The positioning of those carriers is comforting. The map with the big red "gash" down the middle (as someone described it) means that the next Civil War would be a two-front war -- East/West vs Flyover Land. Having those carriers there gives the coastal folks something additional to worry about.
Before the war happened...Everyone said “That couldn’t happen here”
After the war happened...Everyone said “It was inevitable”
Realize this important FACT. People on the coasts cannot even make their own coffee in the morning...
I’m sort of of the inclination to let them all secede and destroy themselves, then take them back over militarily and settle their hash once and for all.