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France Deploys Its Only Aircraft Carrier To Fight ISIS
In mid-October, just as Russian presence in Syria was ramping up and Putin unviled the creation of Russia's first air base in the region based in the Bassel al Assad air base (from where it could easily reach as far as the Suez Canal), we reported that in a previously disclosed move, the US would do something it has almost never done before: leave the Persian Gulf, and the US Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain, with a "gap" in U.S. aircraft carrier support in a region that has traditionally been rather volatile.
Previously we wrote that while in 5th Fleet, the CVN-71 USS Theodore Roosevelt was the largest symbol in the U.S.-led anti-ISIS collation responsible for "1,812 combat sorties totaling 10,618 combat flight hours, taking on 14.5 million gallons of jet fuel and expending 1,085 precision-guided munitions," as part of Operation Inherent Resolve." It has
We concluded by saying that whatever the reason behind the US naval "gap" may be, one thing is clear: the departure of the Roosevelt comes at a particularly awkward time - just as Russia is setting up its own aicraft base in Syria.
We may have been too early.
As Reuters reported earlier today, just as one US carrier was leaving the middle east, another widely feared and respected geopolitical superpower was set to replace US carrier presence in the Middle East in the ongoing war against "ISIS" - France.
Earlier today, in a statement by the French presidency following a meeting of its defence cabinet, the government said it would send its only aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle warship, to the eastern Mediterranean for operations against Isis in both Syria and Iraq.
According to the Independent, "the deployment of the battle group alongside the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier has been decided to participate in operations against Daesch and its affiliate groups," the statement said after a defense cabinet meeting, referring to the Arabic acronym for Islamic State.
The carrier is usually accompanied by an attack submarine, several frigates, refueling ships, as well as fighter jets and surveillance aircraft Reuters adds.
"The aircraft carrier will enable us to be more efficient in coordination with our allies," Hollande said at the inauguration of the new defense ministry headquarters in Paris
The Charles de Gaulle is the largest warship in western Europe, and the only nuclear-powered aircraft carrier outside the US fleet. It can support up to 40 fixed wing aircraft and helicopters.
France launched its first air strikes against Isis in Syria in late September, in what was described as an act of self defence. "We will strike each time that our national security is at stake," the French presidency said. France was the first country to join the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq and has also provided limited logistical support to Syrian rebels it considers moderate, including Kurds.
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Finally, those asking where the CVN-71 is currently (deep in the South China Sea next to the hotly contested Spratly islands), or the locations of the rest of the US Navy's key assets around the globe, the following map from Stratfor should provide the answer.
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It's so nice to see two broke ass, communist , imigrant over run, queer infested, third world shits still have ships and are working together.
lol since france is a muslim country now, you would think the money would be better spent at home getting rid of the cavepeople.
There Fixed it for you.
BTW, I hear that the French Carrier has only 2 speeds, neutral, and reverse.
Why are the French questing in the Holy Land, again, when they already have a Holy Grail?
What's the over under on France surrendering to ISIS?
So France has from Syrian government overflight permission obtained?
Yoda, is that you?
"The French they are a funny race
They fight with their feet and they fuck with their face."
Attributed to Mark Twain.
Today, carriers are like what battleships were in WW2. Obsolete white elephants too easy to destroy.
What a load of shit. Considering that modern warfare amounts to suppression of tribespeople, usually from the airspace of third world countries, aircraft carriers are perfect for these tasks.
Sacrificial lamb to help spark WWIII?
What's that old saying... their are submarines and their are targets.
Funny, but true. Pie eating has been the source of many a referral from one girl to another. Just sniff first so you don't end up eating runny cheese with your pie.
Really getting tired of these fuckheads using words incorrectly. Exactly what is Syria doing to France?
String this fuck up with Lindsey Graham while you are at it. These petulant warmongers are not used to being shown up.
pods
oh, it's at stake alright, Pods.
Do the french now fight with ISIS or against ISIS?
Did not Russia supply the Assad government with the P-800 "Oniks ?" The eastern Mediterranean is becoming a dangerous place.
These old English racist jokes have been revivified since 2003 by the hate of american warmongers against France, and this hate still persists even in ZH.
All this ugly disdain and nasty jokes come from the firm refusal of the French to join America in Irak, in 2003.
Since France refused to go to Iraq, American warmongers and neo-cons made French army look like cowards – as a punishment.
But History has proved the French were right, and that the WMD were only a dirty trick to serve as a pretext.
Nevertheless, the hate of American warmongers against France remains still there, well alive, even in ZH.
