(many thanks to HL for this info! S.)
Zerohedge reports:
US Aircraft Carrier John Stennis Arrives By Iran
Ten days ago, when we last tracked the progress of the third US aircraft carrier, CVN-74 Stennis, with destination Arabian Gulf, aka Iran, we reported that it was “within a week of reaching” its destination. Sure enough, as the latest Stratfor naval update confirms, CVN-74 has now reached its destination for which it was commissioned several months prematurely. But before you get your war hats out, note that that other aircraft carrier which is conducting its final voyage, the CVN-65 Enterprise, has decided to take a bit of a break and left the Arabian Gulf area for a scheduled R&R port visit in Naples, Italy. In a week or so, shore leave will be over and CVN will be back to join everyone else, at which point the US will finally have three aircraft carriers just off the Iranian coastline ready to rumble.
Comment:
The “Arabian Gulf”. Even the “accepted language” in the Anglosphere reeks of imperial policies. Amazing…
The Saker
Dear Saker,
It’s huffing and Puffing as usual for over a decade now…Nothing will come out of this. The crumbling Empire is making its last stand in Syria…and so far there is nothing to show for it, thanks to Putin and China i might add…
Loved your piece about your projections onto the future, especially your analysis of the interaction of Russia and the West since 1990, i couldn’t agree more, it’s spot on as usual.
As far as your analysis of the Hezbollah situation, i have to respectfully disagree with you on that one…and time will prove my points made to you earlier…
I couldn’t care less what happens to the Assad Mafia in Syria, but I want Syria to remain in the Resistance camp, come Hell or High water.
This will not change, no matter what the Wahhabi/Salafist/Takfiri thugs and crazies attempt, together with the Zio-Camp in the criminal western cowardly team, lead by Turkey, KSA, Qatar, Libya and the stooges in Lebanon…
Cheers,
Joe
Saker,
The Big E is heading home. I’ve been watching CVG deployments for the last 6 years (you can get a weekly read at http://www.gonavy.jp/CVLocation.html),and I’ve never seen one turn around from mid-Med and head back. This is a standard rotation. Enterprise heads Stateside and Stennis replaces them.
Meanwhile, the former head of the Mossad had to go to Belarus to get an operation. No one in America or Europe wanted to treat him:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/former-head-of-israels-spy-agency-mossad-meir-dagan-seeks-liver-transplant-in-belarus-after-european-and-us-surgeons-refuse-to-treat-him-8215399.html
@Joe:It’s huffing and Puffing as usual for over a decade now…Nothing will come out of this.
I hope that you are right, I really do!
The crumbling Empire is making its last stand in Syria.
Are you saying that things are not going well for the Empire in Syria right now?
@John: The Big E is heading home
I hope that you are correct, and you probably are, but then there is no denying that any troop rotation is the perfect time to get a local surge in forces/capabilities. In Europe, we always used to watch the Soviet rotations (every 6 months) with great care to make sure it did not conceal a pre-attack surge of capabilities.
Cheers,
The Saker