what message is that sending to north korea, and is it sending a message to china, as well? the carl vinson strike group was supposed to do to australia. instead it went to the korean peninsula, on the sea of japan. china will take some confident from that. this is a warning to north korea. but in 2010, the u.s. was going to send the george washington, another nimitz class carrier sbosh into the yellow sea. china was opposed and we didn t do it. this is going to be an issue going forward. the carl vinson could easily go to the yellow sea if the trump administration wants. they said they ll act alone if the chinese don t help them. was this unilateral missile strike in syria a message that we will say it and follow up with actions?