This stale hate still shows through "innocent good jokes" about the “surrender monkeys” and their white flags …
As for the rest, the French can be proud of their Military History:
According to the British historian Niall Ferguson, since 387 BC, France has fought 168 major wars against such badasses as the Roman Empire, the British Army and the Turkish forces. Their track record isn't too shabby, either: They've won 109, lost 49 and drawn 10 times.
This makes France the most successful military power in European history - in terms of number of fought and won …
The French have succeeded to conquer and guard the largest country in Europe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_France
Most of the jokes actually come from WWII time frame.
WWII time frame re-written.
Contrary to what has often been said, and is also a result of the Nazi propaganda of that time, and the neo-cons hatred in 2003, the German advance (Blitzkrieg) encountered serious resistance from the French troops. In the six week Battle of France, from May 10 to June 22, 1940, the French lost, in military personnel alone, 260,000 wounded and 108,000 killed. A total of 368,000 casualties in six weeks is not something to pass off lightly.
This is 5 times more than the losses of the American army in three months of battles in Normandy in 1944 (21000), and nearly the same amount than the US deaths in 7 months of WW1 (116700)!
It is the air superiority (over 1,000 Stuka bombers knocked out the troops defending Sedan) and the intelligent use of the German panzers that broke the defences and made ineluctable the defeat.
In 1939 and 1940 France was let alone (apart from only 8 British divisions, which succeeded to quickly re-embark at Dunkirk thanks to the sacrifice of the soldiers of the 1st French Army of the North).
France was let alone facing a nazi-fanaticized country with a population of 80 million (vs. 40 million in France), a particularly well prepared war-industry, and an air superiority of 5 vs. 1.
At the same time the “US ally” refused to sell planes on credit to France!
Just kidding about the aircraft carrier speeds.....I love the food, culture and the women. France outside of Paris is a wonderful place to vacation.
I only wish France was much more independent of USSA control. The Helicopter carrier fiasco, for example, only made France look weak, knuckling under to the Amerikan neocons. DeGaulle must be rolling in his grave.
You're right
London and New York had deep financial interests in Nazi Germany. I'm pretty sure they were still wondering which side to support at this time.
What kind of sick person are you to think fighting 168 wars is something of which to be proud...
My post was only a precision to restore the truth and a reply to the vomit comments.
But you are totally right, there is no reason for pride.
Besides that the French, in the middle of Europe, surrounded by the Germans, English, Dutch, Italians and Spaniards (among others) often had no other choice than to fight.
There is no country that has won its independence and boundaries in any other way except thanks to force of arms and treaties with allies having armed forces. Government is force. Peace is won by governments via armed conflict, with domestic and foreign foes. On Earth anyway.
I hate american and french "war mongers"
Jean Girard: My name is Jean Girard and I am a racing-car driver just like you except I am from Formula Un. I am the greatest one in the whole world. I have been following your career with great interest, Monsieur Bobby.
Ricky Bobby: I can't understand a word you've said the whole time.
Cal Naughton, Jr.: Did you eat some peanut butter or something?
Ricky Bobby: Yeah, you sound like a dog with peanut butter on the roof of your mouth
Jean Girard: I think what you are hearing is my accent. I am French.
Ricky Bobby: You say you're French?
Jean Girard: Oui.
[sounds like 'We']
Ricky Bobby: We? No, we are not French. We're American, because you're in America, okay? Greatest country on the planet
Jean Girard: Well, what have you given the world apart from George Bush, Cheerios, and the ThighMaster?
Ricky Bobby: Chinese food?
Cal Naughton, Jr.: Chinese food.
Jean Girard: That's from China.
Ricky Bobby: Pizza.
Jean Girard: Italy.
Cal Naughton, Jr.: Chimichanga.
Jean Girard: Mexico.
Ricky Bobby: Really, smarty-pants? What did French land give us?
Jean Girard: We invented democracy, existentialism, and the blowjob.
Cal Naughton, Jr.: Those are three pretty good things.
I don't mid the French people, their government is a bunch of idiots just like ours... they do make some pretty good croissants.
Fuck france,,,Im surprised that old piece of crap still floats!
That ship is a marvel of modern engineering. It goes faster in reverse than forward.
It was designed by an Italian.
The CDG was launched in 1994 and commissioned in 2001, not that old.
My, this is quite sad. Just what, exactly, will they be "striking" from the Eastern Med? They mention Iraq - from the Eastern Med? PR stunt.....
The first whiff of war and they will fuck off.
