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US, French Aircraft Carriers Rush Toward Syrian Coast To Find Numerous Russian Warships Already There
Two weeks ago, on November 5, and one week before the Paris terrorist attack, we reported that somewhat unexpectedly, France had dispatched its only aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, to "the eastern Mediterranean for operations against Isis in both Syria and Iraq."
It was unclear just what these pre-emptive operations would be and why France is getting so dramatically involved in the campaign against ISIS. Not knowing the dramatic attack that was about to unfold (whose false flag origins have been quickly ignored as nobody has yet explained why a fake Syrian passport was found next to the suicide bomber), we speculated that this move had to do with the departure of the CVN-71 Theodore Roosevelt which had left the Persian Gulf region a month ago, leaving the entire 5th Naval Fleet without a US carrier presence for the first time in a decade.
One week later, we found out that Paris may have had an advance hint of what was about to unfold when on the night of Friday 13 it all fell into place.
But with the French aircraft carrier full steam ahead toward the Syrian coast, the US could not afford to leave the airborne defense of the region to the French, so it did what was just a matter of time: it weighed anchor on the CVN-75, Harry Truman which was deployed toward the Middle East where according to the Daily Press it will "fight the Islamic State."
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Deploys from Norfolk, Va. from SldInfo.com on Vimeo.
According to the Press, "the Truman is expected to reach the Persian Gulf before the year’s end. The U.S. has been launching air strikes into Iraq and Syria from aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf — at least until last month, when the USS Theodore Roosevelt left the area after an extended deployment. The two-month gap is the first in nearly a decade that the U.S. has had no carrier in the region."
While the Truman’s departure date was set more than a year ago, it came about six months earlier than first planned. In October 2014, it was announced that the ship would switch deployment cycles with the Norfolk-based USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, which required an additional 10 months in the shipyard.
As the Navy Times reports, "there were no immediate changes to deployment orders as a result of Friday's terror attacks, but there is great resolve among the sailors to support their French allies, said Capt. Ryan Scholl, Truman's skipper. Scholl said his crew is ready to bring peace or "violent destruction."
Something tells us it will be the latter.
Once again, here is the ETA: Carrier Theodore Roosevelt left 5th Fleet in mid-October, leaving that region without a carrier until the Truman CSG gets there, which should be about six weeks, or just around the New Year.
Then again, according to the latest Stratfor naval map, the Truman is already approaching Gibraltar. If accurate, it means the carrier will be next to Syria in a couple of weeks tops.
Scholl offered assurance to coalition and U.S. forces still in the fight across Syria and Iraq as part of Operation Inherent Resolve.
"The Harry S. Truman battle group will be there in due time and execute our mission successfully," he said. "We hope that brings some peace of mind to the people that are out there, both our coalition partners as well as our troops on the ground, and it brings a hard-to-swallow, deliberate pause in our enemy."
Where things get very interesting is what the Navy Times says next:
ISIS is not the only challenge that awaits the flotilla, which includes the cruiser Anzio, Carrier Wing Air 7, and destroyers Bulkeley, Gravely and Gonzalez. Russian, Chinese and Iranian marines have established their presence in Syria, and Russian warships from the Black Sea have relocated to the eastern Mediterranean to protect fighter jets conducting airstrikes in support of Syria's Assad regime. In preparation, the strike group's Composite Training Unit Exercise focused on adversaries that more closely resembled those of the Cold War.
Russians and Iranians we knew about, but Chinese? Does the US Navy know something that has not been made public previously?
While we await the answer, what we do know is that suddenly the east Mediterranean is about to become a warship and aircraft carrier parking lot, with the Truman and de Gaulle side by side, just as we predicted it would be a month ago when we said that the summer of 2013 naval scenario is unfolding once again.
Then there are the Russians. Here's the latest from Tass:
Ten ships of the Russian Navy are involved in the anti-terrorism operation in Syria, Russia’s Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin on Friday.
"The naval group comprises ten ships, six of them are in the Mediterranean," the minister said.
Shoigu said the Caspian Flotilla warships on Friday launched 18 cruise missiles at terrorist positions in Syria hitting seven targets.
"On November 20, the Caspian Flotilla warships launched 18 cruise missiles at seven targets in the Raqqa, Idlib and Aleppo provinces of Syria. All the targets were hit," Shoigu said.
As we said: busy, and it's only going to get busier.
