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US, Iranian ships involved in incidents in Strait of Hormuz
FoxNews.com ^
| January 13, 2012
| Jennifer Griffin and Justin Fishel and the Associated Press
Posted on 01/13/2012 6:51:45 PM PST by Hunton Peck
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To: M Kehoe
US navy already got close enough to rescue Iranian "fishermen" twice this last week.......
Seems to me this is what's going down.....
"Call to rescue another lot of Iranian "fisherman" followed by a big bang......fishing boat, Iranian suiciders and some USA Navy all blown to smithereens.
Lets hope I'm wrong on this
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posted on
01/13/2012 7:29:15 PM PST
by
spokeshave
(Ron Paul finally lit a match after dousing himself with gasoline)
To: goat granny
He wants to kill over 80K military jobs ... he has already lost the military vote.
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posted on
01/13/2012 7:31:37 PM PST
by
doc1019
(Romney will never get my vote!)
To: sinanju
The red metal-flake 20 foot bass boat with the Magic Carpet upholstry and 2 Chinese outboards.
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posted on
01/13/2012 7:32:10 PM PST
by
X-spurt
To: tractorman
I am guessing that the military response is heavily restrained by control freak liberal approvals. I would not want my life to be there, on the line, and waiting for approval to shoot back at the iranian nut jobs shooting at me.
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posted on
01/13/2012 7:33:09 PM PST
by
MtnClimber
(Tim Tebow will never be successful in the NFL - Leftist journalists who have sold their souls)
To: sinanju
If those are ships I would hate to see their small attack craft. They must be at least 6 or 7 inches long.
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posted on
01/13/2012 7:34:33 PM PST
by
Breto
(The republican establishment are morons)
To: samadams2000
I guess we allow provocative runs on our ships until 400 yards out?
Depends on the situation. I'm pretty sure that if those on board the US ships felt threatened, that the Iranians would have been greeting allah in short order.
It all depends on the rules of engagement though.
Hell,
we've had Soviet ships ram US Navy ships during the Cold War.
But I doubt that the Iranians would be allowed to get too close. Obama may want to play election year politics and have loose rules of engagement.
To: goat granny
You still assume that he is on our side?
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posted on
01/13/2012 7:45:45 PM PST
by
353FMG
To: Hunton Peck
Iranian ships recently taunted two U.S. Navy vessels as part of escalating tensions in and around the Persian Gulf’s Strait of Hormuz.
And as they quickly sped away they could be heard to say, “Now go away... or we shall return to taunt you a second time”.
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posted on
01/13/2012 7:49:15 PM PST
by
Common Sense 101
(Hey libs... If your theories fly in the face of reality, it's not reality that's wrong.)
To: Hunton Peck
The best defense is an offense that wipes the stupid bastar!s out before they do something stupid that puts you on defense.
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posted on
01/13/2012 7:52:20 PM PST
by
RetiredTexasVet
(There's a pill for just about everything ... except stupid!)
To: doc1019
Hi doc, if you have been around as long as I have, democrats alway decimate the military and the republicans have to rebuild it...I had 2 son’s in the military during the last 1/2 of Carter and the first 1/2 of Reagan...My son in the air force said that any time they couldn’t get 1/2 of our planes in the air...the other 1/2 were used for parts...Reagan built it, Clinton did all his cutting in the military budget, Bush had to build it up again....democrats always do it. I am never surprised when they do it...
To: Common Sense 101
It would be just like the French to offer tactical taunting training to the Iranian navy...
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posted on
01/13/2012 8:02:54 PM PST
by
Hunton Peck
(See my FR homepage for a list of businesses that support WI Gov. Scott Walker)
To: Hunton Peck
My old ship knew how to handle this situation!
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posted on
01/13/2012 8:04:22 PM PST
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
To: Hunton Peck
HOZE-EM!!!
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posted on
01/13/2012 8:10:06 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: All
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posted on
01/13/2012 8:16:42 PM PST
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: sinanju
They’d have to board the ships, and you don’t want to do that to Coast Guardsman who are all skilled in small arms and carry handcuffs.
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posted on
01/13/2012 8:18:10 PM PST
by
GAB-1955
(I write books, serve my country, love my wife and daughter, and believe in the Resurrection.)
To: Common Sense 101
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posted on
01/13/2012 8:20:23 PM PST
by
rlmorel
("A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." Winston Churchill)
To: goat granny
"I just hope the jerk in the white house has some balls when it comes to our military...."
To: Chode
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posted on
01/13/2012 8:45:28 PM PST
by
az_gila
To: Tucker39
They are not rags, they are sheets.
To: az_gila
Nah, one DDG with a SPY-1D radar. Jack it up to max power, sweep the beam across the speedboats...end of problem. At that range, ain’t none of them going home.
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posted on
01/13/2012 8:59:59 PM PST
by
ThunderSleeps
(Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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