[edpc]

They forgot to establish a "line of death," a' la the Gulf of Sidra.

[napscoordinator]

Send two more carriers there. I am sick of Iran.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

From the Hawaiian White House, a spokeswoman for Resident Obama issued a thundering rejoiner, “Yassur, yassur, eyes getting outs whiles I kin, massa dinerjacket. Won’t see ol’ ‘Bama round dese here parts no mo, sur. And eyes takin’ dem shiftless wortless gud-fer-nuttin’, no-account sailors, Marines and soldja’s wid me. Yassur.”

[econjack]

There are times when I would like to see what Tehran would look like as a glass parking lot.

[Enchante]

It’s well past time to pulverize these scumbags. I know we don’t have a CinC who will order it, but what we ought to do is take out very plane, ship, nuclear, and missile site in that whole damned worthless Mullah-land.

[Venturer]

Iran is letting it’s alligator mouth overload it’s Hummingbird ass.

Does this foll have any idea what they face if they fire on an American carrier?

Even the weak kneed Kenyan would have to answer that attack with force.

[Principled]

This would be funny if we had a real President - not an imposter.

This would never have happened in the first place had we a real prez.

Obama is _such_ a failure. If only he was doing it accidentally he could be forgiven.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

I won’t often offer advice to Obama.

However this one seems to warrant a simple response:

Obama should publicly, respond to the threat, with a simple declaration that any attack on an America carrier, will result in the complete destruction of an Iranian city.

Glass.

Say so publicly, so when it happens, there’s not sudden horror worldwide.

Just a simple “we warned you not to do that, and we said exactly what would happen if you did”. There will still be wailing and complaining, but the world will know and understand.

No more groveling Obama.

[Pollster1]

How does the combat power of the Iranian Air Force compare with the combat power of a carrier battle group? There are days when I’d be willing to find out, and I’m sure most naval aviators would be more than happy to provide the answer in air-to-air negotiations.

How about their missiles against our carrier? That’s why we have air-to-mud capabilities. War is a bad thing, but there are worse things, one of which is the current Iranian government (sadly, another is occupying our White House and visiting Hawaii).

[Texas Eagle]

Why is Iran’s Army chief speaking for The Navy? What a sad, sad little island nation.

[panaxanax]

“I recommend and emphasize to the American carrier not to return to the Persian Gulf”

Commander to crew: “Do a 180, boys, we just got invited to a party.”

[muddler]

Making threats like this to a boy king who will do ANYTHING to get re-elected is not a smart move.

[oldsalt]

Wow! Either you're showing your age or you are reminding me how old I am!

The Gulf of Sidra "Line of Death" thing was in 1981...a little more than thirty years ago. I was on board Nimitz at the time and the Libyans were foolish enough to came after us with two SU-22's which were promptly shot down.

The only departure from routine was when a Marine F-4 pilot off the Forrestal thought it would be funny to turn off his IFF and make a run at the Nimitz...the Alert 5 F-14's were on him real quick...luckily he turned everything on...lights,IFF and anything else he could think of.

The Admiral wanted to see him the next day...I'm sure he was well counseled.

[Sicon]

the enemy’s carrier

Sounds like fighting words to me. Maybe we should park a second carrier group in the neighborhood...

[agere_contra]

They actually called it 'the enemies carrier'?

Gosh, the Middle East is so nuanced.

[matthew fuller]

Has Obama scraped, bowed, and apologized yet? We need to send a carrier battle group up the Potomac River.

[Rocco DiPippo]

Alright already -- let's end this abuse. Time to send a long overdue message to the Ahmadinejads of the world. Proper response: Within seconds of the next verbal tirade from these clowns, their ships in the Gulf get instantly transformed into an oil slick. Afterwards, the White House issues a terse statement saying, "OK, who's next?" Enough is enough.

[rllngrk33]

If our president had any gonads, he'd park a carrier right in the middleof the straits and dare them to try something. Any attack would be met with the total destruction of their military and infrastructure.

But then, I'm just dreaming aren't I?

[DeaconRed]

They are SOOOOOOOOOOOOO Brave.
They remind me of a high school bully. Gets real brave and mouths off once the enemy is out of sight. Scares the hell out of real small children.
Time to test some more MOABS (Mother Of All Bombs)

[onedoug]

Proceeding according to the islamist in Chief´s plan.

[Boomer One]

I worked with Iranians who fled Iran during my 25 years in the DC area. From what I hear, we should not confuse what Iran's leaders say with what the people want. Despite living under the Shah, Iran was progressive and pro American. Biggest mistake made by Carter in Mideast was not supporting the Shah followed by Obama’s failure to support recent demonstrators. I fear all this swaggering will get hundreds of thousands of innocents killed and that it will spread to the entire region. If Russia and China join in, it's Armageddon.