It’s official: the war drums are thumping louder, and the sails of empire are being unfurled in the Middle East once again. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a move the press calls “rare” but veterans of U.S. adventurism will recognize as business-as-usual, has ordered a second aircraft carrier into the region. The USS Carl Vinson, originally set to head home after Pacific exercises, is now steaming toward the Red Sea—its deployment extended by three months. Meanwhile, the USS Harry S. Truman will remain on station, rather than returning home as planned. The message is unmistakable: escalation. This latest development comes on the heels of fresh U.S. airstrikes in Yemen, targeting the Iran-backed Houthis, who have continued drone and missile attacks…
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