That little lemur should be careful of what he wishes for..
It’s a difficult situation for us. Plenty of Bush-haters will look for any excuse to blame us instead of Iran for any incident that develops. It makes sense that Iran would start with “innocent,” tiny speedboats.
well it kind of make sense loose couple of boats and keep oil prices way high
beats working for a living
Newsmax has high ranking sources within the Iranian military? And because the US did not “fire back” the US “failed” the test? The confrontation ended without exchange of fire and the Iranian boats speeding off. I am not ready to accept the conclusions of supposed Iranian military “experts” — Iran’s day may be coming, but Ahmenijad’s apparent loss of support from Khameini (ultimate mullah) has more relevance here than some boats and bragging.
We did the right thing in not responding.
If we had opened up on those boats, Iran would have been justified (at least to many in the rest of the world) in firing shore based surface to surface missiles at our ships that would then have little reaction time and small maneuvering room in the Straits of Hormuz.
What we are going to have now, and for a good portion of time in the future is heavier air cover, surveillance and readiness.
I would like to see a good kicking of the Revolutionary Guard ass as much as anyone, but people are mistaken if they interpret the professionalism and discipline of our forces as a sign of weakness. If Iran does, that is their problem, not ours, and the toll will be heavier on them in the end.
As I said on another thread, "It's time to let those muzzie sailors "dance with Phalanx"...
They tested those ships and their crews...but they tested their DISCIPLINE rather than their will to fight.
Every one of those ship has a fixed perimeter that if crossed will result in aggressive fire...first time, every time. No matter what. It's as certain as the sun rising in the morning.
Fortunately for the silly Iranian crews they didn't cross that line.
Based on recent announcements I suspect that perimeter just got a little wider.
Why? And for how long are we going to take crap from iran?