While Russian warships launch cruise missiles in support of its military strike in Syria, it does so with a notable absence in the region. The U.S. Navy has no aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf for the first time since 2007.
According to military officials, the USS Theodore Roosevelt and it’s complement of approximately 5,000 service members and 65 combat planes, has departed to “undergo maintenance.” Whatever the stated rationale, this measure is the result of President Obama’s and Democrat’s mandatory military budget cuts.
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Good!
Putin has everything under control….
didnt this happen like a week ago…
The funniest thing is we make this “historic” deal with Iran and then they ally with Russia…
Good…..
Robert Hughes Read the article to see the importance of our air force being able to hop from one stop to another without having to get a permission slip from another nation when we want to fly planes.
Lol chicken shits
Did Obama tell them to stand down.
everyone needs to leave syria alone,stop funding terrorist & bombing the country.
its been a mess