USS Enterprise en route to Middle East

[kpete]

USS Enterprise en route to Middle East

NORFOLK, Va. The aircraft carrier U-S-S Enterprise is on its way to the Middle East.

The six-ship Enterprise Strike Group left today from the Norfolk Naval Station. Its 75-hundred sailors prepared for a wide range of missions: providing security in the troubled waters and skies, fighting piracy off the Horn of Africa and supporting humanitarian efforts.

The carrier launched some of the first strikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan after the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001.

Sailors have closely followed events in Iraq and Iran but it's unclear about the exact missions the carrier group will undertake during the six-month deployment.

The group's departure began a busy week for local waterways, with almost 11-thousand sailors scheduled to deploy or return home to Norfolk Naval Station and Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base in Virginia Beach.

http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=4848785&nav=23ii

[FSogol]

1. USS Distraction on its way to the Middle East.... n/t

[ChairmanAgnostic]

24. no, this means war.

and it is a sad, sad day.

[mom cat]

29. That is my fear too!

[acmavm]

2. Oh boy.

When did the oil bourse go into effect?

[MadHound]

3. Damn, starting to look like that June invasion timeline was dead on

Scary part is that for Bush to pull this one off, he's got to have another "Pearl Harbor type event" somewhere between now and the first of June:scared:

[Dhalgren]

6. I read today where the US is massing troops on the Iraqi/Iranian

border. All it will take is one soldier getting killed in a way that the Dictator can claim Iranian culpability, and presto, instant war powers...

[AngryAmish]

4. Set your phasers to kill

[magellan]

5. Good, if anyone can resolve this without firing a shot it's Captain Kirk

Oh...not that Enterprise?

[Dhalgren]

7. I would prefer Picard over Kirk. Just sayin'...

[magellan]

9. Yes, on second thought I'd have to agree

Picard is a much better diplomat. Plus he has loads of experience dealing with the Ferengi and the Borg.

[TahitiNut]

14. "Dammit, Jim! I'm a doctor, not a weapons inspector!"

:dunce: :silly:

[magellan]

15. LOL

Now that was funny! Ah, Bones, how we miss ya....Thanks for the giggle, TahitiNut. :)

[Theres-a]

19. ROFL!

Nice.

[hootinholler]

26. Fascinating.

:rofl:

[Ian David]

8. Update: Iran dispatches The DY-100-class S.S. Botany Bay to Persian Gulf

Damn you, Kirk!

[lonestarnot]

10. 1+1+1 = 3 USS Abraham Lincoln, USS Enterprise, USS Ronster Reggie Ru

all on their way to the middle east. 6/6/6

[redqueen]

13. Why do people not want to know?

I know it's horrible... but WE'RE responsible!

:cry:

[lonestarnot]

16. It's too much for people to fathom I guess. I just don't have the

answer.

[redqueen]

22. I'm sorry... it was only rhetorical...

I'm not making much sense right now... nearly to the point of despairing.

It seems so much like the buildup to Iraq...

[lonestarnot]

23. Hang in there redqueen.

[kpete]

28. Oh My...

When does this end....and how does it end...and who ends it?

[yy4me]

11. Check out current story on www.rawstory.com

Chills up my spine. I am frightened. We are going to go to hell for this. Where is the outrage? It needs to be louder, **** cannot do this to the world. Is there no-one out there to help those of us who are trying in our own way to combat this maniacal group in Washington? How much louder can we yell?

[lonestarnot]

17. Have! Thanks!

[lonestarnot]

12. kick

[Roland99]

18. Wonder how many subs are in the area?

[lonestarnot]

20. Even the captains don't know where "they're" at, only the

dolphins.

[robbedvoter]

21. Nooo! Et tu, Captain Kirk?

[robertpaulsen]

25. Beam me up, Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here.

Not in the government, anyway.

[Horse with no Name]

27. Something wicked this way comes....

This departure hasn't been scheduled long
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