Not that Debka is the most reliable source, but ...
Adm. William J. Fallon (picture), 62, hitherto supreme commander in the Pacific theater, takes over from Gen. John Abizaid as commander of the US central command which is in charge of the US fronts in Iraq, Afghanistan and against global terrorism. The admiral specializes in deploying large-scale navy, air and Marines forces simultaneously in different arenas.
And the White House is making sure that Adm. Fallon has plenty of resources to deploy, a veritable buildup, the second in four months, in the Persian Gulf and other waters opposite
Iran. The USS John C. Stennis strike group is heading for the Persian Gulf with a mighty air arm of 9-10 fighter-bomber squadrons. Saturday, some sources reported that another task force, the USS Ronald Reagan Strike Group, had been ordered out of Sand Diego on Jan. 4 and was heading in the same direction. Military observers in the US and Middle East noted that the group’s commander, Rear Adm. Michael H. Miller, reiterated: “When we deploy for real-world operations, Carrier Strike Group 7 will be an example of how the Navy is able to carry out our mission any time, anywhere in the world.”
The original announcement that the Stennis strike group will this month join the USS Dwight Eisenhower aircraft carrier group and USS Boxer strike force in the Persian Gulf described the deployment “as a warning to Syria and Iran” in face of acts seen as provocative, and to give commanders more flexibility in the region.
Deployment of the Stennis group puts a total of 16,000 US sailors in the region as well as another nuclear carrier and 7 escort warships, 10 air squadrons, 2 submarines and
helicopters to support amphibious landings on enemy soil.This massed naval, air and marine forces assembled should provide credible evidence of the lengths the United States is prepared to go to keep Iran, Syria or Hizballah from interfering with the all-out American attempt to stabilize Iraq.
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Nice shot of the Russian Delta boat, where'd you find it?
Oh, that's Russian?
Sorry. Maybe you could provide me with a photo of an American carrier. Obviously, I don't know the difference.
The Carrier is American but the submarine at the end of the article is a Russian Delta class submarine.
You guys know better than me.
i get the feeling from the neagtivity of the left, that they'd
rather saddam was still in power (the ioraqis would be better off/were bettere then)
rather he was not executed
and would rather us or israel got nuked then we save ourselves and our allies and nuke iran first.
well, i for one would rather we nuked them first.
and BTW: we never ever - at any time - in the cold war ever forswore first use.
if it might have been right to nuke the ussr first, then it sure as heck might be right for us to nuke iran first.
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