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U.S. extends carrier deployment after Syria attack
Reuters via yahooo ^ | 3-31-23 | Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali

Posted on 03/31/2023 4:02:57 PM PDT by dynachrome

The United States has decided to extend the deployment of the George H.W. Bush carrier strike group to provide options to policymakers after last week's deadly attacks in Syria by Iran-backed forces, U.S. military officials said on Friday.

The decision likely means the Bush strike group and its more than 5,000 U.S. forces, which are now in the European Command operational area, will not be returning to home port in the United States on schedule.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) spokesperson Colonel Joe Buccino confirmed the carrier group's extension, which was first reported by Reuters.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Syria
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Israel just bombed target in Syria a day ago and we are going to do what over there?
1 posted on 03/31/2023 4:02:57 PM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

Back on Gonzo Station …


2 posted on 03/31/2023 4:17:33 PM PDT by 11th_VA (XX < > XY)
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To: dynachrome

Fly top cover for Syrian rebel forces of course.


3 posted on 03/31/2023 4:23:01 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: dynachrome
Lobster dinner on the Ford.

Us old salty dogs all know what this means.


4 posted on 03/31/2023 4:27:17 PM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024. A real conservative.)
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Lobster dinner on the Ford.

Oops. Wrong ship.

Still, I'm sure they all had lobster on the Bush right before that whistle blew over the 1MC.

5 posted on 03/31/2023 4:28:51 PM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024. A real conservative.)
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To: dynachrome

I certainly hope that the carrier is fully diverse and inclusive. I know that will make them efficient! /s


6 posted on 03/31/2023 4:30:08 PM PDT by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: dynachrome
we are going to do what over there?

Hmm, how about start another endless war we won’t win, spend trillions, and have thousands of young Americans killed and wounded. Oops, almost forgot, spend hundreds of billions on rebuilding what we and others break.

7 posted on 03/31/2023 4:32:32 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )
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“U.S. extends carrier deployment after Syria attack”

All China has to do is give Assad a couple of Hypersonics and they won’t have to worry about US Carriers.


8 posted on 03/31/2023 4:51:07 PM PDT by BobL
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Hell, they could probably dig up an old Exocet missile and that would be good enough.

I would like a 25 year moratorium (at least) on any foreign adventures. I am so sick of it. We live in a state of constant warfare. Not for the benefit of the American people, but to enrich the oligarchs.

9 posted on 03/31/2023 5:15:44 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: dynachrome
Why do we have troops in Syria?

Endless war.

10 posted on 03/31/2023 5:25:29 PM PDT by conservativeimage (Join Your State Assembly - states.americanstatenationals.org - Bring Back Constitutional Law & Order)
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It appears we are being spread pretty thin.


11 posted on 03/31/2023 5:32:55 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: DesertRhino

Might be to shoot down Israelis. Some of them told our President to butt out. They must be taught proper subservience, perhaps?


12 posted on 03/31/2023 5:37:01 PM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: dynachrome

America’s struggle in Syria might be enough to rally Turkey, Iran, Russia, and the Islamic nations which surround it.


13 posted on 03/31/2023 6:20:30 PM PDT by EliRoom8
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To: ConservativeInPA

Or they could send a few cruise missiles to Afghanistan and destroy the military equipment that Biden left behind. Never happen of course, but it’s a nice thought.


14 posted on 03/31/2023 6:31:38 PM PDT by ssapro (SSAPRO/ EXBP)
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