But the punchline is Russia is already treating the Syrian coastline as its own playground, and has imposed explicit no fly zones in the eastern Mediterranean as the following tweet reveals:
??? ????????? ???? ??-?? "Russian Navy exercise" ????????? 14–23 ??????, 21–23 ?????? ? 24–26 ?????? ??????????????. pic.twitter.com/Pi3qwpw1wB
— Ilya A. = ???? ?. (@ain92ru) November 20, 2015
What happens when both the French and the US navies, both packing dozens of airplanes, arrive and convert the Mediterranean off the Syrian coast into one big warship parking lot.
We can only hope that the sudden confluence of goodwill and best intentions by the superpowers to crush ISIS is genuine instead of merely a ploy to get everyone in the same place and result in the biggest ever Gulf of Tonkin redux and an "accidental" sinking of one or more ships... with or without a fake Syrian passport planted next to it.
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I did not know Isis had a navy, I thought they were all on land, maybe this is like a weapons expo..like when Blair went off to sell anti riot gear to the arabs, and Holland selling mirages during the Libyan war..good marketing for the toys.
Still waiting for Putin to launch his EMP on us. All it takes is for the west to murder Assad.
I have to admit I hadn't really thought about Assad being assassinated by US agents. Now that's one scary thought. Then it would be open season, with no legitimate Syrian government. (Well, I assume there is a Vice-President of some kind, but he probably wouldn't have Assad's authority.)
CIAISS already tried,remember that bomb in military HQ in Damascas ?
Assad was late, otherwise .....
http://www.globalresearch.ca/obama-wants-regime-change-in-russia/5404433
"He’s a loose cannon. A lawless thug. A serial killer. A serial liar. A moral coward. A rogue leader" (about Obama)
Obama wants Russian regime Change; what is new.
CrossTalk on Syria: Washington Confusedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TgnL82zQzw
We want regime change here in America, but elections make that impossible.
I keep reading stories how those Russian cruise missiles have been having malfunctions are falling short of their targets.
With all those Navy ships in the vicinity, I hope there is not a malfunction that drops it on top of one.
It's not a bug.
It's a feature.
Black Ben was right
"We can only hope that the sudden confluence of goodwill and best intentions by the superpowers to crush ISIS is genuine instead of merely a ploy"
How can it be genuine when ISIS is a Pentagon concocted monster? Bang-Head!
So much opposing military hardware in close proximity. What could possibly go wrong?
sweet smell of war... good luck muslims about to bomb the rest of u fks
being a rookie chess player myself, i know how desperate this move is; and useless.
How do you flip the Mediterranean?
The Russian population is 14% Muslim. Revenge will be carried out just as it was in Paris/Airliner. With an 8-1 Muslim birthrate this will come to pass. In 20 years none of this shit will matter. We,ll all be eating Sharma and Felafels.
Maybe the Christians can start fucking more and start shooting out more babies and turn that 8-1 around? Just an idea....
Well THAT'S not gonna happen...
Until the Christians get over their sex-hatred their birthrate will continue to decline. And they can't even get that right...They fight against abortions, then come out swinging against birth control.
So it really ISN'T the abortions they want to stop...they want to stop the sex itself.
Don't hold your breath waiting for that Christian 'baby boom'.
Christians don't breed well in captivity.
Christians better gun up.
Russia will not back down and will lose Damascus. Then all hell will break loose.
Turkey, Israel, US, France, UK too much for Russia to handle in Syria. But Russia cannot allow them to take Syria.
Hopefully there Russian subs nearby, more land based S400s should be brought in.
US in Iraq will attack the caspian sea fleet. Wonder where Russia's aircraft carrier is, in backup?
China must be on the high seas now.
are we so sure those nuclear-armed torpedoes were just a message for american coastlines?
Vlad should have one patrolling up and down the Zionist Coast!
Hey, like the article mentions Chinese Marines. Where did they come from? I am sure US satellites know, but that is a good thing. If the Zionists order the US to attack, they will hit Russian and Chinese military.
Now, IMO, China so far is the big unknown. We know they support Russia in Syria, but what are they doing behind door #3?
Pretend I've just woken up from a 2 year coma,
What crime did syria commit again ?
They had to choose between the desire of their neighbors for a gas pipeline to Europe and the desire of their Russian patrons to keep the door slammed shut and thus preserve their own semi-monopoly.
Pacifying one is a crime against the other. No matter which way the decision goes.
give it up, tarabel, this madness is not for a pipeline.
