Navy Won’t Have Aircraft Carrier in Middle East Anymore

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Because of Defense Spending Cuts, Navy Won’t Have Aircraft Carrier in Middle East Anymore


In fact, President Obama is preparing to veto a bipartisan bill that would increase the national defense budget by 6 percent. And all because he’s upset that it wouldn’t increase non-defense spending by the same amount.

Playing political games with national security is beyond the pale. Yet it’s happening.

Meanwhile, as defense expert Justin Johnson notes in a recent article, Iran is receiving $150 billion under the deal it recently forged with the Obama administration.

Because of U.S. and international sanctions, this money—which had been held in non-Iranian banks—wasn’t accessible to Iran. But that’s not the case anymore.

Sure, it won’t have the full amount to spend however it would like. The U.S. Treasury Department estimates that the regime will have about $50 billion left after it settles its debts. But that’s still a lot of money available for it to plow into its military.

 

[awpitt]

Because of Defense Spending Cuts, Navy Won’t Have Aircraft Carrier in Middle East Anymore


In fact, President Obama is preparing to veto a bipartisan bill that would increase the national defense budget by 6 percent. And all because he’s upset that it wouldn’t increase non-defense spending by the same amount.

Playing political games with national security is beyond the pale. Yet it’s happening.

Meanwhile, as defense expert Justin Johnson notes in a recent article, Iran is receiving $150 billion under the deal it recently forged with the Obama administration.

Because of U.S. and international sanctions, this money—which had been held in non-Iranian banks—wasn’t accessible to Iran. But that’s not the case anymore.

Sure, it won’t have the full amount to spend however it would like. The U.S. Treasury Department estimates that the regime will have about $50 billion left after it settles its debts. But that’s still a lot of money available for it to plow into its military.

The author of this article is either willfully misrepresenting the facts, is misinformed, or just doesn't do good research.

He's saying that there will not a US aircraft carrier in the Middle East anymore. This statement is incorrect. What is actually happening is that there will be a two to three month gap in the aircraft carrier presence in the Persian Gulf (not the entire Middle East). The current carrier, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, is scheduled to leave sometime in October. The replacement carrier, the USS Harry S. Truman, should arrive in two to three months.

 

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The author of this article is either willfully misrepresenting the facts, is misinformed, or just doesn't do good research.

He's saying that there will not a US aircraft carrier in the Middle East anymore.

Awpitt: here is the actual bullet item:

The Navy won’t have an aircraft carrier in the Middle East this fall for the first time in years.​

is there a carrier in the Med :shrug:

granted the TR is leaving in October ... but the replacement Harry Truman will not be on station until Dec or Jan

I would not characterize that as 'the fall' but 2-3 months with no carrier available, well I am guessing that hasn't been done since the 1960's

 

[awpitt]

Awpitt: here is the actual bullet item:

The Navy won’t have an aircraft carrier in the Middle East this fall for the first time in years.​

is there a carrier in the Med :shrug:

granted the TR is leaving in October ... but the replacement Harry Truman will not be on station until Dec or Jan

I would not characterize that as 'the fall' but 2-3 months with no carrier available, well I am guessing that hasn't been done since the 1960's

The article makes no mention of the temporary nature of the carrier absence and the Headline is very misleading.

 

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Awpitt: here is the actual bullet item:

The Navy won’t have an aircraft carrier in the Middle East this fall for the first time in years.​

is there a carrier in the Med :shrug:

granted the TR is leaving in October ... but the replacement Harry Truman will not be on station until Dec or Jan

I would not characterize that as 'the fall' but 2-3 months with no carrier available, well I am guessing that hasn't been done since the 1960's

Ummm NO. It was a big thing when we snuck a gator in to the Gulf during the Iran-Iraq War. As a matter of practice, the Navy used to avoid putting a carrier in the Gulf because there are only so many spots where a big ship can go in there and the Navy likes to keep people guessing on where the big girls are. It wasn't until Desert Storm that we started keeping a carrier in the Gulf on a regular basis. Don't worry, whether we are in the Gulf, the Med, or the IO...we can still reach out and touch the bad guys.