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John "Tapeworm" Bolton and Binny" the Bomb" Netanyahu are on an all time high. Trump may have blinked but the #BTeam keeps pushing for America to fight their war.
It costs $7 million a day to operate a carrier strike group. The USS Lincoln cost $4.5B to build in the late 80's and is in the Gulf of Arabia aka Persian Gulf with 90 aircraft. Any major attack on Iran is estimated to require two carrier groups in place. businessinsider.com/heres-why-uss-…
The May 5 carrier move was Trump Theater. Bahrain hosts 7,000 US troops. Kuwait has 13,000 American troops the UAE 5,000 American troops. CENTCOM works out of Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar 10,000. Afghanistan has 6 US base. Iraq has 12 US bases including "Mortaritaville” or Balad.
So as Donald fulminates and vacillates in his asynchronous, deal making tactics remember we have been ready for, and planning for a war with Iran for decades. The real danger of a US war with Iran is destruction of the Arab dictatorships and Israel
politico.com/story/2019/06/…
politico.com/story/2019/06/…
meanwhile......the shorter, more pliable and awkward water drinking Marco Rubio, resorts to biblical quotations to explain everything.