Why Syria? An Examination Of The Iran-Iraq-Syria Pipeline
http://ftmdaily.com/what-jerry-thinks/whysyria/
http://www.mintpressnews.com/migrant-crisis-syria-war-fueled-by-competin...
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-geopolitics-of-gas-and-the-syrian-crisi...
http://theantimedia.org/isis-israel-iraq-and-syria-its-all-part-of-the-p...
http://leaksource.info/2015/01/17/the-yinon-plan-greater-israel-syria-ir...
This about covers it.
+100 great links/articles, first and last maybe especially.
The US/Saud/Israliie team wants to run a pipeline through his country.
Assad must go!
That's all you need to know!
All within range of the treacherous zionists who would gain most from an 'unfortunate event', 'friendly fire', mistaken for hostile attack.
I expect high ranking military personnel to know their history and keep their crews safe; cooperate with other commanders rather than waste blood for ungrateful governments.
Remember Benghazi, and the politicians who ordered ours to stand down, and then ours were killed. Remember the U.S military code, and your oath of allegiance - first of all to each other, brothers in arms.
I expect G20 leaders and zionists to understand that they will be held accountable, personally, for any mishap.
Just in case anyone is inclined to do something stupid. I'm not the only one who thinks this way.
V
If zionists imagine that killing Americans on this mission is going to be the new Pearl Harbor which their freaks of AIPAC and their arrogant Wolfowitz Doctrine and Project for a New American Century said they wanted, then they had best hide in bunkers in Israhell.
All guns will be aimed on Tel Aviv if necessary. And then their dual citizen plotters in the USA next. Your Talmud won't save you. Your thieving billionaires won't save you. Your City of London won't save you.
Shabtai Kalmanovich, a former Israeli double agent who penetrated Golda Meir's government on behalf of the KGB, has been shot dead in Moscow.
According to the CIA, Kalmanovich was responsible for passing on to Moscow sensitive American intelligence that Israel had acquired from Jonathan Pollard, an American national now serving life in prison for spying for Israel.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/6489381/Former-I...
Mossad is on the rampage again.
Bibi keeps pressuring the USA to release the filthy traitor Pollard, and the main scream media owned mostly by zionists never writes about nuclear blackmail by Israel or how it thieves constantly from the USA, and everywhere else.
The Daily Tel Aviv, formerly known as the Daily Telegraph, will be most pleased at this latest news.
Meanwhile, Israeli Mordechai Vanunu who was kidnapped in Paris by Mossad after revealing Israel's illegal nuclear weapons program is refused travel abroad after his prison sentence in Israel; a prisoner of conscience, a prisoner of State.
I imagine Some in Israel must wonder just how many of those Russian immigrants are actually Jewish at all.
From what I've read Mossad may well have acted as a brake on Netanyahu's increasingly insane desire to start a war with Iran. He has always been a zealot and narcissistic
http://youtu.be/i4OXmO3T2vc
But he may quite literally be growing mentally unstable.
And tendering increasingly artless naked lies:
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/30/is-the-israeli-prime-minister-ins...
http://mondoweiss.net/2015/11/netanyahus-calculated-palestinians
Off topic but:
Israeli minister and judges, and US Zionist donors, face major lawsuit over child trafficking
http://www.redressonline.com/2015/11/israeli-minister-and-judges-and-us-...
Ps
https://theintercept.com/2015/03/02/brief-history-netanyahu-crying-wolf-...
http://www.mintpressnews.com/fbi-documents-show-israeli-pm-worked-in-nuc...
Yes, Raymond. Many Israelis doubt Nuttyyahoo's mental state, and fear he will get them all killed.
Good of you to post so many excellent links.
Nuttyyahoo's party Likud funded much by the dual citizen Adelson is the descendant of Irgun, the Stern Gang, terrorists. Rahm Emmanuel and particular others in the USA .gov are their children and grandchildren. They believe that terrorism against anyone is justified if it achieves their money goals, their command.
Adelson boasts that he will pay to buy the next U.S. President that does his bidding.
I'm sorry to say this, but if they persist, we may have to kill them all, starting with Adelson and Soros.
Pour Encourager Les AutresMass murder is futile. Cutting off the head of the snake is more efficient.
Many Israelis make Netanyahu look sane. He just wants to be remebered as King David. The Israeli nutjobs want to set the ME ablaze by destroying the al Aqsa mosque and installing a Las Vegas style impression of something that may or may not have existed in its place.
