[Indie]

The first blast came when a dhow was sighted near the Khawr al-Amaya oil terminal, the Bahrain-based U.S. 5th Fleet said. When an interception team tried to board, the dhow exploded, flipping the U.S. Navy craft. About 20 minutes later, two more dhows were spotted near the al-Basra oil terminal. They, too, exploded when security teams approached, but there were no casualties among the security teams, the 5th Fleet said. Halawi said the second dhows were trying to pull close to two tankers at the al-Basra terminal, also known as ABOT.

OK We are all friends here, so flame me or correct me if you must. But I maintain my "this has become a PC war" stance. WHY WERE THESE BOATS APPROACHED WHEN THEY FAILED TO STOP!! ESPECIALLY WHEN THE 1ST ONE BLEW UP???!!!!
WHY DID THEY NOT SHOOT THEM OUT OF THE WATER!!!

Whoever the hell is in charge now has the blood of these two sailors on their hands as much as the terrorists. I am getting totally fed up with PC crap!!!!!!!!!

[Indie]

P.S. I am assuming our Navy CO's graduated from the Berkeley "Navy school??" / insult intended.

[WestCoastGal]

You're so right!! I got trounced this morning on another thread for saying the ceasefire in Iraq was wrong blah blah blah. So, I will just stay here on the Matrix, I hate getting yelled at.

I say shoot first and ask questions later!!!!

[nw_arizona_granny]

Indie, on this one I have to agree with you.

What is going on here? Why are we being nice?

Surely, not to please some blasted liberal.

[JustPiper]

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