34 US warships to guard Obama in India

[Abu Zolfiqar]

stumbled upon a funny yet true picture

 

[Peshwa]

stumbled upon a funny yet true picture

Ahmad Quraishi must have peanuts for brains....LOL

In trying to take a jab at India, he ends up proving his stupidity yet again....

Carefully look at the pic and notice the Muslims praying at the Taj....LOL!
Taj is a Mosoleum...NOT a mosque...

 

[kashith]

stumbled upon a funny yet true picture

hmm, some one is burning, the reaction is very similiar to what an ex girl friend expresses when she sees her super stud boy friend getting friendly with a hotter female

 

[syntax_error]

its gonna be a weapons exhibition .....lol
u know we have these u want some ....
f18 in sure will be sumwhere
are they tryin to sell us a AC...
iicr there where tlks of sale of kitty hawk ....

also simply might be a show to woo India to join the american camp....show this is what we can send .... to protect u ...(from u know whom they will be telling bout) ...if u are alligned with us ...send troops in afganistann etc ....

 

[H2O3C4Nitrogen]

what else beauitiful way could be to bring the indian mass to a deception Point .. ofcourse its directed to send a strong signal to the PRC ...MRCA contract will probably be signed in favour of US arms manufacturers.. The Russians will be keenly watching all this ... !!!

 

[StingRoy]

Muslim India
British India
American India
then...
Hum Sab Ka India

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

kinda messed up the spelling of ''Christianity'' over there, but i'll give them a B for effort


as for MRCA, i wonder when some official statements will come out; i've been hearing about this proposed tender for almost 3 years now; what's the delay?

 

[Surrender2me]

Thread Absolutely waste


Pentagon Dismisses Reports of 34 Warships for Obama Trip Security
The Pentagon did not mince words in dismissing as “absolutely absurd” and “comical” media reports from Indian news outlets that the US Navy was sending 34 warships off the coast of Mumbai as part of the security preparations for President Obama’s upcoming trip to India.

Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell did not shy away from dismissing reports that appeared in Indian media outlets, such as the Press Trust of India and the television network NDTV. The Press Trust of India is that country’s largest news agency.

Morrell told reporters he was making an exception to the practice of not discussing Presidential security details to shoot down the reports.

“I will take the liberty this time of dismissing as absolutely absurd this notion that somehow we were deploying 10 percent of the Navy -- some 34 ships and an aircraft carrier -- in support of the president's trip to Asia,” said Morrell at today’s Pentagon briefing. “That's just comical. Nothing close to that is being done."

He acknowledged that a Presidential trip requiring security needs “should not come as a surprise to anyone” and that the Defense Department “does play a role in support of Presidential missions.” He said it was customary to not discuss such security requests, but “I made an exception in batting down this absurd notion of there being 34 ships, or more than 10 percent of the Navy, deployed in support of this trip. That is most certainly not the case.”

The Indian media reports also say security for the Presidential trip will cost $200 million a day. Morrell “there's been a lot of creative writing that's been done on this trip over the last few days. I've seen other reports with some astronomical figures in terms of what it costs to take these trips. I don't know the cost. We don't speak to the cost.” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs was blunt in his characterization of the cost reports, “this trip doesn't cost $200 million a day.”

Referring to the reports about the 34 warships GIbbs said, “The Department of Defense has said, as we have, that that's simply not true.” Gibbs would only say the costs were comparable to the costs incurred by Presidents George W. Bush and Clinton to the region.

A Navy spokesman said “we do not comment on Presidential security,” but provided some statistics about the Navy’s deployment schedule that help put the Indian media reports into some context.

There are 288 ships in the Navy’s fleet, currently 147 of them are away from their home port and at sea. 110 of the 147 are deployed on missions, the other 37 are involved in training. Those numbers translate to 51 percent of the total fleet being at sea right now and 38 percent of the fleet being deployed.

Using the number of 34 warships being reported by Indian media outlets, 34 ships out of 288 would mean 11.8 percent of the fleet would supposedly be working Obama security.

Pentagon Dismisses Reports of 34 Warships for Obama Trip Security - Political Punch

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

“absolutely absurd”

“comical”

''simply not true”

a mirror of my sentiments every time i click on news link such as those from TOI-let

 

[ajtr]

stumbled upon a funny yet true picture

جی نہیں جناب اسے کہتے ہیں سمے کے ساتھ چلنا.سمے کے ساتھ چلے ورنہ نیستنابود ہو جاینگے .

 

[ajtr]

American and french warships are there in the region for long due to war in afghan and tensions with iran and for anti-piracy roles.

 

[Jigs]

They are taking caution to make sure something like 26/11 doesn't take place.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

WHY!? will he be swimming near the coast India?

I don't think it's a security reason, more display of power.

Obama and like 200 of the top CEOs of USA are visiting India. So its a big deal.

USA doesn't need to display power. Every nation already knows who has the biggest stick.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

stumbled upon a funny yet true picture

You have to be kidding me right? India isnt the one fighting a war for USA right know boss or the once getting aid so the nation doesn't collapse. So please, save it..

Muslim India for 10 centuries? Son, most of the time it was parts of India. Mughal ruled almost all of India for a small period of time, then collapsed. And I wonder how your ancestors became Muslim, peacefully or by the invaders that came through the area of ...

 

[razgriz19]

well if its only 200million dollar per day then its no big deal......
canada spent more than a billion on the G-20 summit security
India has a very different story than Canada.....
but true all they're doing is showing off!
whats the point of bring 34 warships?