Fresh croissants for everyone!
Can i get fries with that
Surrender imminent?
the french carrier only showed up so they can practice retreating
or give the Russians practice targeting..
The French are cool that way.
Many comments of this article could better be qualified as anti-French-vomits than comments.
L'ignorance est le plus grand des mépris.
And one wisely ignores the French in making decisions and taking action on the international stage.
Last French military Naval action:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_Rainbow_Warrior
Don't forget the 5,000 French sailors who died at the battle of Chesapeake Bay for the US.
BTW, they are still waiting for their memorial in Washington …
Thanks for the money and support at the time. Sincerely.
200+ years later ...........
I will put a monument (gravestone) that all can visit in a reverent place for Y'all.
Like the memorial in Normandy for the remembering of D-Day June 6, 1944 - where all
the American are invited every year ?
They will defeat them with condescension and nuance.
"I fart in your general direction!"
They will collectively raise their arms and drive them out with pit stank
The French Navy will be victorious using only their continental charm and rapier wit!
"Now go or I will taunt you a second time!"
Let's not forget that without the French Navy you would still be kissing the Queen's ring
Here's your boyo:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Alphonse,_Duke_of_Anjou
He's no Napoleon though.
True story, but it was my ancestor's fighting at the battles known collectively as Saratoga that finally convinced them to set sail
Aparently the French Navy did pretty good...
http://theaviationist.com/2015/03/05/us-aircraft-carrier-sunk-by-subs/
Need to retrofit the aircraft catapult for livestock "Fetchez le porc".
You know, that airspace is getting awfully crowded. Just a matter of time until somebody has an "uh-oh" moment.
I'll not disparage the French. They have a pretty good military, but their politicians really fuck them over, maybe worse than our politicians fuck our troops over.
That is pretty high bar.
Would you want to go through the hellish training the special ops guys did just to embed with a bunch of smelly cave monkeys that want you dead so you can have the privilege to be just a human shield?
Well, the French troops would be defending the political will to feed, clothe and house untold numbers of muslims in their own country (who will never integrate)....all in the name of "fairness", (or Liberté, égalité, fraternité).
Send in the Foriegn Legion.
Those mofo's can put up a fight.
Yes, but however the first nationality represented in French Foreign Legion … is French !
The Officer Corps is all French, but unless things have drastically changed, the enlisted were all initially foreign nationals
Only French nationals can be promoted to the rank of officer.
In 2003 most recruits in the FFL came from the following ten countries:
France: 185
Romania: 138
Poland: 65
Hungary: 58
Russia: 54
Slovakia: 45
China: 42
Brasil: 35
Byelorussia: 33
Lithuania: 30
https://www.cervens.net/legionbbs123/showthread.php?1706-Nationalities-In-The-Foreign-Legion-Today
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Foreign_Legion
When it comes to attacking third rate powers they're absolutely fabulous indeed.
They definitely took their time in Libya. Even allied with the British they needed US help to get the dirty deed done. And hillary was going to list this as an accomplishment in her 2016 run. Sydney Blumenthal advised her so.
And in Indochina.
Indochina, let's talk about it:
The French lost Dien Bien Phu because they were screwed by NATO (ie. the US).
In 1954 they had to specialize in jets while others in Europe had to specialize in bombers.
And when it came to fight Communism (the Viet Cong, massively helped by Soviet Union and China's troops) ... guess what... the US refused the NATO to get involved. They had to fight the war without bombers, as in 1954 they had very few of these kind of planes.
Another nice lesson from a long list for French morons who believe America is a reliable ally, and even a friend of France. For those who should have any doubt, the reading of French-bashing in ZH is instructive enough …
And guess what... who had to fight the Vietnam war after the US sabotaged French effort?
Besides that, in 1954, when the French were finally defeated in Dien Bien Phu, they had 50,000 troops in all Vietnam, and their biggest planes were Douglas A26 and C47’s, and Vought Corsairs.
When the US was defeated by the same enemy some twenty years later, they had 550,000 troops, B52’s, napalm, missiles, big helicopters, the works …
You gotta be shitting me?
Launch ze baguettes!
Are aircraft carriers offensive or defensive weapons?
"CVN-71 USS Theodore Roosevelt was the largest symbol in the U.S.-led anti-ISIS collation responsible for "1,812 combat sorties totaling 10,618 combat flight hours, taking on 14.5 million gallons of jet fuel and expending 1,085 precision-guided munitions," as part of Operation Inherent Resolve."
