A Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday that the exercises are aimed at reassuring friends and allies, not at raising tensions with Iran. “We are not interested in confrontation in the Gulf,” said Bryan Whitman, a Pentagon spokesman.
Liar Liar pants on fire……

Iran is showing off in the Gulf, also. Any bets on how long until we are at war??????

From the Daily Star

The US Navy on Tuesday began its largest demonstration of force in the Gulf since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, deploying two aircraft carriers and conducting simulated aerial attacks.

Russia and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday urged Iran to comply with UN demands, with Moscow going on to warn Washington against military action and the Gulf emirate saying it will not be involved in a war on Tehran.

The maneuvers, involving the USS John C. Stennis, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and their battle groups, were certain to increase tension with Iran.

A Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday that the exercises are aimed at reassuring friends and allies, not at raising tensions with Iran. “We are not interested in confrontation in the Gulf,” said Bryan Whitman, a Pentagon spokesman.

“The fact of the matter is - and the secretary has talked about this repeatedly - we have interest in the stability and security in the Gulf and the United States continues to reassure our allies in the region that we are good partners,” he said.

The UN Security Council tightened sanctions on Iran on Saturday over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment. The standoff between the Islamic Republic and the international community has raised fears among many Gulf Arabs of a military escalation in region.

“The UAE is an independent and sovereign state that rejects the use of its territories, air or regional waters to attack any country, especially if it is a neighbor and Muslim,” UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan told Arab newspaper Al-Hayat.