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What are the four U.S. Carriers doing in the Gulf?
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Posted on 11/18/2006 10:15:36 AM PST by PghBaldy
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To: SampleMan
Boxer is Expeditionary Strike Group 5, comprised of Amphibious Squadron 5, the 15th MEU, USS Boxer (LHD 4), USS Dubuque (LPD 8), USS Comstock (LSD 45), USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), USS Benfold (DDG 65), USS Howard (DDG 83), USCG Midgett (WHEC 726) and HMCS Ottawa (FFH 341).
Clearly this is in support of the Afghanistan job and the ongoing interdiction patrols in the Gulf. These deployments have been ongoing since 2002.
ESG5 deployed out of San Diego last month.
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posted on
11/18/2006 12:30:27 PM PST
by
Clive
To: Bernard
"I agree with that, but the question is, do we want Israel actually in hostilities, or should we handle it?"
Israel has been threatened repeatedly with annihilation.
They have an "Ante in this 'Game'".
The only way to force the World to accept a country's Right to Existence is to Enforce that Right against those who have committed themselves to that country's destruction.
Were I in charge in Israel, I would have a standing order that whenever the Ruling Council of Iran met, strike!
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posted on
11/18/2006 12:31:18 PM PST
by
Prost1
(Fair and Unbiased as always!)
To: Alberta's Child; albertabound; AntiKev; backhoe; Byron_the_Aussie; Cannoneer No. 4; ...
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posted on
11/18/2006 12:31:26 PM PST
by
Clive
To: PghBaldy
They say 4 carriers, but only list the Eisenhower and the Enterprise. Boxer and Iwo Jima are LHDs.
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posted on
11/18/2006 12:33:36 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: Brad from Tennessee
Actually, they are LHD's, the newest class of amphibious assault ships, they replaced the LPH's which all of them I believe have been decommissioned.
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posted on
11/18/2006 12:33:48 PM PST
by
stbdside
To: Kirkwood
Q: What are 4 carriers doing in the gulf?
A: Anything they want to do.Heh heh heh...
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posted on
11/18/2006 12:33:53 PM PST
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: Bernard
No, see, Israel takes out Hizbollah, Iraq takes out Syria and we take out Iran.
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posted on
11/18/2006 12:34:24 PM PST
by
McGavin999
(Republicans take out our trash, Democrats re-elect theirs)
To: george76
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posted on
11/18/2006 12:38:44 PM PST
by
John Lenin
(The most dangerous place for a child in America is indeed in its mother's womb)
To: PghBaldy
1. The contingency counter strike will, as the diplomats have warned, be awesome.
2. Now that the left wing anti US military are in power, we need to be ready for mass evacuation of civilians.
3. If Iran makes a first strike against Israel,even Bela Palosie won't be able to help her allies.
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posted on
11/18/2006 12:40:36 PM PST
by
TET1968
(SI MINOR PLUS EST ERGO NIHIL SUNT OMNIA)
To: Kirkwood
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posted on
11/18/2006 12:40:51 PM PST
by
dgallo51
(DEMAND IMMEDIATE, OPEN INVESTIGATIONS OF U.S. COMPLICITY IN RWANDAN GENOCIDE!)
To: PghBaldy
I hope they're getting ready to make the Democrats pee in their pants.
To: TheDon
Along those lines, maybe it's to cover the strategic withdrawal from Afghanistan via Iran.... :-)
The Navy & 4th ID then throw a kegger in Damascus.... just a thought....
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posted on
11/18/2006 12:49:39 PM PST
by
Freeport
To: PghBaldy
The folks in this forum sure have a lot more confidence in our "leadership" than justified by performance to date...
It would appear, that the extent of American "aggressive" behavior is limited to something under 30 days...
After that 30 days (or less), we go into "Priest Role" and become "missionaries" targeted by lunatics..
For myself -- I don't want to see another American "war" started until the surrender monkeys in Congress are the first to be shot - then pursue the war in a manner to WIN it by destroying every asshole who cried out "Death to America".
Our "leader's" miserable history on this score is DOCUMENTED..
Need I remind you of the times/places?
The last war WON, was WWII....in 1946.
All we've got to show for the HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS killed or maimed since them -- are a couple of cheap monuments on the Mall.
Semper Fi
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posted on
11/18/2006 1:00:28 PM PST
by
river rat
(You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: FLOutdoorsman
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posted on
11/18/2006 1:01:41 PM PST
by
El Sordo
To: bpjam
The Islamofascists and the democRATS are really going to be stirred up if we obliterate Iran's nuke facilities.
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posted on
11/18/2006 1:03:08 PM PST
by
Mogollon
To: Man of the Right; usmcobra; BurbankKarl
"...A naval attack would open the way for an aerial attack on Iranian WMD sities. For confirmation, watch for air assets to move to Incirlik and Al Udied..."Don't know about Turkey, but Qatar is still loaded from the Naval Interdict Ops held a coupla weeks ago.
Are all the ducks in a row yet?
Very interesting! Stay well armed and safe.............FRegards
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posted on
11/18/2006 1:13:57 PM PST
by
gonzo
(I'm not confused anymore. Now I'm sure we have to completely destroy Islam, and FAST!!)
To: Brad from Tennessee
The Iwo is one of the ships in the 24th MEU group.
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posted on
11/18/2006 1:15:31 PM PST
by
Recon Dad
(Marine Spec Ops Dad)
To: rabidralph
"Bahrain's lovely this time of year."
Your kidding right? I spent two and a half years in Bahrain with one of the flag ships for the Middle Eastern Forces in the early '60's and it was never lovely. Even the Royal Marines that were stationed there hated it. Amen.
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posted on
11/18/2006 1:18:53 PM PST
by
gakrak
("A wise man's heart is his right hand, But a fool's heart is at his left" Eccl 10:2)
To: El Sordo
To: PghBaldy
Saber rattling a bit...appears we're preparing for the possibility of some action sooner maybe rather than later? Israel could be preparing for an action against them and we're goin' support them?
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posted on
11/18/2006 1:40:26 PM PST
by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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