Never let a crisis go to waste. Pollard has been released, quietly, in the aftermath of the Paris attack. His supporters are trying to get his release conditions removed so he can travel to his home country, Israel.
I assume by 'passing on', they mean Israel sold it via an intermediary. The price was a certain number of Jews being allowed to emigrate to Israel. A non-monetary price, but a price all the same.
So that's why they wanted Pollard out of jail, the hit comes right after Pollard is released.
Our audacious author seems to be unaware of Hollande's change of attitude toward the US (no need for American assistance in revenging ISIS' Paris attacks), his change toward Syria (ISIS is the enemy, not Assad) and Russia (we will work together and defeat ISIS and the puppy is cute.)
Yep. France was on the turn already. Officially recognised Palestine, agreed to label products from the occupied territories, and Bibi muscled his way into the parade after the Charlie Hebdo killings against the wish of France.
France also issued an arrest warrant for David de Rothschild for financial fraud.
On a side note, I quite like the humane touch of Russia sending a puppy to France after one of its K9s was killed in the Paris attacks. I also like Russia naming a bomb 'this is for Paris', but that's just the Viking killer instinct in defense of kith and kin, not quite tamed by Christianity, sadly.
France and Russia have more history than the US and France or the US and Russia since the US is only 200+ yeras old.
As commented in another article the other day, I wonder how the French and US warships in the Eastern Med will handle the Russian electronic blackout bubble in that area.
"prev debate af Russian electronic blocking"
Are we looking at US/French carriers bobbing about on the water with nothing working?
Only if they are fortunate. No General wants war, really. It is the first resort of political and monied fools, and the last resort of wiser commanders.
For example, Mossad told Likud that Iran did not have nuclear weapons, and nor did it intend. But Bibi insists with his Big Lie.
It is obvious that the career politicians in hock to moneychangers are batshit crazy. They like the idea of war; makes them feel important, but they and their children never go to the front line in modern times.
If there is a mishap this time, the front line will come to them.
"For example, Mossad told Likud that Iran did not have nuclear weapons, and nor did it intend. But Bibi insists with his Big Lie."
Indeed. A re-run of what the US Intel services told Bush & Co about Iraq not having WMDs but which was promptly ignored.
Then turn Israel into a glass parking lot....they deserve it
There are civilians in Israel. Non-combatants.
Sorry Mr. President, we cant start nuclear war with the Rooskies.
Our push buttons don't work.
Any realistic and true comments?????
Seems like the ruskie trolls show up around 10 my time.
No ruskie trolls early in the am my time.............
Sure miss the days when this was a trading blog...
Don't like ZH? Nobody forces you to stay herr.
Don't like their style? Make your own. See if you can make a more successfull blogs than ZH "russian symphaty"blogs.
That is your main ranting right??
yeah stop your pussy whining and leave this place-if this place gives you PMS, then take a Midol and go elsewhere
wants to trade world war three.
haha
Seems like a like the hasbarats never leave at all.
For all the organized and lone wolf efforts to smear dissent from the neocon (ziofascist) narrative as 'russian trolls' your sort (Israel Firsters, warmongers, and imbeciles) tend to be pretty short on specifics.
I think thats because youre mostly just trolls frustrated by genuine American patriotism - libertarian flavored patriotism unmarried to Israel or the well being of parasite banks, or the Red/Blue team shit.
I think youre beginning, just now starting, to be afraid that Virtually all of the 'russki trolls' are Americans who understand that the us government is a hostile, corporate, banking, and Zionist run Vichy regime bent on squandering american blood and treasure for banks, the mic, and Israel.
In short - whining like yours is pretty hackneyed. And nothing more than faggotry.
Great reply!
Ain't much strategy to discuss in this meltup QE-infinity market.
Its shivering revealing and scary that banks in the uS have NOW big flat screens with military propaganda. "Thank you for your service" "our freedom" bla bla bla. Same with billboards on mass transit. ENTIRE platforms with army navy and national guard ads to join them in this suicidal move.
In a commercial bank? Wow.
I am in a military credit union, but mostly on theTV they have sports and news.
Big Brother IS watching YOU.
For France? Putin's already stated, its military commanders to liaise with France. And treat those french as "friends".
https://youtu.be/JrwsB0PiRws
I don't know about that US carrier. Cause i don't know WHERE they wants to park in ME.
We'll see...
Military men will cooperate. Only Israhell and its sugar daddy Rothschld could screw this up.
