IRGC: USS Gerald Ford’s retreat exposes ‘hollowness’ of American military power
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps says the abrupt withdrawal of the USS Gerald R. Ford from West Asia has laid bare the “hollowness of the arrogant powers’ material strength.”
In a statement released early on Friday, the IRGC emphasized that the abrupt retreat of the American aircraft carrier and its failure to provide military support to “tired and defeated American forces” in the region has proven the “hollowness of the arrogant powers’ material strength.”
The statement highlighted the stark contrast between the vessel’s arrival and its quiet departure.
“The dispatch of this vessel to the region with the uproar and extensive propaganda of American military officials and Western media, and its questionable exit at the peak of the war in the media silence of the arrogant American military officials, cannot hide the desperate and humiliating state of the American and Zionist warmongers,” the IRGC said.
The US military has desperately attempted to frame the retreat as the result of a mere mishap, claiming the multi-billion-dollar ship is limping to Crete for repairs after a “non-combat-related” fire broke out in the ship’s main laundry spaces.
However, the IRGC strongly mocked and cast doubt on this official narrative, pointing out the absurdity of Washington’s excuses.
“What kind of military giant is this that faces a crisis and is forced to leave the battlefield due to a fire occurring in its laundry room?” the statement asked.
US officials claim that the ship remains fully operational despite the fire leaving over 100 beds unusable and requiring more than 200 crew members to be assessed for smoke inhalation.
This adds to a humiliating string of structural failures on the US Navy’s most expensive warship, including widespread reports of clogged toilets and failing plumbing that have plagued the vessel for years and shattered troop morale during its prolonged nine-month deployment.
Yet, the IRGC statement suggests the true reason for the retreat lies in a profound fear of regional resistance.
According to the IRGC, the carrier’s diversion toward an American base and its desperate attempts to avoid navigating the Bab al-Mandab Strait — a passage controlled in effect by Yemen’s resistance forces — has raised a major question for global public opinion.
The statement noted: “Why should a 13-billion-dollar American warship be terrified of a few thousand-dollar speedboats of the Resistance forces?!”
The IRGC said this humiliating retreat is not an isolated incident, pointing out that “such a shaky and unstable situation has exactly been created in recent days for another American vessel, the USS Abraham Lincoln, in the Indian Ocean.”
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has issued a warning that all logistical and service centers supporting the US aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford in the Red Sea are now considered legitimate targets for Iranian armed forces, as the warship takes refuge at Saudi Arabia
“The lying US President, who claims to have destroyed the Navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, why doesn’t he give the order for American warships to move toward the Sea of Oman and the Red Sea?” the statement read.
Giving a stern warning, the IRGC made it clear that Iranian forces remain entirely dominant and vigilant in regional waters.
“The soldiers of Islam, eager to land and deliver a hard slap to the American warship deep in the battlefield, are waiting and completely ready to show their naval surprises up close to the American Marines,” added the IRGC statement.
Iranain armed forces have been pounding the military assessts of the US and Israeli regimes since the invading coalition launched an unprovoked war of aggression against Iran on February 28.
