US military deployments signal major escalation in Iran war

It is clear US president Trump is preparing to launch ground operations in the Middle East, writes Dorcha Lee

The USS George H W Bush has been deployed from Virginia, USA and is on its way to the Middle East to bolster US operations in Iran. Another aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, is currently in Croatia undergoing repairs.

The news that the USS George H W Bush aircraft strike carrier group is being deployed from Norfolk, Virginia to the Middle East, is a major escalation in the war there.

It is now clear that the US is preparing for a substantial ground invasion of Iran, or its islands, probably by the middle of April.