USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) transits the South China Sea on April 1, 2022. (U.S. Navy)
United States military assets from air, land and sea are expected to flow into the Middle East in the coming days and weeks to provide President Donald Trump with military options should he decide to attack Iran, Fox News reported on January 16, citing military sources.
The report came despite Trump backing down from earlier threats to attack the Islamic Republic over violence against protests there.
Trump has repeatedly threatened Tehran since the start of the protests. The shift in his stance began on January 14 with him stating that the killing of protesters in Iran had ceased and that the Islamic Republic will not be carrying out executions as feared.
It was later reported that Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Oman and even Israel itself had asked Trump not to attack Iran.
Despite the de-escalation, the White House on January 15 openly stated that Trump hasn’t removed any options for Iran, warning of “grave consequences” if “the killing continues.”
Fox News’ latest report came to reinforce the idea that the recent de-escalation is nothing but a maneuver by the Trump administration meant to deceive Tehran into letting its guards down, as the U.S. prepares its attack.
According to the American news network, among the military assets the U.S. is now sending to the Middle East is an aircraft carrier.
It is not yet clear whether the carrier is the USS Abraham Lincoln, currently operating in the South China Sea, or one of two carriers that departed Norfolk and San Diego earlier this week, the report said, noting that transit to the region is expected to take at least a week.
While the report suggests that only one aircraft carrier will be deployed in the region, it wont be a surprise if all three end up in the region within a few weeks.
The sources who spoke to Fox News described the U.S. military deployment in the Middle East as a process of “setting the force.”
One of the sources told the network that if Trump decides to carry out military action, “This will be different, more offensive.” He added that U.S. military planners are preparing a range of options that would depend on how Iran’s regime acts in the coming days.
Fox News revealed that 30,000 U.S. troops are currently deployed in the U.S. Central Command region, which includes all of the Middle East.
The network claimed, however, that there are currently no aircraft carriers deployed in the region. Reports by other sources said that USS Theodore Roosevelt is operating in the Red Sea, which is not that far off from Iran.
The current U.S. naval presence in the region includes, according to Fox News, three destroyers and three Littoral Combat Ships.
Air defense systems are also expected to be sent to the Middle East to bolster the defense of U.S. bases and Israel, officials told the network, noting that the system would include missile defense assets.
Data from aviation tracking websites revealed that four American C-17 Globemaster III military heavy left flew to the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, where the U.S. maintains a bomber base within striking range of Iran. The aircraft, which took off from Ireland, likely moved air defenses, or munitions.
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All in all, it can be assumed that the U.S. military has begun preparations to attack Iran. The ongoing military deployment, which is very costly, indicates that all reports of de-escalation are misleading.
As for Trump’s latest remarks, it should be noted that he also turned down his threats before joining the Israeli attack on Iran last June, and more recently before ordering the U.S. military to capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. This kind of depiction has become a hallmark of Trump’s political-military tactics, and he even bragged about it in the past.
Protests in Iran have very much ended. The Islamic Republic has not let its guards down yet, but senior officials in Tehran should not get too optimistic.
It is highly unlikely, or even outright impossible, that their diplomatic efforts will be enough to deter the U.S. and Israel. Only a direct agreement with Trump will likely prevent an attack. And if an attack happened, only a serious fight would save the current government.
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as always, they talk from every possible side of their mouths. that’s why i call them the united snakes
grow up .its war not a garden party
he always just posts some nonsense anti american comment at every possible opportunity to please sf . they serve england. basically . imo
success is developing on the southern section west of vasiukivka, where forces have consolidated on the outskirts of the strategically important settlement of nykyforivka. ukrainian units use nykyforivka as a logistical node.
.………………… https://psee.io/8jqu9r
go to war, brian, in ukrajina, to have no land, or nuland, it’s the hell. keep working on mercenary’s armies. that’s good!
the president is on the verge of a possible impeachment, or the 25th amendment. even if he wants to attack iran (a horrible idea for many reasons), he is in no position to do so.
or an accident before the 119th congress convenes. at the rate he’s going with the number of republicans jumping ship on his piracy “everywhere”, he may have a heart attack or a stroke. and even if vp “eyeliner” takes over this administration will be lamer than lame with an accident for jd and little marco waiting in the wings!… bi bi may also get “early termination” if the zi0ni$t contingent can’t keep a majority of miga in washington intact!
you’re a fool .
he is and like most hasn’t a clue .
unitd snakes is very accurate. and the snakes have fleas called zionism
yeah while mike pompeo and the mossad cheered publicly for being behind the destabilization attempts, as usual, the complicit media did not report properly the terror attacks by their agents where blades, firearms bombs and arson killed several hundred members of the security forces and many civilians including a little 2yo girl, and they pretend the iran gov is the instigator of the violence they caused…
s.o.p. for murder incorporated. tramp is worried about iranians, oh my! but shooting mothers in the face in the u.s.? why, that’s just fine, she was a domestic terrorist. they found an iranian passport in her hand bag. oh, wait they haven’t found it yet, but they will…or maybe it will be a ukr passport. no matter, they’ll have it down pat soon. this is the real face of america. trump is only too happy to be the new caligula, soon to be impersonating nero as well.
boy, you sure cued the trolls. good job!