With a carbon footprint of ...
We know the governments of the world are not serious about global warming and are only using it as a ploy because elitists still use their private jets and yatchs and the military expels vast amounts of carbon daily. This type of waste is the easiest to stop.
Neither. They are obsolete weapons.
They are merely modern, movable, artificial reefs.
pods
Do they claim a 12 mile limit?
No, they can probably go two or three times that far on a good day without a breakdown.
Not sure about the 12 mile limit, but there is no limit as to how far they can sink.
Maybe they are obsolete against a 1st level military opponent in an all out war. But agains 2nd and 3rd tier opponents they supply a landing strip that can be moved around.
If obsolete let's see Iraq or Syria sink it.
"... responsible for "1,812 combat sorties totaling 10,618 combat flight hours, taking on 14.5 million gallons of jet fuel and expending 1,085 precision-guided munitions ..."
1,085 precision guided munitions ... all of which were conveniently dropped in empty desert locations so as not to hurt the CIA's ISIS employees.
Fuck France. France trained ISIS terrorists in the first place.
Sarko the snake destroyed Libya after accepting massive amounts of money from Gaddafi.
A loyal French politician is an oxymoron.
Nicolas Sarkozy DID take $50 million of Muammar Gaddafi's cash, French judge is toldhttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/nicolas-sarkozy-did-take-...
ISIS: The jihadist movement stamped “Made in America”
For three years, the US, along with the Gulf states and Turkey, poured billions into “opposition” groups, supposedly to unnamed “moderates,” but in reality to Al Qaeda-linked Sunni groups such as al-Nusra and ISIS to spearhead a sectarian war. The US, Turkey and Jordan have operated a base in Jordan where US instructors trained dozens of ISIS members. In an article last year, the New York Times confirmed that the CIA assisted Arab governments and Turkey by airlifting weaponry to these groups in Jordan and Turkey. The Guardian reported last March that British and French instructors were also involved.
Other ISIS members were trained near Incirlik Air Base near Adana, Turkey, where US forces are based. After completing their training, they went to Syria and later Iraq
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/07/30/isis-j30.html
Must be one hell of a wine and cheese cruise.
Must be one hell of a whine and cheese cruise.
Helped you with it.
Send remuneration if satisfied.
Why?
So it can be attacked, thus providing NATO a pretext for an all out war for control of the middle east. Just a guess, but a a decent guess none the less.
It'll be over by the time they get there
next up, muslims riot in france over carrier deployment
At least the French have, historically, considerable involvement in Syria.
But note, the purpose of the aircraft carriers, in addition to burning very expensive ordinance on broke-ass Sunni Syrians (how's that asymetrical warfare going for you?), is simply as a counter to the Russian fleet.
If the US simply wanted to bomb camel-jockeys, it could, with much better diplomacy, use Turkish, Israeli, Iraq, or Saudi bases. All 4 should be bought-and-paid-for allies, but for some reason, can't make their land airbases and airspace available to the Noble Peace winner.
Its just the Eastern Mediterranean is, in an era of super-sonic anti-ship missles, a very small area.
How is it that the USA can Shock and Awe Iraq into submission within a week and the WORLD cannot remove ISIS????
Iraq didn't have CIA/Mossad/MI6/KSA/Qatar/Turkey/Jordanian support for starters.
Before Iraq didn't have their support they did have their support, they were their proxy army used to attack Iran.
But I'm le tired.
What...we are out of Brie??? Sacre bleu, we are going home...
"Tell them we are from France."
-Beldar Conehead.
Another country fighting wars on a credit card ..
The shocking thing is that France still has a navy.
Only because they don't have to pay for it with REAL money.
Same goes for the US.
How do you separate the men from the boys in the French navy? With a crowbar...
500 men go in.........
200 couples come out.
On this news, I am going long White Flags.
Alright, last one.....
The "Hands Up Don't Shoot" crowd has gone into Federal Court for copyright infringement.
Im just asking myself a few simple questions.
Why did British Intel come out with a complete storyline about the Russian flight had a bomb planted by ISIS and the investigation or Russian statement has not even been made yet?
Why did Cameron call Putin today to explain this whole tidy story? To which Putin only said we will wait for the data
Why did Britain immediately ban all flights from Britain to Egypt and was shortly followed By France.
And now France is sending an aircraft carrier.
And why not a peep out of the Saudi's who are world renowned aircraft terrorist regardless of what MSM wants you to believe.
