So, a few days ago Trump trotted out John Bolton to threaten Iran, saying the deployment was meant “to send a clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian regime that any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force.”
Of course that turns out to be utter nonsense as the deployment was planned months ago.
“WASHINGTON: The day after the White House released a stern statement announcing the immediate deployments of an aircraft carrier strike group and bomber wing to the Persian Gulf to deter an unnamed Iranian threat, Navy chief Adm. John Richardson was put in what has become a familiar position for the Pentagon brass: explaining a surprise White House statement on a controversial topic.
In response to National Security Advisor Advisor John Bolton’s Sunday evening statement that the forces were being dispatched to the Gulf in response to “a number of troubling and escalatory indications and warnings,” by Iran, Richardson said Monday that, essentially, the deployment was just business as usual.
“The Abraham Lincoln Strike Group was planned to deploy for some time now,” Richardson told the SeaAirSpace conference. He touted the Lincoln’s new route to the Gulf as an example of “dynamic force employment,” a new Navy tactic that is meant to surprise potential adversaries by having US ships show up off their coastlines without warning.
He didn’t explain how a White House press release is an example of tactical surprise.”
Not only did Trump and Bolton fail to distract from the political calamity du jour, they also blew the primary mission of the deployment, to achieve tactical surprise.
Good job, idi
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Trump lies about his lies to cover his lies. He’s a fucking liar.
WELL, you get the Dotard in Chief, in the same room with a couple Russian agents, it’s time to brag about all the secret stuff he thinks he knows about … if it disrupts the plans of, and agent security of another country’s top intelligence group, SO WHAT? [Israel]
If it is a chance to alert the whole world to a top secret war move practice, which is very difficult to do, moving MEGATONS of Naval hardware and crews miles across the ocean with minimal announcement to the targeted area by radio-talk or unnecessary fly-overs, WHY NOT?
The MEGA-MOUTH in the WH just sabotaged millions of dollars of our money, needed to just move these machines any distance … destroyed the value of the move to our troops and military strategists … the military needs to have DJT spend a couple weeks in the brigg … eating their fine meals there, no breaks for golf, and cell phone use limited to 15 minutes a day …. no outside visitors.
Hey Don, if you can’t stop blabbing everytime there is a big event that is supposed to be a surprise to another country, just STFU and go back to your Golf Digest magazine … checking on the weather for your next 4-day golf break …
Anymore, when I see the headline “Trump lying”, I hear Laurence Fishburne in Batman Versus Superman saying, “Other breaking news: water wet.” I can only imagine that the warmongers are getting pissed at him for constantly derailing their carefully laid plans.