But gether done.
This will give the Iranians an opportunity to shoot at a real aircraft carrier, rather than just a mock-up as they recently did.
Let the games begin!......................
Giving the Iranian’s Safe Harbor, I presume.
Besides, the Teddy Roosevelt is fairly large... but presumably, the $50B taqiyya... er.. payoff er... whatever is according to Iranian demands - small unmarked bills, requiring a big boat for delivery.
How many subs are shadowing the shadowers?
And how subs many are shadowing the shadowers of the shadowers?
You inform the harbormaster that if those freighters are delivering arms, the subsequent explosion will put an end to the port.
But gether done.
Obama’s naval escort of Nuclear material shipping to Iran? Need to protect the shipment from any possible Israeli airstrikes, you know.
If the administration was serious, they would simply say don’t deliver arms. After they did, just have a sub take out the ships with a few Mark 48s. (targets spotted, targets sunk).
Blood and war in Yemen while Obama give the same people the damned bomb? I think one need remember say Egypt vs Yemen and remember how much blood and treasure lost in that war...or other wars, Yemen..Iran, Saudis, American warships to stop Iran from reinforcing while Obama gives carte blanche to the same mullahs ...makes no %^$ING sense at all.? Good Lord what the hell are our schizophrenic “leaders” doing?
According to Obama, Iran delivering weapons to Yemen is bad and intercepting them with our navy is perfectly fine. However, if Israel wants to keep weapons from being shipped to Gaza, that’s bad, bad, bad!
LRASM
What those shadow Hornets are carrying for the Iranians to see!
Those darn pirates. Look at what they did. They sunk a bunch of Iranian tubs at night. Dang it. Isn’t that what Iran said they were doing there? Fighting pirates? Them dang pirates were stronger than they thought. And it all happened at night. Dang shame.
I wonder how many 688’s are also shadowing the Iranians?
According to Fox cable news the task force* consists of:
Aircraft Carrier
USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71
Guided Missile Cruiser
USS Normandy CG-60
Arleigh Burke Class Destroyers
USS Forrest Sherman DDG-98
USS Winston S. Churchill DDG-81
Amphibious Assault Ship
USS Iwo Jima LHD-71 (1,800 Marines)
Amphibious Transport Dock
USS New York LPD-21 (700 Marines)
Dock Landing Ship
USS Fort McHenry LSD-43 (400 Marines plus 21 LCM-6s)
Mine Sweepers
USS Dexterous MCM-13
USS Sentry MCM-3
* Marine Complements are my estimates derived from Wikipedia entries
U.S. STRIKES 2 IRANIAN OIL RIGS AND HITS 6 WARSHIPS IN BATTLES OVER MINING SEA LANES IN GULF
By JOHN H. CUSHMAN Jr., Special to the New York Times
Published: April 19, 1988
WASHINGTON, April 18— The United States Navy clashed with Iranian forces across the southern half of the Persian Gulf today, crippling or sinking six armed Iranian vessels. One American attack helicopter was reported missing.
The attacks began when six American ships destroyed two Iranian oil platforms in what the Reagan Administration said was retaliation for the mining that damaged a Navy vessel last week.
Link to rest of article: http://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/19/world/us-strikes-2-iranian-oil-rigs-hits-6-warships-battles-over-mining-sea-lanes-gulf.html?pagewanted=1
This occurred a year after my deployment to the I-O (Indian Ocean) aboard the USS America CV-66 as an A-6 Bombardier... The Iranians learned fast not to mess with the Navy or the United States... could be deja vu all over again.
So we are “shadowing”....so what! And when we see them unloading weapons our White House cowards will do what? No doubt ask for a “negotiation” and then back off again.
Obama will not get tough with his muslim brothers.
Need to blast ‘em to find out what’s in ‘em.