is the jews making their empire on the back of the united snakes
the godlessness antics of the pirate mafia operate in panic. securing control of global resources by war and currency will fail. jp morgan ceo called for more war including increase assisting ukraine. the dollar is becoming company script, useless in the real world
j p morgans just england .
gold is now almost 7000 dollars an ounce here .3 months agi it was around 6 all priced in usd .really all relative to the usd still..which is rhe english dutch saudi qataru and rockefeelkers currency not americans it’s just run through their english run reserve banking system from their geographical location .
so , is gold worth more, or the dollar worth less
are you sure? or one or another, potatoe’s logic?
that’s all just set up from the city to deceive the world about values still america is allegedly the biggest gold holder in the world. course they haven’t let trump audit fort knox . . so….. why not .
if they’re going to commence war theyre not going to be
broadcasting their locations plans movements to pox .
now its a matter of when uncle sam and the zios will attack iran.
it’s obviously to safeguard the handover to the shah for the royals wake up .
correct . the ayatollah doesn’t want to stand down naturally. they’ll have to arrange a suitable show for the world to see it as a simple progression all civilised as a gentleman’s agreement to move forward back to a constitutional monarchy under the pope’s moral authority for rule of law.
and the city’s reserve banking system .
the shah isn’t returning to iran.
no one in iran knowing history wants that kind of puppet back. over 200,000 people died to get free from savak torture (the state terror political police was trained by usil. iran was their main operation base under shah they wanted to give him nukes).
no, dead and gone, but it won’t stop these two (supposedly two ?,) commentary creeps ‘talking’ to each other.
the ayatollahs now like diana after the divorce the fightings been too public , so now he can go quietly or ….
. . . . or, he can go whenever he feels like it
that’s how it works, c-sucker. 🖕
well, someone attack there, in iran, the internet, perhaps, we never no, someone will attack there, more 1000 kilometers, less 999 kilometers, also one, or two or three aircraft carrier groups.
the axis of evil are being toppled 1-by-1…we are leaving china & russia for last…heheheh
transgender americunt species like taliban jizz squirted in anuz
pooh-tin will share a jail cell with maduro soon!
the only thing you are toppling is the western system
inferior americunt species vermin must be eliminated
“only a direct agreement with trump will likely prevent an attack.’ like the last time? usil is stubborn and its plan for at least decades is to destroy iran, also usil lies and betrays at every occasion!
vamos lá afundar o porta-aviões! ou mais dois, ou doze!
jews live in the jungle for 2000 years, they only have ussa as their bitch. no other nation in the world would sacrifice themselves for ungrateful jews
just sink 1 amerikunt carrier. trumpstein would have bad headlines and he hates bad headlines
who sink one, sink thirteen, and more, also the white house.
actually you do not even need to sink it. just destroy the runway. no planes can fly. hahahahahah…cheap alternative. strike runways of all carriers, no planes fly.
arent they sick of getting their asses whooped yet.
vocês conhecem a história da formiga trabalhadeira e da cirraga epstein?
according to ais tracking as of 54 minutes ago the uss roosevelt is in san diego, home port. uss lincoln is off manila and under way. please quit repeating tramps bs about being concerned over iranian lives, it’s bs and everyone knows it. they shoot mothers in the face in the us and they don’t worry about that, why would he worry about iranians? it appears he won’t be allowed to use regional airfields.
if the blob is going to attack, he might well need these, but it will be a big mistake. if reports are true about us moving forces, then he is being forced to use carriers, which will be the last time they are used. but, one never knows about the middle east, lies are thicker than molasses there. their big gambit failed big time, now assets are gone and panic has set in. this the worst condition for an attack. it means desperate measures and half-baked plans.
iran is the only directly nd openly the real force to sink all usa weapon and jet carier warships.it can take out all us hidden sleeping cells s well in middle east.while putin is confine by zelenski to russia only.
iran should attack all nuclear sites in israel and turkey as well own material will wipe them out automatically
world war 3 season 1
russia ➡️ ukraine
usa➡️ venezuela,kuba
azerbaijan➡️ armenia
syria➡️aleppo
turkey➡️ north syria
saudi arabia➡️ uae
india➡️ pakistan
egypt➡️ sudan
world war 3 season 2
russia ➡️ moldova
usa➡️ greenland,iran
syria➡️rojava kurdistan
turkey➡️ greece trakaya and greece islands aka.rumeli ex. ottoman lands
saudi arabia➡️ uae,yemen
iran➡️yemen
india➡️ pakistan
egypt➡️ sudan
serbia➡️kosova
bulgaria➡️ macedonia
world war 3 season 3
russia ➡️ bulgaria
usa➡️ canada
turkey➡️ bulgarian trakaya and bulgarian rumeli ex. ottoman lands
france, russia➡️ germany
india➡️ bangladesh
serbia➡️bosno herzegovina
greece➡️ albania
the iranian regime, led by the mullahs, remains in power and can mobilize over 1 million supporters to counter u.s. cia and israeli mossad-backed counterrevolutionaries. this is a concerning sign for president trump, israeli prime minister netanyahu, and gulf arab states urging him to stand down. it highlights the potential for a catastrophic political and military failure if the u.s. attacks, which could end trump’s presidency.
trump is in serious trouble and may even be pushed out of office. i don’t think he will be attacking iran at this time.
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