Agree, but don't think it would take a carrier group to confront Iranian gunboats.  Communist only understand one thing, power.  They are only afraid of one thing, losing power. i would almost like to see PDJT pull the Big Jake on Xi, "And now you understand. Anything goes wrong, anything at all... your fault, my fault, nobody's fault... it won't matter - I'm gonna blow your head off. No matter what else happens, no matter who gets killed I'm gonna blow your head off."