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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsObama and Hagel send USS George H.W. Bush to gulf
Just in case anyone thought irony was dead.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
Pentagon orders aircraft carrier to Gulf in case Iraq military option needed
http://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-orders-aircraft-carrier-gulf-case-iraq-military-163630548.html
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered an aircraft carrier moved into the Gulf on Saturday, readying it in case Washington decides to pursue a military option after insurgents overwhelmed a string of Iraqi cities this week and threatened Baghdad.
"The order will provide the Commander-in-Chief additional flexibility should military options be required to protect American lives, citizens and interests in Iraq," the Pentagon said in a statement.
The carrier USS George H.W. Bush, moving from the North Arabian Sea, will be accompanied by the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea and the guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun, the statement said. It added the ships were expected to complete their transit into the Gulf later on Saturday.
Pentagon orders aircraft carrier to Gulf in case Iraq military option needed
http://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-orders-aircraft-carrier-gulf-case-iraq-military-163630548.html
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered an aircraft carrier moved into the Gulf on Saturday, readying it in case Washington decides to pursue a military option after insurgents overwhelmed a string of Iraqi cities this week and threatened Baghdad.
"The order will provide the Commander-in-Chief additional flexibility should military options be required to protect American lives, citizens and interests in Iraq," the Pentagon said in a statement.
The carrier USS George H.W. Bush, moving from the North Arabian Sea, will be accompanied by the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea and the guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun, the statement said. It added the ships were expected to complete their transit into the Gulf later on Saturday.
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Obama and Hagel send USS George H.W. Bush to gulf (Original Post)
Gidney N Cloyd
Jun 2014
OP
How long before the "Support Our Troops" ribbons and bumper stickers appear?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2014
#1
Not so fast. There's still the little matter of having a black guy in the White House.
Gidney N Cloyd
Jun 2014
#3
That, coupled with our newest best buddy, Iran, inserting itself into the mix...
Brother Buzz
Jun 2014
#4
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)1. How long before the "Support Our Troops" ribbons and bumper stickers appear?
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)3. Not so fast. There's still the little matter of having a black guy in the White House.
Brother Buzz
(36,487 posts)4. That, coupled with our newest best buddy, Iran, inserting itself into the mix...
the jingoism is going to be a hard sale.
The fallacy, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend", is going to be tested ten ways to Tuesday.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)2. Here we go. Quite unfortunate.