` ` Deploying a military force is not going to threaten to the United States , '' analyst says . `` What this does is , to people who do n't know anything about sea power , which is a fairly substantial number of people in the developing world , it looks like a major gesture , '' U.S. military analyst Anthony Cordesman told CNN . ` Iran announced last week that it would deploy troops to waters off the United States . The Pentagon sounds unfazed by the announcement .
` ` Deploying a military force is not going to threaten to the United States , '' analyst says . Iran announced last week that it would deploy troops to waters off the United States . The Pentagon sounds unfazed by the announcement .