"USS Abraham Lincoln conducts routine flight operations in the Arabian Sea on January 28.EFE The United States government has deployed a powerful fleet in the Arabian Sea, posing a threat to the Ayatollah regime. The aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and three missile-equipped destroyers are currently sailing in the waters of the Middle East. The deployment includes F-35 fighter jets and a host of specialized aircraft. Also present are the more than 40,000 troops stationed at Washington's military bases in the Persian Gulf."
"Such a show of power, however, cannot be easily improvised, so it is important to remember that, beyond the current occupant of the White House, there is a vast machine where diverse economic, military and bureaucratic interests converge that was already operating before he came to power, and will continue to do so after he loses it. Within this machinery, a complex network of agents studies, recommends, suggests, proposes, or even imposes the guiding principles that shape the policies of this great world power."
The United States has deployed a powerful fleet in the Arabian Sea, including the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, missile-equipped destroyers, F-35s, and specialized aircraft. More than 40,000 U.S. troops remain stationed at military bases in the Persian Gulf. The deployment poses a threat to the Ayatollah regime and draws intense attention to Donald Trump and his bluster. The military presence rests on a longstanding convergence of economic, military, and bureaucratic interests. A complex network of agents studies and shapes policy, and the central problem is that an unpredictable, narcissistic, and capricious individual heads this machinery.
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