President Trump is inching towards becoming a war president.
As the President considers military action against the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad following a deadly chemical attack he reportedly launched against his own citizens, Trump is working with his allies in France and the United Kingdom to launch a counter-strike against the country. It is presumed that whatever form the action takes it will be more intensive than last summer’s strike against the Middle Eastern country.
President Trump has dispatched a veritable armada to the region in order to prepare. It’s the biggest battle fleet deployed to the Middle East since the invasion of Iraq.
From the Daily Mail:
A huge task force of 12 warships is setting sail for Syria in one of the biggest concentrations of US naval power since the 2003 Iraq invasion, it has emerged.
The giant nuclear powered USS Harry S Truman, carrying 90 aircraft and escorted by its five-strong strike group of destroyers and cruisers, is powering towards Europe and the Middle East.
A further four destroyers are believed to be in or near the Mediterranean already, including the Donald Cook, Porter, Carney and Laboon along with two nuclear-powered submarines, Georgia and John Warner.
The deployment of 12 US warships on one mission is a huge concentration of fire power, one of the biggest since six aircraft carriers supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Take a look at these metallic, heavy-duty beauties below. They represent the heart and soul of our military might.
U.S.S. Harry Truman – aircraft carrier:
(FABRIZIO BENSCH/AFP/Getty Images)
USS Farragut – Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
(Photo via Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images).
USS Porter – Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
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USS Normandy – guided-missile cruiser
USS Laboon – Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
(Photo by U.S. Navy/Getty Images)
USS Georgia – submarine
USS Donald Cook – Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
USS Carney – Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
USS Forrest Sherman – Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
USS Bulkeley – Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
(Photographer: Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
USS Arleigh Burke – Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
USS John Warner – submarine
Wow. That’s a really formidable fighting force! Assad isn’t going to know what hit him. When Trump decides to strike, the Syrian dictator will think twice about gassing his own people again.
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