US National Security Adviser John Bolton announced that Washington was deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force near Iran's borders, warning that it would respond to any attack on US interests. Tehran condemned the move as “an unskilful use of a worn-out event to wage a psychological war” against the country.
Frankfurter Allgemeine's Lorenz Hemicker has expressed doubt as to whether the US will go through with its threats against Iran to deploy “a symbol of American military strength” — the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier, pointing to earlier warnings of the kind. In his article, titled “A 100K-Tonne Bluff?”, the German journalist points out that “these 100,000-tonne and multi-billion-euro floating cities” embody Washington's military strength, going on to say that facing an aircraft carrier and its associated battle group “would be suicide for most forces”.
“Enemy governments, whose shores these ships circle around, could be powerfully impressed and make many political concessions”, he concludes, noting that it seems like US National Security Adviser John Bolton's announcement was made for this purpose.
Bolton described the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and bomber task force heading towards Iran's borders as an “unrelenting force” that would respond to any attack on US interests, also claiming that there are indications that Iranian forces and their allies would attack…
