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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 scehduled 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.
Source: Stratfor
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Obama polls need the last minute boost only an Iran conflict can provide. This is taken directly out of the 1984 playbook.
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Through the canal for shore leave in Napoli?
Horseshit.
It's a redeployment of re-steaming off Syria.
Wake up.....
After shoreleave in Naples, I wonder how many crewmembers will be reboarding the Enterprise. Kirk to Enterprise: "don't beam me up, Scotty".
They might not even miss them, there are other US assets that can be conveniently onboarded while visiting Italy
I wouldn't want to be on the USS Enterprise, or near it. Everything about this situation screams that it's being set up to be sunk in a false flag incident designed to create war with Iran.
I hope thats not the case... but either way I think the other commenters had it right. Once Enterprise comes back through the suez, its highly unlikely it will go back to the gulf. Its expensive, time consuming, and an all around pain for a carrier to get through the Suez. If they were only going to leave for a week they would have just hit Dubai.
Hummm... Enterprise going through the Suez? With the Muslim Brotherhood in charge of Egypt now... Seems sketchy to me.
And I didn't know the Big E would fit in the Suez!? Back in the day, CVA 66 wouldn't.)
No they won't sink it, one Kg of C4 above the waterline will be enough for the press.
Just in time for the election
Let's light those motherfuckers up.
Empty your missles on the mullahs boys
OBarry...that you?
I can feel another peace prize coming on but I am not sure if it has Obama's name on it or Netanyahu's.
I can feel another peace prize coming on but I am not sure if it has Obama's name on it or Netanyahu's.
It's neither, it's Ackmajageenoff who gets the prize,and ties with Minsta FarraKHAN.
America, Fuck Yeah, coming to save the mother fucking day, yeah....
If you promise me you won't die, I'll make love to you right now
I promise I will never, ever die.
Was that you cheering in the wikileaks video? that part after they fired on the kids?
Maybe things have changed since I was in the Navy but carries typically don't have "week or so" of shore leave in any one foreign port. Four or five days max.
Make 'em all happy, before they go false flag swimming.
the italian hookers are pretty broke. It's economic stimulus
I don't feel sorry for the Italian hookers -cut back on their cocaine and squeeze their bankster clientele for a little more of their ill gotten gains, and they can do quite well in a depression.
Che cazzo! Did Berlusconi file for bankruptcy or something?
At least somebody around here is getting stimulated.
i was thinking the same thing - of course i joined in 2000 and got out in 2005, maybe the navy has gotten even softer since then
NEVER heard of a CV going through the ditch four times during one cruise.
NEVER heard of a CV going through the ditch four times during one cruise.
Almost time to wag the dog.
What Obama will do is kill some al qaeda in Lybia and claim revenge on the Benghazi murders. That should silence the critics and help at the polls. The fireworks won't begin until next year. I hope CNN covers it.
that terrorist porridge is just right
If Obama continues to sink... kabooooooooom.
Iran won't wait until then, they're already turtling up. They tested with the water with talk about returning to negotiations about a week ago and got no response, that was their signal. Assad is falling in Syria, just watch the liveleak videos, if they're going to make a move, it's right now.
No way will Iran make a first strike. They will lose all support in the eyes of the world. China and Russia will not be able to make a case to the world for coming to their defence.
But the Iranian rapture bunnies are crazy religious nuts who want to start Armageddon so the dude comes out of the well and sends the believers to heaven-hey that's sounds just like the christian rapture bunnies!
+1 for sarcasm
no, Cabot is never kidding ;-)
Randall Cabot
But the Iranian rapture bunnies are crazy religious nuts who want to start Armageddon so the dude comes out of the well and sends the believers to heaven-hey that's sounds just like the christian rapture bunnies!
This statement is 100% evidence you are clueless about the catching away,and /or the time of Armageddon.(and NO Christian that knows scriptures wishes this on anyone),much less do they want to start it.
Tell that to Tim La Haye, John Hagee and Steve Quayle.
Don't be so sure -Hezbollah-with Iranian backing -just may be able to take Jerusalem. They have nothing to lose. IDF is soft. Hezbollah is tough as nails. Preemptive strike may be the only way they can overcome high tech.
Iran will use proxies to strike at the U.S., however, a Hezbollah offensive on Jerusalem is unlikely. Hezbollah is, indeed, tough as nails, but fights best as a defensive force from entrenched and fixed positions, with flexible supply lines. An assault on Jerusalem would be an offensive operation that would require a great deal of preparation and prepositioning of forces which Israel would certainly notice. Furthermore, even if Hezbollah was able to launch a surprise offensive and take a good portion of Jerusalem, they would be unable to keep their forces supplied after the Israelis encircle their positions in Jersulem. In short, Hezbollah would be destroyed, and Hezbollah is far too valuable an asset to be squandered with such a ploy.