Equiring minds want to know. im getting a wiff of a rat and the nationality of the rat might be a surprise. I think someone in the EU or the Sauds are kneedeep in this crap somehow, I always look for the first rat who seems to scramble the fastest for a clue
If my hunch is true this just got serious bigtime as 200 innocent Russians just got terrorized and Russia might not show there hand but you can bet they are pissed and blowback will be a bitch. If that is not a direct attack and an act of war then I don't know. I hope Im wrong.
It all plays into Putin's hands if the Russians planted the bomb. If they did, they wouldn't come out right away and accuse anyone. Eventually blaming ISIS gives Putin more cover at home to expand the war against ISIS in Syria. It also gives him sympathy from (some) other nations. You never know, maybe Russia and Saudi Arabia conspired on this one. I don't fucking put it past anyone.
Get real Shrimp. Putin has no reason to blow up his own plane. You don't understand the man, he is for his people. He just wants terrorists gone not WWIII He has absolutely nothing to gain from this as he is already deployed. NO MOTIVE
He's an ex KGB politician. I wouldn't trust him or any other leader with my dog. Maybe Saudi Arabia looks the other way in Syria and Russia looks the other way in Yemen. I'm just saying that a Russian plane blown up by ISIS is awfully convenient for Putin. Not sure why the US or UK would conspire, but I'm willing to go further down the rabbit hole.
Sorry mate. MI6 is panicing for some reason. You watch to much MSM and buy the big bad KGB agent storyline. Putin was only with the KGB early in regional management for 5 years, then he worked as a University professor but most of his life has been in politics. Pull up a bio and see for yourself.
But your right, an ex KGB knows how to get to the bottom of this little fiasco sure as the sun comes up. He will know who paid who, how much, where the money came from, who was involved all of it. Just a matter of time. Whether he chooses to reveal what is found remains to be seen, But he WILL know.
What is with all the Putin apologetics? Something I should know?
Why is it "apologetics" to recognize that the team playing defense, legally, to benefit its ally, and its own port, against US/Saudi/Israeli proxy terrorists, is not the same thing legally or morally as supporting those terrorists to produce yet more regime change, chaos, and profits for the Anglo-Zionist War Machine?
Do you really think you're clever suggesting Russia, too, pursues its own interests? This attempt at false equivalency doesn't work because the equivalency is so absolutely false.
https://consortiumnews.com/2015/09/16/neocons-babble-over-syria-crisis/
Yes, probably a lot you should know if you bothered doing a little research instead of running your piehole.
Here is a little starter tidbit to help you out:
Want to know what makes a man? What makes him who he is? Life experience.
Putin's mother was in the 900 day Nazi siege of St. Petersburg (then Leningrad. its ok you can google it). His older brother starved to death. Now you starting to have a lightbulb go off in that cavity of yours yet?
Come back after you know something or just anything and Ill talk.
until then ba ba sheep indeed.
No, it is not 'convenient' actually. He already had support at home. He certainly isn't the one releasing these absurd and obviously fake "ISIS" videos, and ISIS is clearly a CIA/Mossad/Saudi/Turkish cluster of terror-mercs.
Were you seriously analyzing the issue, you'd ask 'cui bono' and certainly arrive at the conclusion that Israel, the US, and Saudis are all primary candidates. Israel bombed Hezbollah, in Syria, the next day, as those peple were engaging ISIS.
We don't start with what is "possible" in evaluating a crime - we ask who benefits, and who had means, motive, and opportunity. Russia doesn't benefit.
Also - isn't it odd that the US was at war with ISIS for 18 months and not one such attack on American or Israeli interests?
Please - trolls gonna troll, but the horse has left the barn on this one. This was almost certainly Mossad and/or CIA and/or the Saudis.
"Also - isn't it odd that the US was at war with ISIS for 18 months and not one such attack on American or Israeli interests?"
A question that deserves to be repeated over and over and over again.
"...I'm willing to go further down the rabbit hole."
Word of advice:
Clutching at straws won't slow your descent.
So your expectation is a Russia that is a reasonable, compromising, humanitarian member of the global society with no agenda, no desire to acquire territory and is in Syria to promote peace there and around the world.
That's denial of the obvious.
Well at what here a nationality? Stupidity is an international phenomenon. But the style is really Latvian...
If the choice is either Russia making war or the US-UK-Israeli Axis of Evil making "peace" I'm all for Russia making war. We all know what the US-UK-Israeli Axis of Evil is like, and we all know how mendacious their fake commitment to "Fraternity, Equality and Brotherhood" Masonic ideals really is.
