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Old 04-04-07, 02:59 PM   #22
Enigma
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Does anyone think the deployment of USS Nimitz to the Gulf could have made the difference; three carriers and their respective cruisers, destroyers, and submarines in the region?
Hard to tell. Sometimes these guys strike me as being foolish enough to not fear such things.

Of course, when you have enough firepower to make Iran into a parking lot in under 12 hours sitting off your coast, im sure it doesn't hurt in those diplomatic negotiations....
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