US Sends Aircraft Carrier, Planes (Abe Lincoln, Bonhomme Richard Battlegroups)

AFP through The Australian ^ | December 29, 2004

[expatguy]

Supposed to be open today.

[expatguy]

Yup - Just called it is open.

[Pa' fuera]

BTTT

[corbe]

That's me in the corner, Losing my religion.

[fastattacksailor]

OK my last NOTAM was from last night.

Pretty quick work getting it operational---given the circumstances

[Cobra64]

I thought we were too fukcing stingy. Where is the Cahrles DeGaulle AC. Oh check that, it's been under repair since 1989 when it was originally built and commissioned and damn near sank last year on its maiden voyage.

So much for military partners on this planet; other than the Brits and the Aussies.

[Cobra64]

Hell, they probably blame us for it.

That's a given.

[mabelkitty]

WHAT????

This is BS! They are warriors, not humanitarian workers.
Does this mean we get the fight over the beanie again??
Why are we paying the UN? What are they doing?

[ASA Vet]

Utapao is in Pattaya Why not fly to Phuket or Krabi?

Maybe the airports at those places were to close to the ocean so aren't usable anymore?

Krabi airport is at 82' elevation 10km N. of the city.
Puket airport is at 19' elevation right at the north shore of the Island.

[Cobra64]

I've had the same sentiment since I first voted for Goldwater in 1964. >P<America has supported this planet for 250 years. Personally, I'm fed up. I'd sew up our immigration and trade borders, and tell the rest of this Planet to FUKC off.

[mabelkitty]

DUers do.
Really.
They believe it was created, and some actually blame Bush.
Go read the thread begging the tinfoilers to STFU. It's pretty funny.
And they call us uneducated. Sheesh!

[Diva Betsy Ross]

I bet Canada and France are going to team together with Germany to take massive amounts of aid at their taxpayers expense.... ( NOT)

[COEXERJ145]

The compassion from some on this thread is amazing. /sarcasm

[sgtbono2002]

Add this to the 12 million we have already sent there Stingy?? Yeah right, No telling what our final bill will be, Not that I am complaining,its just that some half Clymered ignoramus in the UN has the temerity to call us stingy.

[cyborg]

LOL

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Perfect.

[fish hawk]

We are so ....well, AMERICAN. Off again to save people that hate our guts. God slaps the muslims up alongside the head and we rush to give them bandages. When they are all well again they will still hate our guts and human bomb us with their children.(that we saved)

[mjaneangels@aolcom]

"Add this to the 12 million we have already sent there Stingy?? Yeah right, No telling what our final bill will be, Not that I am complaining,its just that some half Clymered ignoramus in the UN has the temerity to call us stingy."

Does anyone here know how much the UN is sending to this humanitarian disaster? (keeping in mind that something like 25% of it is our money.)

[countess]

I'm guessing Pablo Paredes is feeling a bit silly right now. He's the sailor that refused to board the USS Bonhomme Richard here in San Diego earlier this month. He staged a little hissy fit (with the cameras rolling for Michael Moore) because he didn't want to participate in carrying Marines to the battlefield.

[Non-Sequitur]

Is the BH the carrier that has been converted for use as a SF platform..first used as a jumping off base against the Taliban?

No, but the Bonhomme Richard is the flagship for COMPHIBRON Seven, Captain Michelle J. Howard, USN, Commodore, Commanding. She is, I believe, the first woman to command a squadron at sea.