" it all plays into Putin's hands if the Russians planted the bomb"
LOL,,,,,, Only the western nations have a history of killing their own people for political change. USS Maine, Lusitania, Reichstag, Oklahoma City, WTC I and II.
Either because an AAM took out the plane or simply because Britain and US cannot bear the thought of metal fatigue
My gut feeling is that the UK and US really didn't expect Israel to do this, but Israel went ahead and did it regardless, and now the US and UK are desperate to cover it up to protect their friend. That's the only explanation for the way they've been spinning this. None of the certainty surrounding MH-17 is there now; it's all smoke and mirrors designed to deflect attention from the real culprit. Forget Saudi and ISIS; Israel did this, and if the Russians find out, then World War III will be breaking out the next morning.
TPP Hell: Full Text of Trans Pacific Partnership Released
Thanks.
This is brilliant military strategy. Invite thousands upon thousands of likely ISIS sympathizers or outright members, wait until they fully integrate themselves into your society, then and only then take your military thousands of miles away to fight the same people you now have living in your country. Awesome.
-Argenta
You gotta kill the nest...
sub food.
Syrians Deserve Self-Determination - The Utmost Arrogance of "Assad Must Go"
Hahaha! The French. What a joke.
These French clowns have lost the sense of ridiculous ...
Amazing how western powers globe trotting and bombing anyone and anything,,, then comically speak of international law over some rocks called islands in the Pacific. I sure don't recall the Syrian government requesting western help,,, especially from the French. Europe deserves all their going to get from those 'refugees' pouring in. May take awhile but they and their EU colleagues will get their comeuppance.
At some point when/if Syria regains its strength it is going to have to kick the western assholes out of their territorial skies. How to do this I don't know, but it will have to be done if they are to ever be sovereign again.
John Oliver recently had a great piece and interesting perspective on all this song and dance concerning Syria. They didn't even have a participant at Vienna. Tough to pick who would attend, but in Kerry's hilarious way, he said all the "stakeholders" were involved indiscussions. You know, except the stakeholders in and around Syria.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://adst.org/wp-content/uploads/2...
http://www.oilempire.us/new-map.html
http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/middleeast.html
Who Knows what dealios are going on now, the Balfour turn of the century agreements are difficult enough to wade through.ald
Aircraft carriers are obsolete. One or two advanced Russian missiles can sink one easily.
What's the big deal. A floating platform filled with personnel, aircraft and armaments that is basically a sitting duck!
It would appear your familiarity with anti-missile technology may not quite be up to speed.
please tell us all about it.
Raymond_K._Hessel
Huh.
It's a tad difficult to avoid one of these:
"Russian VA-111_Shkval"
Flat-tops NEVER sail alone.
Clearly they have no fear that Putin would have the fortitude to fire on the ships.
They are going there to pickup refugees. You can't expect them to walk all that way carrying beheading swords and plastique.
"God will roast their stomachs in hell..."
Oh là là
France is just a captured and controlled NATO puppet-state. We should return to calling it "Vichy France" again.
Vive la mort , vive la guerre, vive le sacre mercenaire
Anyone got a good reason why a carrier would be deployed off the southern coast of South America at this time? Seems completely bizarre that there would be one there while leaving the Persian Gulf empty.
They are not actually deployed to South America. This looks like a standard patrol around The Cape. I believe there isa battle group that transits there a couple times a year. They are doing it now while the weather is still good. There are nasty storms down there in the Spring.
They told israel that's as close as they'd get dropping off fighters to isis.
If Russia confirms the source of the bomb I think we will see a nuke go off. Several choices.
Amazing how much paper fiat can be burnt pursuing an invisible foe of our own invention...
It is the digital fiat we need to watch closely.
Should Derivative holdings suddenly be transferred to the central bank of Syria, that might be a tell.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Bank_of_Syria
I'm proud ro announce that the UK now has two state of the art aurcraft carriers.
Problem is.....they're unable to actually carry any aircraft.
Not sarc.
LOL! They have precisely ZERO F-35s on their brand spanking new carrier that has cost them billions! And when they finally do get these F-35s they'll be easy pickings for the Sukhois and MiGs.
"widely feared and respected geopolitical superpower" - best joke this year
I'm sure the members of ISIS collectively fouled themselves in fear on hearing that news.
That French aircraft carrier is on a one-way mission to the middle east to deliver cheese.
A new sunken reef project?
The French government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level from "Run" to "Hide." The only two higher levels in France are "Collaborate" and "Surrender."
"Terror Alert Levels"