[GovernmentIsTheProblem]

I hope this is disinfo, though I doubt it.

We might as well hand the Iranians the keys and have the sailors swim home.

[Thrownatbirth]

I’d like my carriers at a greater range when the hammer drops.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Navy.mil,,,7-10-07...

Ships and Submarines
Deployable Battle Force Ships: 278

Ships Underway (away from homeport): 146 ships (53% of total)

On deployment: 107 ships (38% of total)

Attack submarines underway (away from homeport): 17 submarines (31%)

On deployment: 14 submarines (25%)
Ships Underway

Carriers:
USS Enterprise (CVN 65) - Atlantic Ocean
USS Nimitz (CVN 68) - North Arabian Sea
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - Atlantic Ocean
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - Pacific Ocean
USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) - Arabian Sea
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) - Atlantic Ocean

Amphibious Warfare Ships:
USS Wasp (LHD 1) - Atlantic Ocean
USS Essex (LHD 2) - Coral Sea
USS Bohomme Richard (LHD 6) - Arabian Gulf
USS Juneau (LPD 10) - Coral Sea
USS Tortuga (LSD 46) - Coral Sea

[PAR35]

Dropping below a dozen carriers means that there aren’t enough to go around at times. From post 5, it appears that over half the carriers are currently at sea.

[wastedyears]

We should set up our ships all along Iran’s border, in international waters of course.

If the sight of all those ships lined up doesn’t scare the crap out of them, then the next step obviously is a full-scale assault.

[magslinger]

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[DesScorp]

Once again, the State Department betrays the elected President.

[4woodenboats]

Another administration official said the decision to leave one carrier in place was an effort to lower tensions with Iran. This official added, however, that should President Bush order air strikes against the Iranians, American bombers could launch from Iraq, Turkey, and Afghanistan.

This needs to be repeated often and loudly.

Release of the five members of the revolutionary guard has been a key demand of Iran's ambassador in Baghdad, Hassan Kazemi Qomi. The State Department has also argued internally for the release of the five men, but has been refused by General Petraeus on the grounds that all five are threats to coalition and Iraqi soldiers.

I got an idea. How bout the State Department argue for the end of the persecution of Marines and bring charges against the foreign soldiers trying to kill them instead.