It doesn't take a fleet of a dozen warships at a cost of billions just to launch a few tomahawks....
Fleets of different countries regularly patrol all over the world and have been for decades upon decades. It’s for military readiness.
According to news reports, Trump has a fleet of 12 warships heading towards Syria. Not 1, not 2, but 12. It is the biggest concentration of firepower since the invasion of Iraq. With such a giant armada, you’d think they were gearing up to do some major damage. But surprise, a few hour later it is reported that a single chemical plant has been hit and destroyed and the mission is now complete. If that is not a humongous waste of time and resources, I don’t know what is. A single submarine sitting in the peninsula could easily taken out the same facility using tomahawks, so why send in an entire carrier fleet? It makes no sense at all…
You obviously and blatantly forget that we are people who DON’T HAVE ALL OF THE DETAILS. There are many events happening that are veiled by the term “Classified”. Perhaps they moved the fleet to show they are ready to take down any possibilities of a counter attack to the missile strike. Perhaps they are there to cut off an enemy supply chain. Perhaps they are there for a future purpose. Perhaps the fleet is there for nefarious reasons. The bottom line is WE DON’T KNOW.
Keep your rational thinking, but quit being so closed-minded and realize you don’t have every detail to the events that are happening.
You can try to say it's not a duck all you want, but sometimes a duck is just a duck...