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12. The 5000 crew members are not expendable.

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Mon Apr 9, 2012, 10:48 AM

Apr 2012

Carrier deployments are scheduled years in advance - there was no specific choice made to send her now.

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Iran Is Freaking Out Over The Second US Carrier On Its Way To The Gulf [View all] bananas Apr 2012 OP

Ha ha Zorro Apr 2012 #1

bananas Diclotican Apr 2012 #2

International waters are international slackmaster Apr 2012 #3

Let's hope we didn't send an aircraft carrier that is ready to be decommissioned think Apr 2012 #4

The 5000 crew members are not expendable. hack89 Apr 2012 #12

The 5000 crew members would be a causus belli FarCenter Apr 2012 #13

I think 5 would be a causus belli to this administration. nt hack89 Apr 2012 #19

Not all the battleships were considered obsolete at the time. amandabeech Apr 2012 #41

There are only two types of Naval ships in the 21st Century: bvar22 Apr 2012 #66

Yes, deployments are planned in advance ... JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2012 #14

Can anyone show that Enterprise was diverted? nt hack89 Apr 2012 #17

This is the current carrier locations FarCenter Apr 2012 #20

Looks like a standard East coast carrier deployment. hack89 Apr 2012 #21

My thoughts also... damyank913 Apr 2012 #46

Yes I agree the crew members are not expendable and I hope I in no way implied that. think Apr 2012 #30

Word. kestrel91316 Apr 2012 #25

Carriers aren't expendable, full stop. Posteritatis Apr 2012 #45

Agreed, n/t MrBig Apr 2012 #54

completely ridiculous notion - a carrier is never alone - they have their own battle group Baclava Apr 2012 #59

Sigh. nt Codeine Apr 2012 #62

Less convinced there won't be war. earthside Apr 2012 #5

Drill everywhere. CAPHAVOC Apr 2012 #9

Doubt it OnlinePoker Apr 2012 #27

I don't think that this drilling will do what you think it will do DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #43

Thanks for a bit of sanity in the stream of platitudes. jimlup Apr 2012 #34

how much gas and tax dollars is this costing ? annm4peace Apr 2012 #6

+1 L0oniX Apr 2012 #16

the ship's commander will answer Revolutionary Guard questions? BadtotheboneBob Apr 2012 #7

headline in nov: iran declares war by sinking the uss enterprise leftyohiolib Apr 2012 #8

Yeah right...... Swede Atlanta Apr 2012 #10

They have 400 Sunburn Missiles. Maybe even more. Deployed on the coast. Hidden. CAPHAVOC Apr 2012 #15

Not likely Becka2515 Apr 2012 #23

If they're going through the Straits of Hormuz, they're in range OnlinePoker Apr 2012 #29

They wont go into the Straits... Becka2515 Apr 2012 #33

Some say they do not have any CAPHAVOC Apr 2012 #35

No they don't - pure internet myth. hack89 Apr 2012 #31

Wouldnt surprise me if US knew location of every sunburn HooptieWagon Apr 2012 #64

i was thinking more like gulf of tonkin leftyohiolib Apr 2012 #42

And if they did, they'd be nothing more than a smoking crater by dec. Angleae Apr 2012 #40

Yeah, the day the Enterprise submits to Iran's "questioning" Arkana Apr 2012 #11

I almost peed my pants laughing at that. Becka2515 Apr 2012 #24

heheheehe hibbing Apr 2012 #38

That headline reads like something a teenager would write. bitchkitty Apr 2012 #18

+1 Purveyor Apr 2012 #26

+2 snooper2 Apr 2012 #28

I thought there were 3 carriers in the Gulf? What about the VInson? lib2DaBone Apr 2012 #22

That's a hoot. They keep that shit up and the world will start calling it "The Arabian Gulf" MADem Apr 2012 #32

The Arabs already do... The Persians are not amused BadtotheboneBob Apr 2012 #47

Don't I know it. MADem Apr 2012 #49

It is due for decommissioning in 2013 Rosa Luxemburg Apr 2012 #36

CVN-80 Becka2515 Apr 2012 #39

Don't hold your breath. Angleae Apr 2012 #51

I cant see Becka2515 Apr 2012 #53

Their definition of "good" president is vastly different from anyone elses. Angleae Apr 2012 #61

It went through RCOH* in 1990. MADem Apr 2012 #50

"Speak softly but carry a big stick." Fozzledick Apr 2012 #37

my guess is that this is bluster for a domestic audience DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #44

I find this funny on a WHOLE other level.... Volaris Apr 2012 #48

Wouldn't You? Typical NYC Lib Apr 2012 #52

"You may fire when ready, Gridley!" unionworks Apr 2012 #55

Do they read DU? IDemo Apr 2012 #56

How would you feel ? legin Apr 2012 #57

They're decommissioning the Enterprise? Man, I am getting old. n/t Adsos Letter Apr 2012 #58

It seems obvious that any country in Iran's situation would freak out. polly7 Apr 2012 #60

"Freaking out" is just the sort of nomenclature that inspires journalistic respect. Codeine Apr 2012 #63

I dunno, seems pretty accurate reporting to me HooptieWagon Apr 2012 #65