US Begins Massive Military Build Up Around Iran, Sending Up To 4 New Carrier Groups In Reg - Polidicks

US Begins Massive Military Build Up Around Iran, Sending Up To 4 New Carrier Groups In Region [URL="http://www.zerohedge.com/article/us-begins-massive-military-build-around-iran-sending-4-new-carrier-groups-region"]Source [/URL] [quote=ZeroHedge] As if uncontrollable economic contagion was not enough for the administration, Obama is now willing to add geopolitical risk to the current extremely precarious economic and financial situation. [URL="http://www.debka.com/article/8794/"]Over at Debkafile [/URL]we read that the president has decided to "boost US military strength in the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf regions in the short term with an extra air and naval strike forces and 6,000 Marine and sea combatants." With just one aircraft carrier in proximity to Iran, the Nobel peace prize winner has decided to send a clear message that peace will no longer be tolerated, and has decided to increase the US aircraft carrier presence in the region by a 400-500% CAGR. From Debka:[release][INDENT]Carrier Strike Group 10, headed by the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, sails out of the US Navy base at Norfolk, Virginia Friday, May 21. On arrival, it will raise the number of US carriers off Iranian shores to two. Up until now, President Barack Obama kept just one aircraft carrier stationed off the coast of Iran, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Arabian Sea, in pursuit of his policy of diplomatic engagement with Tehran. For the first time, too, the US force opposite Iran will be joined by a German warship, the frigate FGS Hessen, operating under American command. It is also the first time that Obama, since taking office 14 months ago, is sending military reinforcements to the Persian Gulf. Our military sources have learned that the USS Truman is just the first element of the new buildup of US resources around Iran. It will take place over the next three months, reaching peak level in late July and early August. By then, the Pentagon plans to have at least 4 or 5 US aircraft carriers visible from Iranian shores. The USS Truman's accompanying Strike Group includes Carrier Air Wing Three (Battle Axe) - which has 7 squadrons - 4 of F/A-18 Super Hornet and F/A-18 Hornet bomber jets, as well as spy planes and early warning E-2 Hawkeyes that can operate in all weather conditions; the Electronic Attack Squadron 130 for disrupting enemy radar systems; and Squadron 7 of helicopters for anti-submarine combat (In its big naval exercise last week, Iran exhibited the Velayat 89 long-range missile for striking US aircraft carriers and Israel warships from Iranian submarines.) Another four US warships will be making their way to the region to join the USS Truman and its Strike Group. They are the guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy and guided missile destroyers USS Winston S. Churchill, USS Oscar Austin and USS Ross.[/INDENT][/release]We can't wait for Iran to feel completely unthreatened by this escalation and to decide to take no action whatsoever as the Nobelists push it even more into a corner from which the only escape, to a rational player, would be outright aggression... Which begs the question just how an irrational player would react.[/quote]

It's just to send them a clear message. They know the consequences of pissing the world off, and this is a little reminder of how quickly those consequences could be put into effect if need be.

Why don't we just fuck up another generation and completely waste 2010-2019 like we did with the previous? Fuck.

[QUOTE=Superwafflez;22096583]It's just to send them a clear message. They know the consequences of pissing the world off, and this is a little reminder of how quickly those consequences could be put into effect if need be.[/QUOTE] Mind elaborating on how Iran pissed the world off?

Oh, wonderful. Absolutely smashing. All I need to do is to flip a coin as to which hellhole I'll be going to first: Iran, or North Korea.

Probably just to instill fear, show power, and possibly blockade their ports as part of tougher sanctions.

[QUOTE=starpluck;22096610]Mind elaborating on how Iran pissed the world off?[/QUOTE] I never said they did, learn2tense.

starpluck, of all people you're using a shitty-ass source

[QUOTE=starpluck;22096547]US Begins Massive Military Build Up Around Iran, Sending Up To [b]4[/b]New Carrier Groups In Region[/QUOTE] That's just a single CVBG, not four.

We do this with aircraft carriers all the time.

This is known as strategic dick waving.

Awwww, Man! Shit's about to get real! Okay, Maybe not, but I still think NK is going to start something first. That's where our patrols should be going.

[QUOTE=starpluck;22096610]Mind elaborating on how Iran pissed the world off?[/QUOTE] wipe israel off the face of the earth

[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;22096615]Oh, wonderful. Absolutely smashing. All I need to do is to flip a coin as to which hellhole I'll be going to first: Iran, or North Korea.[/QUOTE] If I were you, I'd rather end up in Iran. At least then you wont be fighting off thousands of brainwashed soldiers and civilians.

[QUOTE=StupidUsername67;22097045]If I were you, I'd rather end up in Iran. At least then you wont be fighting off thousands of brainwashed soldiers and civilians.[/QUOTE] At least Iran will be prepaid with correct weaponry and fed. North Korean army is so overestimated mate. They literally have no economy and the only reason why they're a threat is because the thousands of artillery aimed straight at Seoul ready to fire at moment's notice.

