[LouD]

moving the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln from the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman. The battle group ostensibly will provide air support for special forces who reportedly have been given the green light — after tumultuous debate within the White House — to conduct raids deep inside Pakistan's tribal belt to eradicate al-Qaida and Taliban bases.

Well, that's one reason for putting a carrier in the Gulf of Oman. Here's another:

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

We need to get a lot of the carrier groups out of that shooting gallery....