carrier george h.w. bush is in the arabian sea but is told to move toward southern iraq. how long will it take before that aircraft carrier will be in place presumably to launch air strikes if the president gives that order? as you can imagine, wolf, with sort of security tensions so high about all of this and the administration not talking publicly yet about any specific options, we re not being told exactly where the bush has been in the north arabian sea. depending on where it is and where it will go in the gulf to position itself if, again, strikes were ordered, certainly perhaps more than a day, perhaps two days. but they may not have much better option if they want to go with a military option. there are also navy ships in the mediterranean with tomahawk