Where Are America's Carriers?

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln transits the Arabian Sea Dec. 5, 2010, while conducting flight operations. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts to establish conditions for regional stability. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Adam Randolph

'Where are My Carriers?' -- James G. Wiles, American Thinker

It was Bill Clinton who famously said that, when an international crisis breaks in some rough corner of the world, the first thing an American President does is ask where his aircraft carriers are.

Did President Obama do that when things came to a boil in Libya two weeks ago? We don't know. But, if you'd like to play President-for-a-Day, you can see what Barack Obama would have seen in the White House Situation Room -- and also how it probably looks today.

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My Comment: In today's world of shrinking defense budgets we should be grateful that we have at least 11 aircraft carriers.