Trump Sends 14,000 Troops For War on Iran. Will it be Enough?

[Zippyjuan]

USS Abraham Lincoln now in the Persian Gulf.

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-...ce-deployment/

Carrier transits Strait of Hormuz for the first time since deployment


The aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, left, the British air-defense destroyer Defender and the U.S. Navy's guided-missile destroyer Farragut transit the Strait of Hormuz on Nov. 19, with the guided-missile cruiser Leyte Gulf. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Zachary Pearson/Navy via AP)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A U.S. aircraft carrier ordered by the White House to rapidly deploy to the Mideast over a perceived threat from Iran has transited the Strait of Hormuz for the first time since its deployment.

The U.S. Navy says the carrier Abraham Lincoln transited the strait on Tuesday, making its way to the Persian Gulf. The carrier left Norfolk, Virginia, in April and was diverted to the Middle East in May, but it had remained in the Arabian Sea, avoiding passage through the strait that borders Iran.

American aircraft carriers have for decades sailed through the international oil shipping route in what the U.S. describes as “defensive” operations aimed at keeping the strait open.

The Trump administration deployed the Lincoln to the Persian Gulf amid a spike in tensions with Iran.

[Swordsmyth]

No Discussion on Sending More Troops to Middle East: Secretary of Defense, Trump

[Swordsmyth]

USS Abraham Lincoln now in the Persian Gulf.

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-...ce-deployment/

Where it has been for a long time.

The Navy likes to send its ships around the world, they've been doing it for years.

[Swordsmyth]

Perhaps all that spinning made him so dizzy he missed that part?

Perhaps you missed that all Rood said was that they might do anything?

He is very careful to ignore certain things which don't fit his narrative.

That's what you guys do.

[Zippyjuan]

Where it has been for a long time.

The Navy likes to send its ships around the world, they've been doing it for years.

Actually this was not part of their original scheduled deployment. It just got there two weeks ago.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A U.S. aircraft carrier ordered by the White House to rapidly deploy to the Mideast over a perceived threat from Iran has transited the Strait of Hormuz for the first time since its deployment.

The U.S. Navy says the carrier Abraham Lincoln transited the strait on Tuesday, making its way to the Persian Gulf. The carrier left Norfolk, Virginia, in April and was diverted to the Middle East in May, but it had remained in the Arabian Sea, avoiding passage through the strait that borders Iran.

It had been in the Arabian Sea for a while but only just recently entered the Persian Gulf.

The Trump administration deployed the Lincoln to the Persian Gulf amid a spike in tensions with Iran.

https://www.stripes.com/news/uss-abr...n-sea-1.608693

Lincoln was on a deployment from Naval Station Norfolk, Va., earlier this year when it was ordered ahead of schedule to the Arabian Sea in response to what then-National Security Adviser John Bolton referred to as “troubling and escalatory indications and warnings” from Iran.

The USS Truman will eventually relieve the Lincoln.