International Carrier And Bombers Ordered To Middle East Without Any Details On Supposed Iranian Threat

[GhostZ06]

Conflicting messaging is coming out of the Trump Administration as to why the Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a contingent of strategic bombers are being deployed to the Persian Gulf area of operations. The initial news of the deployments came in a peculiar form, emanating from controversial National Security Advisor John Bolton, not the Pentagon, the President, or a White House spokesperson. The official statement from Bolton reads:

"In response to a number of troubling and escalatory indications and warnings, the United States is deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force to the U.S. Central Command region to send a clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian regime that any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force. The United States is not seeking war with the Iranian regime, but we are fully prepared to respond to any attack, whether by proxy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or regular Iranian forces."

At the same time, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated that the deployment was "something we’ve been working on for a little while," indicating that it wasn't really a result of new intelligence or a set of evolving circumstances, while also adding that there have been "escalatory actions from the Iranians," but giving no examples of such acts.

The order to move bombers back into the Middle East is a bit more intriguing as America's B-52 and B-1B fleets have just gotten their first reprieve from constant forward deployments to the Middle East, and the combat operations that came with those deployments, in years. With B-1Bs leaving Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar last March, it was thought that an extensive break from the rotational bomber deployments there would allow the bombers to receive much-needed maintenance and upgrades and allow for their crew to take part training for other mission sets.

The tired B-1B force was grounded for weeks not long after its last aircraft returned from the Middle East due to issues with the type's troubled ejection system. The swing-wing bombers began returning to the air just last week. It's important to note that we don't know what bomber type is being sent back to the Arabian Peninsula to fulfill the recently announced orders.

It is possible that this movement, and the high-end messaging that has come with it, was planned to follow the Trump Administration's somewhat sudden announcement that it would not grant eight countries continuing waivers to import crude oil from Iran. The White House provided the waivers following its reinstatement of sanctions on Iran after tearing up the Iran nuclear dealthat was executed by the Obama Administration. Clearly, cutting off Iran from the remaining eight oil importing countries as approved by the U.S. would put an even tighter squeeze on Iran's faltering economy and could heighten the risk of Iran lashing out as a result. With this in mind, this all could have been planned in anticipation of Iranian threats.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...ithout-any-details-on-supposed-iranian-threat


Uh....what the hell is going on?

 

[Stoic1]

Venezuela.

 

[abiG]

Disgusting if true. Trump's kids, or Pence's, Bolton's or any of theirs will NOT be heading over there to die, it will be our kids.

 

[VivaRevolution]

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...ithout-any-details-on-supposed-iranian-threat


Uh....what the hell is going on?

I don't know. Allot seems to be going on. From rockets and cyber attacks from Hamas, retaliatory Israeli strikes, and Russian and Syrian bombings in Syria, the hornets nests seemed stirred.

 

[abiG]

retaliatory Israeli strikes

"Retaliatory," he said.

I expect more from you, Viv.

 

[VivaRevolution]

"Retaliatory," he said.

I expect more from you, Viv.

The story seemed legit.

Apparently Hamas launched a cyber attack, and Israel tracked it, and bombed the building.

 

[TribalDrumz]

If they go to war with Iran there would be riots in this country . They wouldn’t allow another George Bush weapons of mass destruction lie to conquer a country.

 

[abiG]

The story seemed legit.

Apparently Hamas launched a cyber attack, and Israel tracked it, and bombed the building.

Bitch, please (lol), the zionists came from a different continent entirely. Of all people, I didn't see you as one to start the story in the middle.

 

[genecop]

Money to be made..

 

[Gregolian]

Money to be made..

Iran's oil is shit though. Like, barely good enough to be used to tar roofs to put up shingles.

 

[genecop]

Iran's oil is shit though. Like, barely good enough to be used to tar roofs to put up shingles.

The business of War, many factors play into the Economy Of War..Oil is a small part..

 

[Gregolian]

The business of War, many factors play into the Economy Of War..Oil is a small part..

That is my go-to response whenever people talk about money as the reason for the ME war drums going. It's always "IT'S ABOUT OIL!!!"

Well, if it is we're getting some real REAL shitty oil.

 

[xcvbn]

We should start wars against Iran and Venezuela at the same time.

Seems like a brilliant idea to be in active conflict in over a half-dozen countries spread out across the world.

 

[BarryDillon]

If they go to war with Iran there would be riots in this country . They wouldn’t allow another George Bush weapons of mass destruction lie to conquer a country.

 

[GhostZ06]

Venezuela.

middle east moron.....come on man..

 

[Torrid]

middle east moron.....come on man..

have you ever see Venezuela and the middle east in the same room together though?

 

[JonesBones]

Nothing will happen.

 

[BassAckwards]

iran threats could jeapordize the oil flow across the world; 20% of the world's oil travels through the straight of hormuz.

 

[Orgasmo]

Bush had Iraq and Afghanistan. Obama had Libya and Syria. Iran and Venezuela for Trump?

Same shit, different presidents

 

[PrinceOfPain]

If they go to war with Iran there would be riots in this country . They wouldn’t allow another George Bush weapons of mass destruction lie to conquer a country.

Nah. There'd be probably a bunch of peaceful protests that would achieve nothing except to make the protestors feel good about themselves while their countrymen sow the seeds of discontent and murder distant foreigners.