Nato vs. Iran

[Erich]

moving an aircraft carrier INTO the Gulf ahead of a planned attack would be...

“suicide”

Doppelselbstmord?
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23 August

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IRAN (related)
US SecDef Panetta: “The current two-carrier presence in the Gulf region is not set to end at any particular time … clearly, two carriers ... [are] important to us in order to have the ability to confront any contingency."

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