how did a carrier strike force run out of logistical support in a war zone?
We're being bludgeoned by incompetence.

#170 | Posted by ClownShack

a trillion dollars a year

our sailors run out of food

freaking amazing

You are defending Iran.
#165 | Posted by BillJohnson

You are defending an illegal, immoral, unjust, unjustifiable war of aggression, led by a corrupt incompetent pig

NO ONE is talking about this.

What are the strategic impacts of this defeat?

To be clear it is likely that the US will not be able to use its bases in the Persian Gulf, and certainly not its naval bases in the Persian Gulf for the foreseeable future, possibly not ever again.

Iran controls the Strait, our naval ships would have to pass through that strait to reach bases in Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and the Emirates.

Consider all of the money we invested in those bases. They are lost

The magnitude of this defeat is immense and barely being considered.

Why aren't sailors jumping off the other ships in the task force?
If the US changes its view and recognizes the ICC and its authority, every President since the ICC was created could be charged.
The Iran war is just one among the 20+ years of US Presidents and Congress authorizing acts subject to the ICC.

#144 | Posted by Petrous

I am no expert on current naval deployments, but it seems to me that the frigates and destroyers in the AL carrier group can dash off to remote bases for resupply and R&R while the AL cannot since the carrier's air groups are required for CAP etc. Since the gulf bases are no longer usable (probably never will be) the AC has no where to resupply

"My objections to Iran are my own, and I don't owe you any explanations."

lol

of course

mighty convenient you won't say WHY we should be murdering iranians.

A trillion dollars per year

We can't keep our sailors fed

Now, can you condemn Iran's actions without mentioning Trump, MAGA, my sexuality, or my Navy discharge?
What will be your next deflection?

#123 | Posted by BillJohnson

Can you identify a specific action by Iran against the United States worth condemning?

Note if you have to go back to 1979 you lost

So, how do you think stealing something like that would make the US more secure?

and oh yeah, just yesterday Piggy threated to make the Strait of Hormuz a US territory, you know, another war crime.

Once again

How we got here:

1. Piggy unilaterally pulled out of the JCPOA despite Iran abiding by it
2. Piggy attacked them last summer without warning, declaration or justification-during negotiations.
3. Piggy agreed to a ceasefire with Iran last summer.
4. Piggy attacked Iran AGAIN, during negotiations, without warning, declaration or justification despite Iran abiding by the ceasefire.
5. Piggy launched the current war with a cowardly sneak attack that murdered their leader and infants.
6. Piggy launched this unjust, unjustifiable, illegal, immoral attack because Israel recognized a target of opportunity-the Iranian leader at home during peacetime.
7. Piggy murdered Iran's negotiators and moderates in the Iranian leadership.
8. Piggy bragged about murdering Iran's leadership-despite this being a war crime.
9. Piggy has threatened to murder Iran's negotiators.
10. Piggy signed a MOU to stop the fighting.
11. Piggy immediately breached the MoU.
12. Piggy has attacked unarmed commercial vessels traversing the strait
13. Piggy has regularly threated to end Iranian civilization
14. Piggy flounders between outrageous threats and actions-seizing the Strait and charging a toll, giving Saudi Arabia nuclear technology and immediately TACOing because the corrupt gulf dictators tell him no.

None of the above even touches on the evil acts of our ally Israel

Snoofy,
That still doesn't explain what your "pedo cult" accusation has to do with Iran or getting food to the Lincoln.
Calling me a liar and claiming I'm morally aligned with a pedophile is not an argument. It's a personal attack intended to avoid the subject.
The same challenge goes to you. Say anything...anything at all...condemning Iran's actions, without mentioning Trump, MAGA, or pedophiles.
If you can't, you're proving my point.

#92 | Posted by BillJohnson

Condemn President Piggy for protecting pedophiles.

Iran is being attacked by 2 nuclear powers and somehow is the aggressor

------- idiots

Clown,
And now you're attacking me while still refusing to blame Iran for anything.
Whose side are you on, anyway?
Say one thing condemning Iran for their actions....come on....
Bet you can't do it.
#88 | Posted by BillJohnson

Iran is and has been defending themselves against aggressors

Iran is and has been responding with measured responses-tit for tat

We attacked them without warning murdering children in the dead of night with a cowardly sneak attack?

Please explain the difference between the Empire of Japan attacking Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and the cowardly sneak attack on February 27, 2026 that murdered infants?

Whether that exists or not, what does it have to do with the situation in Iran?
What does it have to do with getting food to the Lincoln?
You're lumping completely unrelated issues together.
If I say Iran is responsible for this situation, does that somehow mean I support pedophilia?
That makes no sense. You're deflecting blame from Iran and defending our enemy.