Oh man... another decade of fighting, killing millions upon millions of citizens, destroying those countries to the ground and when we leave there will be nothing more then a parking lot. That's not how a "liberation" should look like.
naw, after they are "liberated", Haliburton will get the contract to rebuild them of coruse while we sit here typing, Cheyney will be making trillions.
toilet seats will go for $1000 per, Hammers $5000, Electrical $50,000. HALIBURTON is an eqaul extortinate employer
the sad fact is not only the cost, but it will fall into a heap the next windstorm
The Greater Israel needs to be cleared out and
made ready for the Jews.
See:
Iraq
Syria
On Deck:
Lebanon
Jordan
Turkey
Egypt
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Buffer Zones:
Libya (accomplished)
Iran
Cyprus
http://www.ozpolitic.com/album/forum-attachments/greater-israel.jpg
Giving the Suez Canal to Israel would be a serious mistake...
Know a guy who is a sailor, he was in Basra Iraq and he said there were no people there, this about 2 yrs ago.
Gives Israel most Iraqi oil and Kuwaiti oil.
Bank of Israel Logo has map of greater Israel
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread953284/pg1
I believe Israel will attack Egypt and this is why Libya was so important.
They will attack from the West in Libya and the East in Israel.
For my Russian kith and kin, Viking and Christian: we Move On Up; a multi polar word. Vahalla. God speed, Sunday. Dance to the light of good, here's my favourite dance track, Northern soul:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z66wVo7uNw
Enjoy.
We move on up to a greater day. With just a little faith, you can surely do it. Move on up.
Valhalla, Christian. We defend the faith, and protect others.
Huzzah! Kill ISIS.
ZERO HEDGE YOU ARE ON NOTICE. YOU NOW HAVE SO MANY ADS ON YOUR PAGES IT IS CHOKING THE CACHE AND THE PAGE IS FREEZING. IF IT DOES NOT IMPROVE i WILL NO LONGER VISIT
Sorry for your problem. Nah. Not really. The North is busy fighting ignorance.
Easy fix.
Download Mozilla Firefox (free) as your new (better) browser.
Go to Add ons and enable Bluehell firewall 2.5.2 and Addblock edge (also free).
Adds gone.
It also has a private window option in the menu.
Enjoy.
Thank you, sir.
I use Firefox Palemoon build with AdblockPlus and Ghostery running.
I see no ads except when I want to.
If you're too dumb to use Adblocker, then you don't belong here anyway.
My dog told me to tell you that, I have no opinion either way.
Fuck you and your dog. So old school folks are not welcome? Why do I have to purchase shit when "everything" shuts down? But ... I'll try your advice or something suggested below. I didn't get this far resisting change or knowledge.
And I take back the insult to your dog.
What ads?...
French,Russian,American and Chinese all with aircraft carriers with support.Air traffic controllers nightmare.
Eretz Israel Map
http://www.ahavat-israel.com/eretz/future
A Strategy for Israel in the Nineteen Eightiesby Oded Yinon, translated by Israel Shahak | KIVUNIM / Palestine with Provenance | February 1982
"The dissolution of Syria and Iraq later on into ethnically or religiously unqiue areas such as in Lebanon, is Israel's primary target on the Eastern front in the long run, while the dissolution of the military power of those states serves as the primary short term target. Syria will fall apart, in accordance with its ethnic and religious structure, into several states such as in present day Lebanon, so that there will be a Shi'ite Alawi state along its coast, a Sunni state in the Aleppo area, another Sunni state in Damascus hostile to its northern neighbor, and the Druzes who will set up a state, maybe even in our Golan, and certainly in the Hauran and in northern Jordan. This state of affairs will be the guarantee for peace and security in the area in the long run, and that aim is already within our reach today."
"Iraq, rich in oil on the one hand and internally torn on the other, is guaranteed as a candidate for Israel's targets. Its dissolution is even more important for us than that of Syria. Iraq is stronger than Syria. In the short run it is Iraqi power which constitutes the greatest threat to Israel. An Iraqi-Iranian war will tear Iraq apart and cause its downfall at home even before it is able to organize a struggle on a wide front against us. Every kind of inter-Arab confrontation will assist us in the short run and will shorten the way to the more important aim of breaking up Iraq into denominations as in Syria and in Lebanon. In Iraq, a division into provinces along ethnic/religious lines as in Syria during Ottoman times is possible. So, three (or more) states will exist around the three major cities: Basra, Baghdad and Mosul, and Shi'ite areas in the south will separate from the Sunni and Kurdish north. It is possible that the present Iranian-Iraqi confrontation will deepen this polarization."
http://www.monabaker.com/pMachine/more.php?id=A2298_0_1_0_M
The Ethnic Clique That Sold Us The Iraq War
http://zfacts.com/node/297
hence the mass Muslim migration to Europe.
