>>508200797
They're waiting for a U.S. Servicemember to get wounded/killed to justify an overwhelming response. They know about 90% of Americans (on both sides of the political aisle) won't be cool with the bombings otherwise.
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/19/israel-iran-war-americans-poll

>>508193910
They're still gonna sink it. There's no way they sent a 50 year old warship designated to be decommissioned next year anyway to the warzone if they weren't hoping it'd be sunk.
https://news.usni.org/2025/03/04/uss-nimitz-more-than-3000-sailors-will-move-to-norfolk-in-2026

>>508101550
It's more likely they're buying time in hopes pic related gets attacked so they can justify overwhelming force in a response.
https://news.usni.org/2025/03/04/uss-nimitz-more-than-3000-sailors-will-move-to-norfolk-in-2026

>>508000620
They're banking on pic related being attacked between now and then. Trump knows unless U.S. military personnel are wounded/killed, he'll receive massive condemnation from both sides of the political aisle for escalating the conflict. Once a servicemember dies, he can hand-wave away any criticism as anti-American.

>>507891221
He's waiting for Iran to sink the U.S.S. Nimitz to justify an "overwhelming response." There's a reason they chose to send a ship that's scheduled to be retired next year after 50 years of service to this warzone.
https://news.usni.org/2025/03/04/uss-nimitz-more-than-3000-sailors-will-move-to-norfolk-in-2026

>>507864156
>What are they waiting for?
Probably for Iran to blow up USS Nimitz and justify an "overwhelming response" thereby.