Gates: New US Carrier In Gulf A "Reminder" To Iran

April 30, 2008

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Gates: New US Carrier In Gulf A "Reminder" To Iran Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that sending a second US aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf could serve as a "reminder" to Iran, but he said it's not an escalation of force.

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stephley 5 years 2 weeks

Well, we'll probably know by the end of the summer whether you're right.

hausfrau 5 years 2 weeks

well if they want to be worried, thats fine. but the fact is that none of this is out of the ordinary.

stephley 5 years 2 weeks

I'm sure the timing and the other posturing going on isn't lost on the Iranians.

hausfrau 5 years 2 weeks

i think the term "reminder" is less agressive than the term "react" but maybe thats just me...

hausfrau 5 years 2 weeks

cause no one would believe him! either way, its still a reminder even though they've done it forever, would you feel better if he would have said "we've done this forever so we can react when sh*t goes down" i would have LOVED to hear him say that! :)

stephley 5 years 2 weeks

But Gates calls it a 'reminder' not just a business as usual, this is what the ships are for thing.

hausfrau 5 years 2 weeks

Thats what their purpose is, to be there in case something happens so we can react quickly.

hausfrau 5 years 2 weeks

We do this all the time everywhere... thats what those ships are meant for. We float around in case something goes down. Its been happening for many, many years and is no cause for concern. When the war started, the first troops to roll into Baghdad were from a ship like that.

stephley 5 years 2 weeks

Oops, we don't "need" an air base in Afghanistan or Iraq to protect ourselves from Iran or China!

Auntie Coosa 5 years 2 weeks

If we didn't "need" an air base in Afghanistan and Iraq in order to protect ourselves from Iranian and Chinese aggression, would this even be news? The next President better be able to handle aggressive nations . . . and BHObama has already indicated he will "talk" to them, while HRClinton is "ready" but for what? So the only person who has been on the "inside" albeit tied up at the time, is the choice of reason for POTUS.

stephley 5 years 2 weeks

And certainly if Russia or China sent an aircraft carrier to hang around a U.S. coast, as a reminder, Washington would respond positively and not see it as saber rattling or a flat out threat. And we wonder why people in the Middle East have issues with us.

raciccarone 5 years 2 weeks

And what are we reminding them of? The fact that we can build ships?

CitizenSugar 5 years 2 weeks

That seems like a mighty big Post-it note if you ask me...

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