necessary assets to sink a Carrier.

[JerseyanExile]

The French also have their carrier Charles de Gaulle there as well.

[A Navy Vet]

"The U.S. Navy said Monday it has deployed a second aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf region amid rising tensions with Iran over its disputed nuclear program.
The two carriers will support the American military operations in Afghanistan and anti-piracy efforts off Somalia's coast and in the Gulf of Aden, she said."

Which is it? The Iran situation or Afghaiscrap and Somlia pirates? Plus, it's not the first time we've had two carrier groups deployed to the Persian Gulf region. Typical of the Associated Press to convolute things.

[Mariner]

There's a big difference between being "near the Gulf" and "in the Gulf".

It's likely both ships will operate in the Arabian Sea...near the mouth of the Persian Gulf.

[tsowellfan]

Obama will send us to war with Iran and we WILL win and the victory parade will be in late October 2012.

After the november elections he will have all the wiggle room too give the country to the Moslem Brotherhood. They will be allowed to have nukes.

[McGruff]

I wouldn't be too worried.

[cherokee1]

Someone’s trying to make a point by making the Big “E’s” move extra news worthy. It’s last cruise was announced weeks ago so maybe there’s sentiment to give Her one last show? She’ll retire after this deployment. And don’t worry about the Big “E”-—after all she survived McCain and his buddies who tried to sink her off Oahu about 1968-—She pulled into Pearl where I helped put Her back in shape and as a side note she’s the last remaining US Navy ship that I actually worked on that’s still in service——so I’m a touch sentimental about the old rocket sled.

More to the point-—there already was two US carriers in the Gulf area before Enterprise got there-—Abe and Vinson. And according to my wall map where I keep track of carrier groups, the Bush is still in the Mediteranean area and that makes FOUR within a night’s ride of Immanutjob’s digs. Granted the Navy fails to keep me posted on its every move but my own Big Weegee Board works pretty good.

Finally, I’ve said for years that if more than two carrier groups wind up in the Gulf at the same time, as Saddam found out, then it’s extremely likely someone is going to get a really Excedreen Headache number 9. To mismangle General Patton if your Mojo is working good you need to sent up a “good mission “ prayer for our Fleet sailors in the ME. This whole Iran thing might be out of Obamuzzie’s hands.

[mulder1]

what are those two ships tied up next to the carrier?

[xzins]

They are there to prevent Israel from attacking Iran. He will order shoot downs of Israeli fighters if it comes to that. The Azerbaijan betrayal proves that.

[Happy Rain]

Sent there to intercept the IAF on their way to Iran—turn back you Jews or be shot down.