Aircraft Carrier CVN-77 Parks Next Door To Syria

ZeroHedge ^ | 11/23/11 | Tyler Durden

[Cardhu]

You may be right but I am sure Syria is not so sure:

“The US has deployed its newest aircraft carrier off the Syrian coast amid mounting speculations of a Washington-led military invasion against the Arab nation.

A US naval task force, led by the USS George H.W. Bush, parked off just outside Syria’s territorial waters, just after the US embassy in Damascus urged Americans to “immediately” leave the country, the Daily Caller news website reported on Wednesday.

Media reports also indicated that US ambassador to Damascus Robert Ford, recalled from Syria in October due the mounting anti-US sentiment in the country, will not return later this month as planned.

The developments come amid Western attempts, spearheaded by the United States, to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down.

The CVN 77, better known as the George H.W. Bush, is capable of carrying up to 70 aircraft, including 48 fighter jets.

Washington has not explained the purpose of the carrier’s deployment to the Syrian coast.

Meanwhile, NATO-ally Turkey is seen as likely to launch a military action against Syria.

Turkish President Abdullah Gul has already suggested that Ankara might invade the country under the pretext of weeding out Kurdistan Workers’ Party terrorists operating inside Syria.

Arab media have also spoken of an impending no-fly zone over Syria, similar to the one imposed over Libya before NATO launched massive missile strikes and aerial bombardments of the oil-rich country earlier in the year.”

Press TV (Iranian TV)

[SunkenCiv]

So, when does the attack on Israel start, anyway?

Thanks RobertClark. Additional:

• US Government Urges American Citizens to Leave Syria as US Aircraft Carrier Approaches

[usconservative]

Operation Hillary Menopause............

I'm thinking "Operation Save Obama's Presidency" is more likely, but I've been wrong before....

[RainMan]

According to the Facebook page for the Bush, they just pulled into Marseille, France.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/USSGeorgeHWBush

[Mr.Unique]

Operation Deny Christmas.

[Cardhu]

According to the Facebook page for the Bush, they just pulled into Marseille, France.

OMG - we must be planning to invade France

[bmwcyle]

Obama the man of peace uses the military again.

[M Kehoe]

Good afternoon.

OMG - we must be planning to invade France

Methinks conquering France two times was enough. It would be like conquering Nova Scotia, or Mexico. What the hell would we do with them? We would be worse off for winning.

5.56mm

[ClayinVA]

I must have missed that one, do you have a link? Most of our boats are tied up at the docks right now.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Oh sorry I just realized (someone else also asked) I didn’t see your question.

Per Drudge’s version of a headline time machine from Wednesday:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/activists-say-government-raids-violence-across-syria-kill-at-least-28-in-1-day/2011/11/23/gIQAAk9SnN_story.html

(3rd paragraph)

[MATSEVAH]

Okay can anyone for sure say where our carriers are for real, beside a map saying that’s where they are? This is where the map says they are, but can someone second this. I believe are carriers are not where the map says they are.