The USS Abraham Lincoln is shown at sea. By Dan Lamothe and Dan Lamothe Reporter covering the Pentagon and the U.S. military Email Bio Follow Missy Ryan Missy Ryan Reporter covering the Pentagon, military issues and national security Email Bio Follow May 6 at 2:35 PM A White House announcement that the United States will deploy an aircraft carrier and Air Force bombers to counter Iranian threats came into sharp focus on Monday, as U.S.
“We’ve been tracking a variety of threat streams for some time,” the official said, but Centcom detected “specific and credible” information that differed from those previous threats in recent days. The threats involved Iranian military forces and proxy forces and indicated potential actions against U.S. military personnel and non-military interests both on land and at sea.
John Bolton, President Trump’s national security adviser, said in a statement Sunday night that “in response to a number of troubling and escalatory indications and warnings," the United States would send the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force to “send a clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian regime that any attack on United States interests or those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force.
The Navy announced the deployment of the Lincoln on April 8, a week after it departed from Norfolk, Va. Croatian news reports suggested that the Lincoln would soon head into its port of Split, but a U.S. defense official said Monday that the carrier will now “expedite its arrival” in the Middle East “in order to defend American forces and interests in the region.” U.S. military officials did not immediately say whether the port visit will be canceled.
Becca Wasser, who studies the Middle East for the Rand Corp., said Bolton’s statement appeared to “leverage” an already planned deployment to the Middle East to send a message to Iran.
Peace is better than war.
Wagging the dog!!
amparomeza And Venezuela.?
Gulf of Tonkin.
Sources?
the big deflection
Trump and Kushner have planned this for two years. Americans are not falling for the bs. We're voting Trump and his monarchy out.
Bolton has wanted to bomb Iran for 30 years. Trump wants this as a distraction. Trump says to Bolton, start bombing Iran as soon as Mueller starts speaking in front of Congress.
Do a head count and publish that as well.
Love all the snowflake comments cheering for Iran.
does mighty 🇺🇸 military really need this much might for Iran typical of Trump punching down. not a word out of Trump for this:
The Pentagon chose not to announce this deployment because they know it's a farce initiated by Mueller's tentative testimony date. THE WHITE HOUSE IS LYING TO US! They won't tell us what the threat is.
The specific threat isn't Iran, it's Mueller's impending testimony.
Any weapons of mass destruction by any chance?
Trying to bully Iran is reckless! Just like the invasion of Iraq, precipitating the current crises in the Middle East! These war hawks.. neocons will never learn Idiots!!
The other day on the phone call: Trump - 'I'm sending an aircraft carrier to Iran' Putin - 'Weird flex but OK'
What provocation. Iran telling the Saudi's they are going to cut off passage of their oil ships through the Strait of Hormuz? US ended sanction waivers. Iranian people will suffer. Why are we all over the map threatening countries. Looks like Authoritarianism to me.
Of course...!! A war...!! Just what IQ45's been itching for... What a typical (& deadly) distraction technique 2 get everybody off of talking abt impeachment, the Mueller report & Barr... That criminally corrupt imbecile's going 2 destroy this country more than he already has
This is going to be Trump's war.
You can not save the thief and kleptokrata on the basis of the fact that he steals)
Let the propaganda commence! And I am willing to bet we already are conducting covert military actions vs. Iran.
THE GOP HAVE WANTED TO GO TO WAR WITH IRAN FOR YEARS! FOR WHAT? OIL! THEY ARE GOING TO KILL OUR YOUNG MEN & WOMEN FOR 'OIL' AGAIN & TO GIVE TRUMP HIS MUCH NEEDED 'WAR' AT THIS TIME!
Wag. The. Dog.
What are those specific threats ?
why? they are no threat to the US.
So idiot in chief is trying to pick a fight ( war) with Iran. iran
Iran has declared a National Emergency crisis against America to be initiated sometime in 2021. TheBoyKing
It’s just a push of the button.
Trump must be looking for a War to distract from problems at home & boost his ratings a little!
Wag. The. Dog.
Very strange this notification came from Bolton and not the Secretary of Defence ! Or do I mean suspicious?
Oh...
Looks like an excellent distraction from the shit show that is the White House
you naively believe that by blocking Iran you will save Putin?)
The specific threat could be that Europe is not standing for this new war creation bs.
This administration meddles around until sh*t starts then pretends to be ‘proactive’.
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