One day after the White House started hyping the deployment of the USS
Abraham Lincoln and its carrier strike group to the Middle East as a
message to Iran, the plan now also includes the deployment of a bomber taskforce into the area.
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan blamed Iran for all of this,
demanding that Iran “cease all provocation.” It’s not clear Iran has
done any actual provocation in the first place, though the US has made
claims of Iran potting to attack US forces.
Iran, however, has denied that this is the case, noting that the US Navy announced the deployment of the carrier strike group nearly a month ago,
and it was only when it got to a White House announcement this week
that the narrative changed to an imminent military threat.
Bolton suggested the deployment was to “deter” Iran,
though the US deployments are of attack forces, not defensive units,
and Bolton’s narrative also includes using “unrelenting force” against
Iran for any threat to US interests anywhere in the region.
Sink those tin cans.
God no, that’s exactly what we want.
Does the US actually have any “defensive units” ?
No. We also have no protective infrastructure or civilian planning to save millions of lives in the event of war, such as nuclear. Only countries that care about their people have such things.
As I expected, the strike group deployment was a normal rotation of forces which the administration is now touting as a threat for propaganda purposes.
Once again, the US can not attack Iran until Hezbollah in Lebanon is defanged as Israel can’t afford to have Hezbollah rain missiles on it in an Iran war. You will know the Iran war is on when the US joins Israel in attacking Lebanon.
Iran is not Iraq, libya or Syria.
The mighty US only strikes, destroys and invades poor and weak countries