Iran must feel a bit surrounded by all this....
fyi..
We sent every available F-111A from our base (see tag line) to Incirlik in 1980 just days prior to the failed Hostage Rescue attempt in Iran.
And an additional carrier in the area?
Things must be getting ready..
Bump
117's in the theatre too.
somethings up.....
Ping
"lions and tigers and bears, oh my!!!"
Cough, Iran, cough...
Makes ya go 'Hmmmm....'
:-)
Nary a shot needs to be fired.
Iran - starting with a 2000lb JDAM through Ahmadenijad's bedroom window. Then on to wherever the Iran government meets, take the whole building out during a meeting.
A single 500 lb bomb through Ghaddafi's bedroom window brought him to heel.
There's somethin' happening here,
What it is ain't exactly clear.
There's a man with a gun over there,
Tellin' me I gotta beware.
I think it's time we stop,
Hey, what's that sound,
Everybody look what's going down.
- For What It's Worth, Stephen Stills, 1966
Ayup, the greatest exercise of all time is about to begin! We have other planes exercising in eastern Iraq. They are jogging around the track, stretching their wings and tales and lumbering up! FNC, a few days ago, said that B2s bombed the insurgents east of Baghdad, however, I saw B1s on the accompanying video. I don't know if FOX was confused or let the cat out of the bag.
Everything is adding up to have faith in this President who isn't going to leave office before pulverizing Iran's nukes and military infrastructure. I truly believe it. I think it's coming sooner than the RATS expect.
Biden started already squealing: You cant attack Iran without Congress approval!
Biden, the Bidet, keep ringing the alarm and alerting the Iranian enemy. Get our kids killed and captured, that's the spirit! Oh sh!t we may make it past the RATS and win the whole war with Iran, in Iraq, and with global terrorists! Wow, that's unacceptable, isn't it RATTY traitors?
You RAT bastards will get no say, the 60-day CIC powers before you can control anything. You and your MSM fifth column will lose and that, by definition is an AMERICAN win!
I thought we were not on good terms with Turkey because of the Kurds in Iraq?
Iran is in play.
Finally.
* By early Feb there will be two carrier groups operating in the area, not part of regular rotation, the Stennis deployed early so that where would be a 2 month overlap, meaning there will be 2 carrier groups within range of Iran until the end of March. [including 8 guided missile destroyers and 2 attack submarines].
* Patriot missile battalion(s) moved into the region.
* F-16's being sent to Turkey.
* AWACS aircraft being moved back into the region, this is crucial since there hasn't been an AWACS presence in the region since the Iraq war - and any potentional military activity will require this.
* 20,000+ extra troops being moved into Iraq may free up certain elements that may be used in an attack on Iran.
* USS Boxer strike group is in the region.
* USS Bataan strike group left port recently to sail to the region.
And this is only the open source information, no doubt there is a lot more happening that we don't know about.
If any military action against Iran/Syria is being planned, or if the US is positioning to prepare for Iran's responce of an Israeli attack, then everything points to this happening between early Feb and late March
Iran must feel a bit surrounded by all this....