Instead, I would look more toward Hezbollah goading Israel into an attack, coinciding with a Shiite rebellion in the Gulf States and the destruction of oil tankers in the Suez Canal and possible the Panama Canal. If the United States takes the war to Iran, the U.S. would be the aggresser, and Iran could follow up with a blockade of the Straits of Hormuz that would send the price of oil into the stratosphere. The game would be on then to see if the U.S. navy can clear the Straights and the Canals before the Strategic Petroleum Reserve runs dry, and the U.S. can declare "victory" before the U.S. economy collapses completely, the petrodollar collapses, and the U.S. population revolts. Continued "malfunctions" at U.S. refineries would also help Iran's cause. This is the most likely outcome.
This is not some football game.
Do some digging into the biggest sponsor of state-sponsored terrorism.
Unfortunately, for the people who plan and conduct these operations, it is a football game.
Not Iran, Syria by proxy. This sticks the blame on a sinking ship and clears Iran's name in the meantime.
R&R for the Enterprise crew in Naples? Yikes - that place reminds me of a bad Italian neighborhood in Brooklyn. They should have dropped the boys and girls off on Capri or Ischia instead.
Remember how they gave ice cream to the troops a few hours before parachuting over Normandy? Yeah.
"R&R for the Enterprise crew in Naples? Yikes -"
Makes perfect sense. Naples is the only place in the world where I saw "Flying Cock & Balls" necklaces! Wish I'd bought a few when I was there... ;-D
Keep an eye on CVN-73 George Washington, if it moves into the Indian Ocean then it's on like Donkey Kong.
When does the USS BarryO Nobel Prize arrive to light up that axis of evil?
Bath House Barry is rather preoccupied right now. He has some geographical north and south pole smoking decisions to make. The Shadow Government will provide all details for the sheeple to readily believe once the One reads his TelePrompTer.
http://www.richardsilverstein.com/2012/10/16/israels-new-cyber-virus-att...
Israel’s New Cyber-Virus Attacks Computers from Iran to Lebanonhttp://www.securelist.com/en/images/vlill/miniflame2012_pic09s.png
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/10/08/wanted_a_truly_credible...
…According to a source close to the discussions, the action that participants currently see as most likely is a joint U.S.-Israeli surgical strike targeting Iranian enrichment facilities. The strike might take only “a couple of hours” in the best case and only would involve a “day or two” overall, the source said, and would be conducted by air, using primarily bombers and drone support. Advocates for this approach argue that not only is it likely to be more politically palatable in the United States but, were it to be successful — meaning knocking out enrichment facilities, setting the Iranian nuclear program back many years, and doing so without civilian casualties — it would have regionwide benefits. One advocate asserts it would have a “transformative outcome: saving Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, reanimating the peace process, securing the Gulf, sending an unequivocal message to Russia and China, and assuring American ascendancy in the region for a decade to come.”
http://www.richardsilverstein.com/2012/10/06/new-scientific-study-predic...
New Scientific Study Predicts 85,000 Casualties, “Devastating Consequences” for Iran AttackAn attack on the Bushehr reactor would:
And this is why the elite WANTS a war on Iran.
No land war with Iran. No way, never going to happen. It would cost us WAY too many casualties. Fighting in rough terrain or cities against a much bigger country than Iraq while we already over-stretched? No, it will not happen.
I cannot rule out other things though (Iran attacks, Israel attacks, we attack, false flag, cyber war, etc.). Who can predict the future? Not me.
dcrb: "Politics is war conducted by other means."
- Ned
Okay lets try to think like a madman. We got a global population of 7 billion, lets say the big boys really did want to "kill off the useless eaters", get ride of 95% the worlds population why dont they just go into there little underground bunkers and nuke the rest of the world (dr strangelove style then they can emerge and build there communist utopia).
Why would the elite really care if there are a few million less people on the planet (thats really a drop in the bucket), it doesnt make sense to me.
So if we go to war, oil goes up...and it only delays the nuke program.
If we don't go to war, and a 4.5 on the Richter scale (shallow) is detected, signalling a nuke test in Iran, oil goes up and there is an arms race in the Mid East.
Hmmmm....
Well, here's the countdown from one perspective. GlobalSecurity.org
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iran.htm
An earthquake like this one?
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=287448
There are others. Take your pick.
Holy schnikeys...yes. ???
I think I felt my blood pressure go up in my ears.
I know they get lots of quakes in Iran... My question is...would 2km be considered shallow?
I believe 2km is about as accurate as they can measure and all that is necessary.
North Korea
2006-10-09 01:35:27.8 UTC
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=34947
But more to the point these types of earthquakes happen quite frequently in Iran. Not necessarily an accurate indicator of nuclear testing.
Nice waxing cresent over the middle east...perfect strike time both tactically and symbolically....should help Obummer in the polls. God help the rest of the world.
wish they'd take both Mitt and O'bamy on it.
I have a sis on the ship in Naples, and I have an Italian lover in Milan. Thanks for the heads up, I'm arranging for the Italian to take my sis out to party, slip her some molly, and take her back north.
OH ok WW3 delayed due to R&R....dont worry just keep buyin stocks until all the sailors have visited 'Transvestite Castle' there in Naples....THEN we'll be ready for WW3 kickoff.
President Jarrett: "Barry, the only way I---I mean You can stay in office is to bomb Iran."
