[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?

[SuziQ]

Go Johnny Reb!!

[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?

[Radix]

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


OK.

[nutmeg]

ping!

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[Lurker]

FYI.

L

[arthurus]

Are we "sending a message" ? or is there some material reason forr the deployment? The problem with "sending a message" is that the message sent and the message received are not similar. The message received is always the same-"Consequences are all Symbolic" -we're not really going to hurt you."Sending A Message" is cowardice and will be received thus.