[QUOTE=Daolpu;22096781]This is known as strategic dick waving.[/QUOTE] this.

[QUOTE=lolwutdude;22097079]At least Iran will be prepaid with correct weaponry and fed. North Korean army is so overestimated mate. They literally have no economy and the only reason why they're a threat is because the thousands of artillery aimed straight at Seoul ready to fire at moment's notice.[/QUOTE] Their artillery probably doesn't even work. It's the fact that the entire country is the military. Every one of them is completely brainwashed. I'd rather be in a desert/temperate country fighting a conventional war than sitting in Korea wondering when the next child suicide bomber is going to run at my kneecaps.

Dear god. Because two wars wasn't enough, right?

[QUOTE=StupidUsername67;22097131]Their artillery probably doesn't even work. It's the fact that the entire country is the military. Every one of them is completely brainwashed. I'd rather be in a desert/temperate country fighting a conventional war than sitting in Korea wondering when the next child suicide bomber is going to run at my kneecaps.[/QUOTE] Their Medium Range Artillery doesn't work, yet their Long Range Missiles can fly for 2500km?

[QUOTE=StupidUsername67;22097131]Their artillery probably doesn't even work. It's the fact that the entire country is the military. Every one of them is completely brainwashed. I'd rather be in a desert/temperate country fighting a conventional war than sitting in Korea wondering when the next child suicide bomber is going to run at my kneecaps.[/QUOTE] most of them would rather faint from hunger and dehydration than actually reach you

[QUOTE=Broseph_;22097291]Their Medium Range Artillery doesn't work, yet their Long Range Missiles can fly for 2500km?[/QUOTE] You can buy rocket kits off the internet and then chances are just jerry rig it a bit and you could get it to go that far.

[QUOTE=PariahKing;22097169]Dear god. Because two wars wasn't enough, right?[/QUOTE] Yeah, because Iran has sooooo many allies. The US is bound to start a world war by attacking Iran... [b]EDIT:[/b] Read world wars, not wars as is written.

[QUOTE=DogGunn;22097376]Yeah, because Iran has sooooo many allies. The US is bound to start a world war by attacking Iran...[/QUOTE]I think you've forgotten a very recent conflict in American history. Winning the war against the established nation doesn't matter. The years and billions of dollars spent on clean up does. Assuming the source is reliable anyway, and if everything escalates.

North Korea Can Engage the US in Total War "North Korea is one of the few nations that can engage in a total war with the United States. The US war planners recognize this fact. For example, on March 7, 2000, Gen. Thomas A Schwartz, the US commander in Korea at the time, testified at a US congressional hearing that "North Korea is the country most likely to involve the United States in a large-scale war." North Korea, which can and is willing to face up to the sole military superpower of the world, cannot be called a weak nation. Nevertheless, Western press and analysts distort the truth and depict North Korea as an "impoverished" nation, starving and on the brink of imminent collapse."

[QUOTE=IStanI;22097516]North Korea Can Engage the US in Total War "North Korea is one of the few nations that can engage in a total war with the United States. The US war planners recognize this fact. For example, on March 7, 2000, Gen. Thomas A Schwartz, the US commander in Korea at the time, testified at a US congressional hearing that "North Korea is the country most likely to involve the United States in a large-scale war." North Korea, which can and is willing to face up to the sole military superpower of the world, cannot be called a weak nation. Nevertheless, Western press and analysts distort the truth and depict North Korea as an "impoverished" nation, starving and on the brink of imminent collapse."[/QUOTE] Most of the people are starving though. Watch the Vice Guide to NK. That's an uncensored news network too.

[QUOTE=Second-gear-of-mgear;22097533]Most of the people are starving though. Watch the Vice Guide to NK. That's an uncensored news network too.[/QUOTE] I watched that, and yeah it's bad, but the shit isn't in the middle-of-bumfuck-nowhere Africa bad. There aren't thousands of Koreans crawling the streets in dish rags poking at trash with what used to be their femur. Even if their civilian population isn't the most energetic bunch their 1 million strong military sure as hell is, not to mention their 4 million in reserves.

[QUOTE=Second-gear-of-mgear;22097533]Most of the people are starving though. Watch the Vice Guide to NK. That's an uncensored news network too.[/QUOTE] They mostly fund defense, that's pretty much what makes them a formidable opponent, just like the US. I see a lot of people here saying they have inadequate artillery, cite your sources and stop watching american media.

[QUOTE=PariahKing;22097419]I think you've forgotten a very recent conflict in American history. Winning the war against the established nation doesn't matter. The years and billions of dollars spent on clean up does. Assuming the source is reliable anyway, and if everything escalates.[/QUOTE] Oops, yeah I know that, but I thought I read because two world wars isn't enough. My bad.

[QUOTE=IStanI;22097605]They mostly fund defense, that's pretty much what makes them a formidable opponent, just like the US.[b] I see a lot of people here saying they have inadequate artillery, cite your sources and stop watching american media.[/b][/QUOTE] It's a joke.

I'm usually not one to advocate war, but Iran is out of control. They need to have their egos put in check