US sending aircraft carrier, warships and fighter squadrons to Middle East as region braces for Iranian retaliation.

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US sending aircraft carrier, warships and fighter squadron to Middle East as region braces for Iranian retaliation​

Oren Liebermann
By Oren Liebermann, CNN
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Updated 8:53 AM EDT, Sat August 3, 2024





Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) sails the Pacific Ocean.

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) sails the Pacific Ocean.
Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jerome D. Johnson/US Navy
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The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week.

It is perhaps the largest movement of US forces to the region since the early days of the Gaza war, when the Pentagon sent two carrier strike groups toward the Middle East in a very public warning to regional militant groups not to expand the fighting.

Israel says it is ready for “range of scenarios” following the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Iran. Israelis have been stocking up on supplies, airlines have cancelled flights and travel warnings are in place with the region on alert for an Iranian response.


“We’ve heard the Supreme Leader loud and clear that he intends to avenge this killing of a Hamas leader in Tehran, and that they want to conduct another attack on Israel,” John Kirby, the strategic communications coordinator for the National Security Council, told CNN. “We can’t just assume that we are also potentially going to be victims of that kind of an attack, so we’ve got to make sure we’ve got the right resources and capabilities in the region.”

Ismail Haniyeh arriving for the inauguration of the new Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday.
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On Friday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating in the Gulf of Oman, according to a statement from Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh.

In addition, destroyers and cruisers capable of ballistic missile defense will also be sent to the Middle East and the Mediterranean Sea. The statement does not say which warships have been sent, but two US destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean Sea took part in intercepting the barrage of strikes Iran launched against Israel in April.

Austin also ordered the deployment of a fighter squadron to the region, Singh said.

The US already has the USS Wasp amphibious assault ship in the region, which operates with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, capable of carrying out an evacuation of US citizens in Lebanon should it be ordered.

“The United States’ global defense is dynamic and the Department of Defense retains the capability to deploy on short notice to meet evolving national security threats,” Singh said in the statement.
 
These are perilous times for America and the world and we do not need a vegetable and an airhead leading this country.
 
As I have stated many MANY times in the past,.....the circumstances surrounding our situation have been set in motion by the Biden/Harris regime . Things could get VERY ugly in a moments notice. Our opponents will work in concert together. Russia will continue on in Ukraine but use MUCH more force,...Iran and its allies will hit Israel HARD,...China will hit Taiwan and North Korea will hit South Korea. These actions will happen at about the same time,...coordinated to tie us up EVERYWHERE. At the same time this is going on the sleeper cells that have came across our southern Border that Biden /Harris purposely left wide open will hit our Comms, Fuel supply, water and food distribution causing massive internal strife which will also lead to the U.S having to keep much of its armed forces homebound to protect the homeland as best they can. oh,....and lastly,...we wont even be able to use nukes and will HAVE TO keep it conventional or we will have nukes raining down on us by the boatload. if things turn ugly we may well be fucked beyond any repair whatsoever. Have fun in the cities lefties,.....maybe you can eat stray rats and dogs to survive a few extra days. Idiot American leftists have chosen suicide and sadly will take the whole thing down with them. You wont be remembered well,.........nor should you be.
 
Stone said:
As I have stated many MANY times in the past,.....the circumstances surrounding our situation have been set in motion by the Biden/Harris regime . Things could get VERY ugly in a moments notice. Our opponents will work in concert together. Russia will continue on in Ukraine but use MUCH more force,...Iran and its allies will hit Israel HARD,...China will hit Taiwan and North Korea will hit South Korea. These actions will happen at about the same time,...coordinated to tie us up EVERYWHERE. At the same time this is going on the sleeper cells that have came across our southern Border that Biden /Harris purposely left wide open will hit our Comms, Fuel supply, water and food distribution causing massive internal strife which will also lead to the U.S having to keep much of its armed forces homebound to protect the homeland as best they can. oh,....and lastly,...we wont even be able to use nukes and will HAVE TO keep it conventional or we will have nukes raining down on us by the boatload. if things turn ugly we may well be fucked beyond any repair whatsoever. Have fun in the cities lefties,.....maybe you can eat stray rats and dogs to survive a few extra days. Idiot American leftists have chosen suicide and sadly will take the whole thing down with them. You wont be remembered well,.........nor should you be.
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Best stay home, eh. Let the world right itself . It will shock everybody how fast that happens without US interference.
 
Stone said:
As I have stated many MANY times in the past,.....the circumstances surrounding our situation have been set in motion by the Biden/Harris regime . Things could get VERY ugly in a moments notice. Our opponents will work in concert together. Russia will continue on in Ukraine but use MUCH more force,...Iran and its allies will hit Israel HARD,...China will hit Taiwan and North Korea will hit South Korea. These actions will happen at about the same time,...coordinated to tie us up EVERYWHERE. At the same time this is going on the sleeper cells that have came across our southern Border that Biden /Harris purposely left wide open will hit our Comms, Fuel supply, water and food distribution causing massive internal strife which will also lead to the U.S having to keep much of its armed forces homebound to protect the homeland as best they can. oh,....and lastly,...we wont even be able to use nukes and will HAVE TO keep it conventional or we will have nukes raining down on us by the boatload. if things turn ugly we may well be fucked beyond any repair whatsoever. Have fun in the cities lefties,.....maybe you can eat stray rats and dogs to survive a few extra days. Idiot American leftists have chosen suicide and sadly will take the whole thing down with them. You wont be remembered well,.........nor should you be.
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Don't worry we have Joe in the situation room. What could possibly go wrong?

:facepalm:
 
moon said:
Best stay home, eh. Let the world right itself . It will shock everybody how fast that happens without US interference.
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Naww we should just give Iran a nuke (some assembly required :nuke:) Then we could say "Oh No! They accidentally blew themselves up. We told them messing around with nukes was dangerous." It would be amazing how fast the Arabs would run and hide.
 
I wonder where that dumbass bartender elite is these days? Remember when that goofball said that he was thinking of volunteering to go fight in Ukraine? :laugh: Hey bartender,.....looks like you just might get your chance to fight soon and you wont even have to leave your town to do it. Best of luck idiot......
 
ExpressLane said:
Naww we should just give Iran a nuke (some assembly required :nuke:) Then we could say "Oh No! They accidentally blew themselves up. We told them messing around with nukes was dangerous." It would be amazing how fast the Arabs would run and hide.
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Indeed.

A small battlefield nuke.

Headline…”Iran accidentally nukes itself.”
 
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