© Reuters / U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joseph MillerThe U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis transits the Strait of Hormuz on January 20, 2019.
"Each of the carriers operating in the Mediterranean at this time represent 100,000 tons of international diplomacy," Huntsman said in a statement to the US Navy's 6th Fleet.
Huntsman was speaking aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, part of the dual carrier strike group that also consists of the USS John C. Stennis, the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier. The warships kicked off their joint training operations on Wednesday. It is the first time since summer 2016 that two carrier strike groups have operated in the Mediterranean at the same time.
Speaking to CNN, Huntsman sang the praises of the US' maritime muscle, calling US saber-rattling virtually at Russia's doorstep "forward operating diplomacy."
While Moscow has long criticized the US military build-up near its borders as a hostile move further straining the rocky relationship between the two countries, Huntsman argued that such military maneuvers are somehow a necessary prerequisite for easing tensions with Moscow."When you have 200,000 tons of diplomacy that is cruising in the Mediterranean - this is what I call diplomacy, this is forward operating diplomacy - nothing else needs to be said."
"You have all the confidence you need to sit down and try to find solutions to the problems that have divided us now for many, many years," he said.
Each US carrier strike group comprises several vessels led by the carriers and dozens of aircraft. A total of 10 ships, 130 aircraft, and 9,000 sailors and marines are taking part in the drills.
Speaking to CNN, Huntsman sang the praises of the US' maritime muscle, calling US saber-rattling virtually at Russia's doorstep "forward operating diplomacy." "When you have 200,000 tons of diplomacy that is cruising in the Mediterranean - this is what I call diplomacy, this is forward operating diplomacy - nothing else needs to be said."
And the US, muscle is founded on the ideology of the USA, and as the one time director of the CIA, Mike Pompeo has openly admitted,
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We lied, we stole, we cheated. As the saying goes, a leopard does not change it's spots. And now this self admitted criminal is one of the leaders ruling domestic and foreign policy in the US
The Brits are nothing more than a vassal state, with an ineffectual leader, that should never entered into politics, because she is the lackey of those around her, and the saddest thing of all, she does not have the intellectual capacity to put up a good argument, all she is is the lackeys messenger and that is why the UK has lost it's sovereignty, if it ever had any since WW1 and WW2.
And that is why Brexit will never be resolved, she is the perfect go between, delivering the message of insanity doing the same thing over and over again.
Just my thought.