Nimitz leaves for Persian Gulf

San Diego Union ^ | April 2, 2007

[Kozak]

Ah. Remember watching a carrier battle group steam out of the Golden Gate while having dinner in Sausilito. What a sight.

Sorry but I can’t support a draft. You don’t defend freedom by enslaving our citizens.

[AppyPappy]

One Tico and a bunch of Arleigh Burke’s. All of which can carry Tomahawks. Hmmmm....

[New Perspective]

Great ship named after a great man.

[AppyPappy]

If even half their cells are carrying Tomahawks, that’s 240 cruise missiles in the arsenal.

[gonzo]

" Nothin' cooler than a U.S. Navy carrier under way." Lessee now, the Nimitz will arrive about Saturday, and there are already two Carrier Battle Groups on station - three, if we count the French Carrier. Plus the various and sundry Amphib Groups.

Could get very interesting ............. FRegards

[El Gato]

The article says the Nimitz is relieving the Eisenhower

That's the announced plan... but plans change.

[BuffaloJack]

This all sounds like Iran will soon be gasoline free.
The need to leave the oil pumps and distribution system in place, but with Iran only having ONE gasoline refinery, it wouldn’t be hard to make the chief mode of Iranian transportation donkeys.

[SevenofNine]

OHH that pretty sight seeing USS Nimtitz going to GULF or any nuke Bajo boy from Iran smack chat US and Israel

[Vroomfondel]

‘Nother one about the Nimitz

[AJMaXx]

Ah. Remember watching a carrier battle group steam out of the Golden Gate while having dinner in Sausilito. What a sight.

I was aboard USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 during 84-88 and was always amazed that we had to remove a part of the mast, about 20 feet I would guess, just to make sure we did not hit the Golden Gate each time we went underneath it.

[prairiebreeze]

I’d forgotten about the French carrier.

It’s so easy to, you know.....

(thanks)

[Cold Heat]

but how about for the purpose of victory?

Sure!

It would be reinstated, if the need existed.

The need will have to be more than terrorism. It would be a wide scale war against a State or States where hundreds of thousands of troops may be needed.

it will happen, if the need becomes a reality. needing a few thousand, is not enough to trigger the draft. they have many ways of increasing the number of volunteers by using the resources of the Fed.

[magslinger]

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Post or FReepmail me if you wish to be enlisted in or discharged from the Navair Pinglist.
This is a medium volume pinglist.

[Vicomte13]

Yes, three carriers (2 US and one French) are already there. Nimitz will make four.

And this time, there will be no question about Europe pulling away from us, etc. The Iranians took British hostages, the French are already there, and Chirac is swiftly approaching the end of his Presidency, and has nothing to lose by taking on the Iranian problem (remember: Iranian-supported groups are keeping the Syrians in Lebanon, and the French don’t like that).

So, this time if it happens, it will be a Western operation. Russia won’t like it, but they’ll be isolated without Europe to help. And China...well, China’s economy is dependent on that oil coming through the Straits of Hormuz, so if things go South there for a bit, the Chinese are going to take a nasty blow.

[gonzo]

"...So, this time if it happens, it will be a Western operation. Russia won’t like it, but they’ll be isolated without Europe to help. And China...well, China’s economy is dependent on that oil coming through the Straits of Hormuz, so if things go South there for a bit, the Chinese are going to take a nasty blow..."

Roger on the effect on China. The economic impact worldwide will dictate events in the Middle-East for the forseeable future.

My read on it includes Russia as one of the good-guys too. They're steadily becoming a capitalist society, and, like China, a Nuclear-armed Iran is bad for business (A Nuke N. Korea's bad too!).

And both China and Russia have had bad experiences with the evil that is islam. I think they'll both be in on the kill when the end-time for islam begins. It's just good for business! Stay well and safe ................ FRegards

[Salem]

"the Nimitz will arrive about Saturday...."

Thanks. I was wondering about that all day. Long way from San Diego to those parts of the world....

[Salem]

"...Or if it will stay there in more of a support role, perhaps."

Nobody knows except the Navy brass. Remember, the USS Reagan is on a port call in South Korea. Not that far away from where these others will be.

[Salem]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1810795/posts

Roger that, sir . Stand by while I bump your very important thread.

[doug from upland]

Thanks. His request was for some beef jerky. I’m going to buy a bunch of it tomorrow. Candy melts out there.