What is the USS Theodore Roosevelt doing in the Gulf of Aden?
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Diner: “What is this fly doing in my soup?”
Waiter: “The backstroke.”
What is the USS Theodore Roosevelt doing in the Gulf of Aden?
Here’s a hint: there’s a sale on Lily Pulitzer.
FLOATING, I HOPE................
USS Barack Obama: Speak loudly and don’t carry any stick.
Stopping Israel from bombing Iran’s nuclear program.
Somebody in the Pentagon is telling Bammy what is going to happen. Could also be that Saudi Arabia is calling the shots.
She’s ON it... Oh... I feel better already, knowing THAT
The Gulf of Aden is about to become a much busier place, as the the Navy has announced that the USS Theodore Roosevelt is steaming towards the waters off the coast of Yemen, alongside the guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy.
The Big Stick, as the Roosevelt is affectionately known, left the Persian Gulf for the Gulf of Aden to prevent Iranian weapons shipments from reaching Houthi rebels – Shiite Muslims rebelling against the Sunni government – in the eastern part of the country. The carrier’s first interaction with the Iranians could be coming soon, as the Navy is tracking an Iranian convoy steaming towards the waters of Yemen, USA Today reports.
According to sources within the Navy that spoke to USA Today on condition of anonymity, the Roosevelt is the ninth ship to take station off Yemen and adds “significantly” to the available firepower. That’s important, because on top of the rebellion, the US government has been monitoring the actions of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Having something like The Big Stick available makes that task at least a little bit easier.
According to USA Today, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter hinted at the Roosevelt’s redeployment to combat AQAP last week, saying:
“It’s easier for us to operate against [AQAP] if we have the cooperation of a stable government as was the case in the past. But if we don’t have a stable government, as is the case in the current circumstance, we have to use other means to protect ourselves, and that’s what we’re doing.”
Carrying $50 billion in cash and gold for Iran?
My guess is they are protecting the Iranian convoy which is bringing arms to Yemen.
I would almost say I am sure of it but you never can tell for certain.
‘In the muslim Navy’
Water skiing?
It is there to look like we are doing “something”. Then if anyone criticizes Obama, he can say we have a Carrier there.
I heard Harf’s briefing and she finished the briefing by saying we have “hope” for the ships.
I’m still searching for her definition of “hope”.
“We ‘hope’ nothing happens.”
“We ‘hope’ the ships have good food.”
“We ‘hope’ we sink Iran’s ships.”
“We ‘hope’ the Iranian sailors love us.”
Our State Department under Kerry is worse than none at all.
I would guess that the carrier is there to prevent Israel from taking measures. It’s what I would expect from Obama.
I would bet that Obama’s rules of engagement would require presidential authorization to shoot back if attacked by the Iranians. The Iranians know that Obama will do nothing.
Sitting like a Tonkin Duck!
Mabus very soon then will die, [then] will come,
A horrible undoing of people and animals,
At once one will see vengeance,
One hundred powers, thirst, famine, when the comet will pass.
Nostradamus (1555)
Sec of Navy is Ray Mabus.....will he oversee a war in the Middle East?
Target practice (for the Iranians).
Other than harfness, a carrier group in the Gulf doesn’t seem too odd. In my memory, it’s a pretty regular occurrence. Every couple of years there seems to be two carrier groups there, which is noted as a little unusual. Am I missing something? Is this really unusual, or is it unusual that a spokesditz like Harf would be excessively obscurantist about it?