Armada build up in Middle East

Something you haven't heard much about in the MSM is the fact that the United States, along with Britain, France and other supportive countries are quietly assembling the largest armada of ships in the Middle East since the start of the Gulf War.

Already in the Gulf region from the US are the nuclear supercarriers USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Harry Truman, and the expeditionary carrier USS Peleliu.

You know what a supercarrier with it's squadrons of strike jets are for. What you may not know is the expeditionary carriers have USMC Harrier jump jets and an assortment of assault and attack helicopters. The Expeditionary Strike Groups have powerful USMC Expeditionary Units with amphibious armor and ground forces trained for operating in shallow waters and in seizures of land assets, such as Qeshm Island (a 50 mile long island off of Bandar Abbas in the Strait of Hormuz and headquarters off the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps)."

Joining them will be the supercarriers USS Ronald Reagan and USS Theodore Roosevelt and the expeditionary carrier USS Iwo Jima along with the British Royal Navy carrier HMS Ark Royal. The Roosevelt, Iwo Jima and Ark Royal are fresh from the recent Joint Task Force Exercise, Operation Brimstone, a war games exercise in the north Atlantic which was specifically designed to practice a naval blockade against Iran.

So when all is said and done, we'll have 4 supercarrier strike groups, 2 expeditionary carrier strike groups, a British carrier group and an assortment of multinational warships from France, Australia, Pakistan, Britain and others setting up in the Middle East waters, basically surrounding Iran.

This is a major buildup that combined with the activity between Russian and Georgia, is beginning to look ominous.