Posted on 12/26/2018 3:46:43 PM PST by artichokegrower
Iran is ready to respond to any hostile U.S. action, but it does not consider the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Gulf last week a significant threat, an Iranian navy commander said on Monday.
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Hey Iran I don't know if you noticed but there is a new sheriff in town.
Interesting.....
Ping.
Yes, Iran has nothing to worry about at all.
So long as they don’t mess with the carrier. Or try to.
“They do not have the courage or ability to take any measures against us....”
The residents of Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Berlin in 1945 would have disagreed with you on that, Ayatollah! (OK we didn’t nuke Berlin, but we made it up in volume /s;)
As I recall, a carrier group entered the Persian Gulf during the holidays last year too.
The entire carrier group?
That gulf must look like a really small body of water about now.
“They do not have the courage or ability to take any measures against us....”
Could end up getting a piping hot serving of mushroom soup in downtown Tehran.
Already reported two days ago by Amir Tsarfati. There has been no carrier in the Gulf since the days right after 9/11, seventeen years ago.
Add Tokyo to the list. LeMay had already firebombed them to cinders such that they weren’t worth using a nuke on, once they became available.
Didn’t know that. Small area for a carrier group. I have no doubt they’re being alert now that Bam-Bam isn’t CIC.
Trump and the Mrs are right across the water. This is a big fat hint to the mullahs not to be stupid.
November 2017
https://news.usni.org/2017/11/30/theodore-roosevelt-carrier-strike-group-enters-persian-gulf
...The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (CSG-9) is now in the Persian Gulf, where it is expected to join the ongoing Operation Inherent Resolve fight against ISIS forces...
March 2017
First U.S. aircraft carrier [USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH] of Trump presidency enters the Persian Gulf
Sorry but the Iranians have fortified the shores of the Persian Gulf with state of the art Chinese made shore to ship stealthy missiles ( which by the way feature an American designed guidance system thanks to an export license granted by the Clinton Administration). While it is true the mad mullahs would have to be insane to attack American ships, an attack by those missiles combined with asymmetrical forces would be a real threat to those big blue water ships operating in the narrow shallow Gulf.
Also reentering the Gulf at this time very well may be more than bravado. Netanyahu may be near the end of his rule. He faces a potential criminal indictment and an election in April,2019 that he is not guaranteed to win. Netanyahu will not leave office with the Iranian existential threat to Israel and the Jewish people intact. Would not be surprised one day to learn that those ships went into harms way as part of a “strategic plan” to eliminate the Iranian nuclear threat and the conventional threat in Syria. Over 15,000 brave young American sailors are at risk. Hopefully this “plan” will go well.
“... There has been no carrier in the Gulf since the days right after 9/11, seventeen years ago ...”
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Fake news!
“...a piping hot serving of mushroom soup...”
+1.
Yeah, he11, they'll probably just send three or four of those bass boats they float around in out to scare Stennis away.
I remember specifically, that there was a carrier group off of the UAE at the time our boat was boarded, by Iran during the Odingo years.
“Over 15,000 brave young American sailors are at risk. Hopefully this “plan” will go well.”
Just another day in the Navy...
Love these guys.
Well, Amir doesn’t lie, so if there is something wrong with his statement it was a mistake, not fake news.
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