As I said months ago the stars show it to be 1933 all over
again. They want European Jews scared out of Europe, again.
And populate this larger territory.
This is the ONLY theory that makes sense.
Hillary Clinton has admitted to being Jewish along with John Kerry.
I believe Obama is Jewish, his mother had a typical Jewish 60s lifestyle.
I think he was groomed for this role from childhood, and all the Muslim stuff
was to hide the fact he is Jewish. Look at what he has done not what he has said.
Bush family are thought to be Jews according to some.
I even wonder about Ronald Reaganowitz.
Victoria Nuland, was National Security Advisor to Cheney from July 2003 until May 2005. Focused on Iraq.
Grandfather funding Hitler makes sense, it was scaring Jews out of Europe. The good and educated
Jews with the transfer agreement went to Palestine in the 30s (buy 10K worth of German goods, when they were sold they were payed in Palestine) which enabled them to leave with their money.
The ghetto jews stayed in Germany.
Yes, I'm sure it is a surprise.
The link is broken, can't share
who would benefit most from a cluster fuck in the eastern med
Cui Bono? Think Tonkin & USS Liberty, just sayin ;)
For those who pay attention to prophetic
15 yo secular Jewish boy has NDE on Sept 11
relates of a ME world war within months lasting 2 weeks in which millions are killed
He states Obama starts the war
Seems to be lining up
worth listening to last 10 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H0MDGIXZ0o&feature=youtu.be&t=28m27s
How woudl their intel not know, do they just rush into these areas w/o surveying the area?
Yet they know where the ISIS sites are but can't spot obvious warships in the ocean?
Merry fkn xmas!
Is it possible that this "terrorist threat" battle ship build up is a cover story and that all Nationions are working from the same play book. Damascus Syria is 60 km from Mt Hermon which was the landing pad for the Fallen Angles in the "Book Of Enoch". Both of which are on the "33 latitude". All the recent shootings in Texas and South Carolina were all on the 33rd Latitude and just the tip of the iceberg.
The word Terrorist finds its origin in a french word, which escapes me, which means fear mongering perpetrated by the Government.
I just throw this out because our conditioned logic isn't cutting it in this "Lead Pipe Bizzaro World".
It seems that the strategic reason for this carrier group rushing to the scene is being missed. There is no operational reason for the US to have more aircraft/another runway (the carrier) in the area as long as they have access to Incirlik airbase in Turkey. The USAF is not exactly hitting lots of targets in Syria so the dozen or so F-15E/A-10 there are adequate.
So, what happens if the fight against ISIS is so successful that it really pisses Turkey off and it closes access to Incirlik?
This carrier can be viewed as an insurance policy.
Also, the majority of targets the US/NATO is hitting are in the North and East of Syria, well served by aircraft from Incirlik and Jordan. This is probably due to the US having targeting data in that area plus not wanting to attack areas where the Russian Air Force/advisers plus Iranians are active. Carrier based aircraft in the Med have no real function in that scenario, other than getting in the way of the Russians and French.
We could be rapidly heading towards a military airspace exclusion zone being declared by Syria over large parts of the country. Now that would be interesting.
Its free for all , until some one farts......
...........with a nuke or so
According to the NDE and visions of a 15 year old Israeli boy, WW3 started on 11 Sept 2015 in slow motion. This is the chilling result, watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H0MDGIXZ0o
Let's tell the truth shall we? The US has had a year and a half to deal with ISIS and has accomplished zero. Russia has been there for two months and ISIS terrorists are fleeing for their lives. This American carrier isn't going to the Middle East to deal with ISIS, it is there to cause as much trouble for the Russians as it possibly can, thereby allowing the terrorists to escape their just rewards.
didn't the carriers leave Pearl Harbor? Absolute power corrupts Fu#k PNAC war criminals and should be dealt with the Chinese terrorist way slow painful death by flame thrower..
didn't the carriers leave Pearl Harbor? Absolute power corrupts Fu#k PNAC war criminals and should be dealt with the Chinese terrorist way slow painful death by flame thrower..