Somehow I don't think number three will turn out that well. 
8,000 men on a carrier?
Really?
Excuse me, but if Assad violates no borders, why is it our business ?? Yes, it will suck to be the Syrian Rebels, but it is NOT OUR FIGHT. . .
Bama gonna start another unauhorized congressional war in the middle east........hmmmmmmmmm
I thought Obama tried to make Romney out as the war hungry monster while only he was serenely aware of the fatigue America had over endless and needless wars.
For whatever reasons, Iran is supporting Syria and Saudi Arabia is supporting the Syrian rebels. Saudi Arabia. Iran. Libya. Oil. Soros. Obama. Hillary.
Not ONE American life should be given up for the Syrians.... NOT ONE SINGLE life!!!!!!!!!!!!
Russian propaganda that’s paving the way for the Russians to intervene on Assad’s side?
LPDs?
This link below takes us to the USN official Ike link.
The Ike carries a compliment of 6,287 sailors including the air jocks and their crew.
There would probably be at least an additional few dozen civilians on board monitoring their products/services in use and helping to maintain them.
A similiar amount of tad naval personnel monitoring and learning.
For the Clancy fans/writers, there will be a half dozen Guys from the farm and that many from No Such Agency.
http://www.public.navy.mil/airfor/cvn69/Pages/FactsStats.aspx
Miscellaneous
Builder - Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA
Keel laid - Aug. 15, 1970
Launched - Oct. 11, 1975
Planned crew sized - 6,287 (includes Air Wing)
Number of anchors - 2
Weight of anchors - 60,000 lbs each
Anchor chain - 1,082 feet on each anchor (365 lbs per link)
Total anchor weight - 735,000 lbs each (includes chain)
Distillation plant capacity - 400,000 gallons
Number of light fixtures - approximately 29,000
It would be just like Obamugabe to put a huge number of our brave fighting men in harm’s way. After he gets them killed, he will have them replaced with his AmeriCorps thugs.
So now we’re going to do the same thing that we did with Egypt and Libya, replace a monster with another monster. And it’s going to be done to the tune of several hundred billion dollars of borrowed Chinese money...
And when it’s all over, the surplus weapons we provided will be used against us. Rinse, wash, repeat.
Sarin Gas. Maybe Obama will at last, chose whether he is a genuine American or not.
I have my doubts as most of you know.
I expect POSHITUS Obama to stand by and watch as severl hundred thousand human beings are exterminated in Damascus, while here at home he leads US over the fiscal cliff to weaken our military.
A genuine president would have acted already to interdict and destroy all known WMD in Syria ( originally located in Iraq under Sadam Hussein and trucked to Syria by the Soviets so that the left in America could perpetrate the myth that Sadam had no WMD.)
The IDF and Mossad already know where each of the WMD caches are and have told Obama.Yet Obama does nothing and will do nothing?
Das Fuhrer is securing his false legacy, and fortifying the distraction of a failed presidency and WH administration. Suggest that black ops put his @$$ on the carrier, and deliver him to the Syrians.
8,000 is a drop in the thimble.
Once burned, nonce learned.
8,000 men on a carrier seems a bit high, unless “The Ike” is carrying an MEU. That would be unusual, too.
If Assad has chemical weapons then he may also have a perfectly legitimate need - and even the humanitarian duty - to make sure that they don’t fall into rebels’ hands. This may require relocating them if the storage sites are likely to be captured by the enemy.
Somehow I don't think number three will turn out that well.