#87 | Posted by BillJohnson

Bill,

answer this question.

Would the USSAL be suffering this food issue had President Piggy not attacked Iran?

I am sickened and appalled by people who condemn America and our president while praising our enemies and who collect free money from the government.

#70 | Posted by BillJohnson

I am sickened and appalled by you and people like you.

People who excuse the obviously illegal and immoral ongoing war crime against the people of Iran.

oh and talk about free money

How is that trillion dollars a year spent on defense working out?

You're such a ------- idiot

If Iran cares so much, why doesn't it simply allow us to feed our own troops?

#67 | Posted by BillJohnson

You stupid ------- moron.

We can't feed our troops because Piggy started and lost a war against a 3rd rate military

Normally the USSAL would pull into a US base in the region and resupply

We can't do that because the incompetent ----- who lead our country lost the war. they lost these bases.

So, the USSAL can't leave station cause we need the air cover and can't go into base because the bases will be attacked.

And again

WE ATTACKED IRAN

WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION OR LEGALITY

IRAN IS AND HAS BEEN DEFENDING ITSELF

YOU ------- MORON

Truth,
"This, ladies and gentlemen, is the question of a simpleton."
You are correct that the answer to this question is simple.
So why are people acting as though it's some great mystery?
Iran is causing this, not America's leaders.
Yet I keep reading rants from people within our own country who blame everyone but Iran.

#63 | Posted by BillJohnson

I should have known you weren't bright or moral enough to understand.

Let me make this perfectly clear

With facts

WE ATTACKED THEM

WE ATTACKED IRAN

WITHOUT REASON, JUSTIFICATION, LEGALITY OR MORALITY

WE ATTACKED THEM

WE MURDERED THEIR LEADERS AND THEIR CHILDRE

IRAN IS AND HAS BEEN RESPONDING TO OUR AGGRESSION.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF SELF-DEFENSE?

But no surprise the poster with the morals of a gutter rat can't conceive of how we are the bad guys

Reminder we spend a trillion dollars in defense every year. You'd think that would be enough to keep our troops fed

Reminder the Gerald ford was subjected to sabotage (reportedly) due to an overlong deployment

Could the food shortages be because the ship is operating somewhere that makes it too dangerous or difficult to safely resupply?

#42 | POSTED BY BILLJOHNSON

This ladies and gentlemen is the question of a simpleton

Now bill consider why we can't send the ship into one of the many bases we have nearby

I think u can get it just think real hard

So, yeah, we have been spending trillions, more than dozens of other countries spend in toto.

Every single year

And look what it got us

A lost war

And an incentive structure that refuses change and only demands more money

Iran, China, Russia are far better equipped to respond to defense demands.

Because they are not capitalist societies.

As onerous as those regimes are, they are effective in one aspect-having a defense system that can respond, quickly, to changes in military technology.

We have a for profit system that cannot replace critical munitions for years.

Years

Compound that system with the fact that our MIC is in many ways a corporate welfare system and so large that it cannot be changed without decimating areas of our economy.

But don't worry the shareholders of the defense contractors are sitting pretty. they are making a killing.

And trust me that much financial power drives policy, it is not about to let something like war and peace get in the way of their profit motive.

I have been shaking my head over the past couple of months-mind boggled that the US military is completely and utterly incapable of defending itself or projecting power to subdue a 3rd rate enemy

One primary issue is that the defensive systems are not nearly as effective as advertised.

Secondly Iranian munitions and operations are far more effective than was anticipated.

Iran has destroyed multiple American bases in the region. Destroyed.

in fact, the primary reason piggy TACO'ed out during the latest round was the bombing of our base in Jordan. Our defenses were completely overwhelmed.

Iran has been able to target our most critical infrastructure to reduce our defensive abilities-the radar network

Our military has not prepared for this new warfare.

They have watched the Ukrainian war for 4 years, watched it evolve

And done nothing to prepare

So, the MIC is incentivized to more complicated (and thusly more profitable) systems. The production of these complicated systems are limited, severely limited.

The limits come in 2 ways-demand and supply chain. Defense industries are not going to build the systems without contracts guaranteeing profit.

So the defense contractors will only produce and build manufacturing processes to build the contractually limited number of munitions.

then there is the supply line. These high tech systems use rare earth and other limited supply items (like skilled labor).

the result is slow production of the combat systems.

thus when an idiot starts a war we quickly run out of these complex systems.

And there is no way to ramp up production quickly.

Some of these systems take YEARS to produce and China controls the rare earth metals needed to produce them