IRGC: US Aircraft Carrier's Retreat Shows Hollowness of American Military Might
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps announced that the withdrawal of the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier from West Asia has exposed the hollowness of the US military power.
American officials claimed on Tuesday the US aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, deployed in operations against Iran, is expected to temporarily pull into port after a fire on board. The carrier, America's newest and the world's largest, is currently located in the Red Sea. It is expected to temporarily go to Souda Bay on the Greek island of Crete, the two officials said.The warship has been deployed for nine months. The length of the deployment has raised questions about morale of the sailors on board and the readiness of the warship.The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, did not say how long the Ford was expected to remain in Crete.One of the officials stated that nearly 200 sailors were treated for smoke-related injuries when the fire broke out in the ship's main laundry area. The fire took hours to bring under control and had an impact on roughly 100 sleeping berths.One service member was flown off the ship for injuries, the official added.The IRGC issued a statement on Friday, emphasizing that the abrupt retreat of the American aircraft carrier and its failure to provide military support to "tired and defeated American troops" in the region has proven the "hollowness of the arrogant powers' material strength".The statement highlighted the stark contrast between the vessel's arrival and its quiet departure.
"The dispatch of this vessel to the region with the uproar and extensive propaganda of American military officials and Western media, and its questionable exit at the peak of the war in the media silence of the arrogant American military officials, cannot hide the desperate and humiliating state of the American and Zionist warmongers," the IRGC added.The IRGC strongly mocked and cast doubt on the US official narrative, pointing out the absurdity of Washington's excuses. "What kind of military giant is this that faces a crisis and is forced to leave the battlefield due to a fire occurring in its laundry room?" the statement asked.The IRGC statement suggests the true reason for the retreat lies in a profound fear of regional resistance. According to the IRGC, the carrier's diversion toward an American base and its desperate attempts to avoid navigating the Bab Al-Mandab Strait — a passage controlled in effect by Yemen's resistance forces — has raised a major question for global public opinion.The statement noted, "Why should a 13-billion-dollar American warship be terrified of a few thousand-dollar speedboats of the Resistance forces?!"
The IRGC stated that this humiliating retreat is not an isolated incident, pointing out that "such a shaky and unstable situation has exactly been created in recent days for another American vessel, the USS Abraham Lincoln, in the Indian Ocean"."The lying US President, who claims to have destroyed the Navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, why doesn't he give the order for American warships to move toward the Sea of Oman and the Red Sea?" the statement read. Giving a stern warning, the IRGC made it clear that Iranian forces remain entirely dominant and vigilant in regional waters. "The soldiers of Islam, eager to land and deliver a hard slap to the American warship deep in the battlefield, are waiting and completely ready to show their naval surprises up close to the American Marines," read the IRGC statement.
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