Barry: "Do I have to, Mommy? I have to study with Johnny for the next debate."
President Jarrett: "Yes, Barry! Look, if I, I mean You bomb Iran, we can cancel the next debate!"
Barry: "Well, Okay."
President Jarrett: "OK, sign these orders by the x marks."
Barry: "Can I use the purple crayon?"
Anything is possible, but CVN-65 Enterprise is scheduled to be decommisioned on December 1, 2012 at Norfolk Naval Station in Virginia. It would be a surprise for everyone involved if she returned to the Arabian Gulf.
November 13th is the date of the next new moon. That is a good date to keep in mind as darkness works in the favor of the United States military. November 15th is the Muslim holiday of Al-Hijira but that is a "minor" holiday. November 24th is the Muslim holiday of Ashura which Shiites use to celebrate martyrdom. That holiday is of less significance to the Sunnis.
Unfortunately, all of these dates are too late to influence the election in the United States.
Unfortunately?
USS Enterprise is prolly held together with baling wire and duct tape at this
point. 30/50% efficiency on a naval ship's last sorty is common. Just a placeholder for something else.
Really don't think the phase of the moon is that relevant nowadays ,unless
they dug up Bomber Harris and put him in command.
Enterprise is homebound, next carrier on station will kick it off, so
Obummer can save his re election.
You're forgetting the considerable sum of money the USN spent on refurbing Enterprise just a short while ago. Wouldn't want it to die too soon, would we!
Ya, no shit, the whole nuc gang will retire when they get back cuz they are old and burned up in all ways.
- Ned
{you know the difference between a sea story ...?}
I shudder for Iranian women and children if Butcher Harris is back.
Ah yes, the Olde Fire Bombing of Dresden routine.
So conveniently forgotten so as to preserve the faux civility of the Brits.
The only reason for R&R in Napoli is upon re-steaming she'll be off the Syrian coast.
Convenience.
Mishin akomplished
When are they going to fucking attack!
After Israel attacks one of the US ships and it's blamed on Iran.
Enterprise will leave sunday 21 (source: Naples port authority)
That took long enough. What were they using ancient Greeks to row it there?
Prez Owe's "October surprise" ???? One way to defer Mittens from winning...light up such a crap storm over there that you postpone the election (for 4 years) due to national security.......
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 start WWIII.
Fixed it.
The 100+ nation BRICs alliance can literally flip and switch and dump the dollar as the medium for international trade. The FED and BIS cannot then finance WWIII.
the dollar as the medium for international trade........ hmmmm. oil anyone? grains? medical products or drugs?
I'd rather like it if there was never another war, but WW III doesn't need to be financed, just started. And what was the "medium for international trade" in 1941?
(<-- America going after Iran)
Depends if USD keeps WRC status or loses it.
Eliminating USD within the alliance is certainly doable. Causing USD to crash worldwide and lose WRC status may not be so easy.
I used to think China dumping treasuries would do it. But Bennie would just print and buy 'em up. It would inflate the money supply drastically, but maybe not enough to bump USD off its king-of-the-hill position.
If they introduce a gold-backed currency, or gold-redeemable better still, yea, that might do it. Euro would collapse along with USD, pissing off all the bankers, why it certainly would be WWIII.
But the alliance has Russia, China, India, Pakistan, 4 nuclear powers, Russia the biggest nuclear power on the planet. Can't imagine it not going thermonuclear.
Let's hope cooler heads prevail and save those sailors from a bad case of sunburn. Russian scientists spent the better part of 70 years designing missiles to respond to Carrier Strike Groups in exactly this type of littoral sea condition. And if Russia and China get involved, their missiles won't be carrying conventional HE like their Iranian counterparts.
"ready to rumble" and "set to tumble"
just checking in to some vulnerable redundant Maine styled tubs that are placed up front to good effect,
just like those not in the know did in those 9/11 towers
Cue the Hendrix version of the Star Spangled Banner,
and at home you can check out but you can never leave.
ZH sounds like it applauds this sabre-rattling military-worship nonsense. I wonder if the hardware gets into position before E-DAY?
Nonsense to the first part. Of course to the question.
My sources tell me 1) the jig is up for the illegitimate Golfer in Chief 2) the paddy wagons and prison buses are being assembled to pick up the guilty 3) the carriers are there to block any attempts at launching WWIII. To quote JFK... never has mankind had so much to gain or so much to lose.
Glad I'm not playing the "false flag" drinking game today. Seems to be the term de jour.
Rule number 1 of carrier warfare: You never put an aircraft carrier in range of land based bombers or missles. Whoever sent those carriers there is either supremely overconfident, a complete idiot, or deliberately wishes to lose at least one carrier.
Either way, you're talking about a $3 billion dollar gamble, per carrier, plus attendant forces. Anything happens to even one of those carriers, whoever is in charge should be fucked in the ass and waterboarded at the same time, in Guantanamo Bay, for the rest of his life.
Fucking pathetic.
Well the USS Enterprise needs to be dismantled anyway, so why not use it as casus belli??