Aircraft Carrier Heads to Persian Gulf as Iran Warning

newsmax ^ | Jan. 4, 2007

[Anti-Bubba182]

"...and possibly nearby in Indian Ocean waters off the coast of Somalia, a lawless nation that authorities say has been a haven for Islamic radicals."

They outta flatten Mogadishu.

[metmom]

Oh joy.

[sasportas]

An aircraft carrier named the USS Eisenhower I can understand, but why is this Stennis politician such a important figure that a carrier would be named after him? What was he, another leftist politician, anybody know?

[n-tres-ted]

Stennis was a very long serving Senator from Mississippi, strong on defense and involved in defense appropriations for many years.

[little jeremiah]

Interesting, thanks...

Now I can have nice peaceful dreams./

[knarf]

John C Stennis

[SuziQ]

Go Johnny Reb!!

[SuziQ]

What was he, another leftist politician, anybody know?

Shut your mouth!! Mr. John was a long serving Senator from Mississippi who worked hard to make sure the military always had what it needed.

No leftist politician would be held in such high regard by the military.

[ChristianDefender]

Ahmadinejob: "Wow... that's big!"

[Goldie Lurks]

"..A senior Pentagon official said Thursday. He spoke on condition of anonymity because the Defense Department perfers not to publicly annouonce upcoming ship movements for security reasons."... So, why is he telling the whole world?

[miliantnutcase]

They should tell ahmadingdong that THIS is our qualifications to be nuclear.

[Radix]

Forty thousand additional US Troops to Iraq, and an aircraft carrier to Iran's neighborhood?


OK.

[sheik yerbouty]

A Senator from Alabama or Mississippi. A strong supporter of the military if memory serves me..

[sasportas]

Thanks, ya'll, for filling me in on John Stennis. A strong supporter of the military, no less. Great man, great name, great ship.

[El Gato]

They outta flatten Mogadishu.

Why? It's now occupied by the Ethiopians (Mostly Christians), who are running the Somali Branch of the Jihad, plus some Al Qaeda, to ground as we type.

[GATOR NAVY]

He still wasn't worth a carrier.

[Goldie Lurks]

He was from Mississippi. Naval Base Meridian, MS. had/has a building (training center) located on the grounds named The Stennis Center.

[republicanwizard]

Tell me - one of the Southern Democrats who opposed civil rights? That's not exactly someone I consider to be worthy of an aircraft carrier that represents freedom to the oppressed around the globe.

[PAR35]

NASA also named a facility after him - the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.