Uneasy quiet in Mideast, month after Iran strike against US
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Truman, the top U.S. commander for the region believes he is surrounded by one of the reasons that Iran has dialed back its combat stance, at least for now.“You’re here because we don’t want a war with Iran and nothing makes a potential adversary think twice about war than the presence of an aircraft carrier and the strike group that comes with it,” Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie told the nearly 5,000 service members on board the 100,000-ton ship. Also, the level of harassment and other activity by Iran’s naval forces around the congested Strait of Hormuz has been scaled back.The drone strike that killed Qassem Soleimani, the top Quds Force general, showed that the U.S. is willing to take action, and the arrival of the Truman and the other warships had underscored that, he said.“When an aircraft carrier is in your neighborhood you know it,” said Navy Capt.
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