[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

I hope Commander, Fifth Fleet has some suitably sailor-like language for expressing his opinion of Congress, now that his ships have to go to Diego Garcia or Guam for maintenance and R&R.

[jslade]

I hope Commander, Fifth Fleet has some suitably sailor-like language for expressing his opinion of Congress, now that his ships have to go to Diego Garcia or Guam for maintenance and R&R.

I don't see this happening. The Fifth Fleet is a shield for Dubai vis a vis Iran.

[Uncle Jaque]

Re #127 - Does not Israel have a port or two that could possibly host a USN Fleet as well as Dubai?

Or would that "offend" our Islammic "Allies" too much to be acceptable?
Would they all turn on us if we tried it?

Just wondering.

[golfisnr1]

This whole thing about reprisal by Dubai is way off the mark IMHO. Take a look at a map and you will see Iran right across the Strait of Hormuz from the UAE. Every nation on the Arabian Peninsula has a vested interest in keeping the USA happy. I expect some SMALL retaliation but nothing big.
The threat of Iran and our protrection is very important to the UAE. This whole thing is blown way out of proportion.