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What is the USS Theodore Roosevelt doing in the Gulf of Aden? Nobody knows.
Charting Course Blog sgberman.com ^ | April 22, 2015 | Steve Berman

Posted on 04/22/2015 1:09:36 PM PDT by QT3.14

[Snip]...But Marie Harf, Queen of Nonsense, insists that the carrier group (carriers never travel alone, by the way, they keep missile frigates, destroyers, Aegis cruisers, tenders, and a few submarines around for security) is only there to “ensure the shipping lanes remain open and safe” — and “not to do anything in terms of those Iranian ships.”

Any suggestion to the contrary is “blatantly untrue– so this discreet movement of U.S. assets is for a discreet purpose,” Harf said.

To paraphrase what Teddy Roosevelt might say: W.T.F!?

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aqap; gulfofaden; iran; iranhouthis; iranwarship; navy; saudicoalition; saudicoilition; ussroosevelt; yemen; yemenwar
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To: QT3.14

I heard Harf’s briefing and she finished the briefing by saying we have “hope” for the ships.

I’m still searching for her definition of “hope”.
“We ‘hope’ nothing happens.”
“We ‘hope’ the ships have good food.”
“We ‘hope’ we sink Iran’s ships.”
“We ‘hope’ the Iranian sailors love us.”

Our State Department under Kerry is worse than none at all.


21 posted on 04/22/2015 1:35:17 PM PDT by Marcella (TED CRUZ Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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To: onedoug

22 posted on 04/22/2015 1:37:10 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: QT3.14

I would guess that the carrier is there to prevent Israel from taking measures. It’s what I would expect from Obama.


23 posted on 04/22/2015 1:43:43 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog (Newly fledged NRA Life Member (after many years as an "annual renewal" sort))
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To: QT3.14

I would bet that Obama’s rules of engagement would require presidential authorization to shoot back if attacked by the Iranians. The Iranians know that Obama will do nothing.


24 posted on 04/22/2015 1:48:42 PM PDT by The Great RJ (Pants up...Don't loot!)
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To: QT3.14
What is the USS Theodore Roosevelt doing in the Gulf of Aden?

Sitting like a Tonkin Duck!

25 posted on 04/22/2015 1:49:05 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,)
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To: QT3.14

Mabus very soon then will die, [then] will come,
A horrible undoing of people and animals,
At once one will see vengeance,
One hundred powers, thirst, famine, when the comet will pass.

Nostradamus (1555)

Sec of Navy is Ray Mabus.....will he oversee a war in the Middle East?


26 posted on 04/22/2015 1:55:04 PM PDT by roses of sharon ("Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise." Luke 23:43)
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To: HangnJudge

If the carrier is there to replace the lost air base of operations in Yemen, why wait until a month after the loss ? Is Valerie Jarret in control of the US miltary ?


27 posted on 04/22/2015 1:55:49 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: Red Badger

LOL!!!!


28 posted on 04/22/2015 1:58:48 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: colorado tanker

More like, “Speak loudly and suck a big stick.”


29 posted on 04/22/2015 2:04:16 PM PDT by dinodino
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To: QT3.14

Target practice (for the Iranians).


30 posted on 04/22/2015 2:07:34 PM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: QT3.14

Other than harfness, a carrier group in the Gulf doesn’t seem too odd. In my memory, it’s a pretty regular occurrence. Every couple of years there seems to be two carrier groups there, which is noted as a little unusual. Am I missing something? Is this really unusual, or is it unusual that a spokesditz like Harf would be excessively obscurantist about it?


31 posted on 04/22/2015 2:10:39 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: QT3.14; zot

bh0’s statesmanship now has the US flying air support for Iranian backed Iraqi and Iranian army forces fighting against ISIS, while the Saudi’s are fighting against the Iranian back Houfis (Don’t remember spelling) that is fighting against the Yemani government (former) and possibly against or with the ISIS forces who are also against the former Yemani government. And the TR is in the gulf to aid one side or the other, bh0 hasn’t figured out which side he is on there yet. (awaiting Huma & Valerie Jarrett’s input/decision?)


32 posted on 04/22/2015 2:21:11 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: QT3.14
Anyone remember the Iranian video where they made a barge that was a scale model of a nuclear US Aircraft carrier and blew it up? So, my view on what that the TR is doing is serving as a sitting duck/decoy for the Iranians.

Seriously, our Navy can protect themselves, if and only if they have reasonable rules of engagement.

I really don't trust Obama or his stooges with valuing or protecting the lives of our military.

Whatever the TR is doing, I pray for their safety.

33 posted on 04/22/2015 2:50:01 PM PDT by Robert357 (D.Rather "Hoist with his own petard!" www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1223916/posts)
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To: GreyFriar

I would hate to see the Rules of Engagement for that task force.


34 posted on 04/22/2015 2:59:59 PM PDT by zot
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To: Marcella

Hope is not a method!


35 posted on 04/22/2015 3:04:02 PM PDT by occamrzr06
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To: QT3.14

How many Muslim’s can the deck of the Roosevelt hold to bring into the US?


36 posted on 04/22/2015 3:05:12 PM PDT by bikerman (2015 new motto--- slugs for thugs.)
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To: roses of sharon

Interesting.


37 posted on 04/22/2015 3:27:01 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: QT3.14

Obama is giving the TR to the Iranians as part of the nuke agreement. Besides, its not FAIR that we have aircraft carriers and the Iranians dont.


38 posted on 04/22/2015 3:31:02 PM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (Things are only going to get worse.)
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To: QT3.14

with this crew in the white house, they are most likely hosting a party for beyonce and jayzee


39 posted on 04/22/2015 3:43:45 PM PDT by esoxmagnum (Go Cruz!)
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To: Robert357

Maybe the Sultan and his moslem brotherhood operatives want to help Iran hone their radar and elint targeting of the carrier and support ships. Also, the sound data for acoustical mines.

But heck, I’m just a crazy cynic. Where’s my gold foil hat?


40 posted on 04/22/2015 3:45:56 PM PDT by Rockpile
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