Posted on 03/30/2007 9:27:27 AM PDT by maquiladora
Nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz will sail Monday to support US operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US Navy said, amid a spike in tensions over Iran's seizure of 15 British marines and sailors.
The Nimitz, and its battle group of destroyers and guided missile cruisers, will relieve the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, which this week took part in war games exercises in the Gulf with another carrier, USS John S Stennis.
The new battle group will be in position by late-to-mid April, but there will be no overlap with the Eisenhower, and the number of US carriers in the area would stay at two, a navy official said on condition of anonymity.
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They have two aircraft carriers.
The Ark Royal will leave for a Nato exercise in the coming weeks.
The Illustrious is in port.
The Iranians ARE drones.
You don't impeach for going to war. Americans won't stand for it.
About time!
Hopefully this isnt an indication they are thinking we could have one sunk. If the Iranians attack first, swarm style with loads of silkworms, we could loose one. G-d forbid.
As a Brit, I can't being to tell you how bad this feels. It is humiliating and degrading.
I'm so sick and tired of the left wingers, and even the more moderate conservatives over here.
They just don't get the threat, and they're too busy trying to avoid the inevitable war than they are to doing what is right.
It is really gutting.
As I watched a news report today, I could see a small iranian protest today in support of the UK. Why was there not tens of thousands of people? Where is the outrage?
"They just don't get the threat, and they're too busy trying to avoid the inevitable war than they are to doing what is right."
The vast majority of conservative Americans feel the exact same way. One can shout it from the rooftops, but most people seem to think you're seeing a fantasy as they go off to concentrate on the latest film celebrity or whatever.
Thanks for that information. That's the first that I heard it and it makes me feel a lot better.
AND, I hope we don't offer to pay a dime for anything we break.
What's the story with the tagline?
Back to thread: things are getting jolly interesting.
Plus the USS Reagan is just down the block off South Korea.
Official breakup date Tanana Ice Classic. My guess.
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