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1 posted on 04/25/2008 8:03:09 AM PDT by jhpigott
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2 posted on 04/25/2008 8:03:52 AM PDT by jhpigott
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Hope the Brits are paying attention!


3 posted on 04/25/2008 8:07:15 AM PDT by Iron head mike (If were a lib I'd shoot myself(so i could cry about gun control!))
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One can only hope it is starting...


4 posted on 04/25/2008 8:07:50 AM PDT by RaceBannon (Innocent until proven guilty; The Pendleton 8: We are not going down without a fight)
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I wonder if the Persian Gulf could use more artificial reefs.


5 posted on 04/25/2008 8:09:10 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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When dealing with Iran, warning shots should breach the bridge.


6 posted on 04/25/2008 8:10:40 AM PDT by wastedyears (The US Military is what goes Bump in the night.)
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It’s clear that Tehran has greenlighted this sort of cat and mouse game.

However, eventually the cat will catch the mouse and beat the ever loving crud out of it.


8 posted on 04/25/2008 8:13:06 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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Warning shots?....sink the turds!


10 posted on 04/25/2008 8:17:55 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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First time, nothing happened. Second time, warning flares were fired. Third time’s the charm...


23 posted on 04/25/2008 9:07:00 AM PDT by G8 Diplomat
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Let's say the Iranians ignored the warning shots... at what point would our forces fire on the ship? When they get within a certain distance? When they (the Iranians) fire upon the ship? Does our forces have the green light to initiate fire or do they have to get affirmative from the headquarters?

Because I'm sure this is exactly the quandry those British forces faced when they got kidnapped by the Iranians a year or two ago...

It sounds like the Iranians are looking for any excuse to create another front for our forces. And we are already tapped out in the WOT. Imagine how bad the looney left is now... wait until we start bombing Iran...

25 posted on 04/25/2008 9:10:43 AM PDT by John123 (Fluoride is NOT a neuro-toxin. It is a cavity fighter in spite of NO PEER Reviewed PROOF!)
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Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Tehran.

The classic American Trifecta.

63 years late is still ok, better late than never.

Nuke the terrorist savages.


39 posted on 04/25/2008 10:33:30 AM PDT by mkjessup (Jimmy Carter is the skidmark in the panties of American history.)
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bump for later reading


44 posted on 04/25/2008 11:07:33 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (It's not conservative to accept an inept Commander-in-Chief in a time of war. Back Mac.)
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A Navy security team of 12, armed with M-16 rifles and .50-caliber machine guns, was onboard the Westward Venture at the time the warning shots were fired.

Surprise !!!

59 posted on 04/25/2008 1:08:01 PM PDT by beebuster2000
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They should have sunk the boats as a warning to anyone else stupid enough to mess with us.

(I know...wishful thinking.)


60 posted on 04/25/2008 2:05:28 PM PDT by Deo volente
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I’m glad they didn’t sit on their hands this time!


66 posted on 04/25/2008 3:02:48 PM PDT by Daryl L.Hunter (Pacifists are the unwitting ally of the enemy!)
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I HOPE these guys did not have their OWN machine guns...unlike the hapless Anerican citizens here. (Unless they were pre-86, of course.) There WERE some Army or Navy people on that ship, to have custody of those guns, RIGHT? Right????


91 posted on 04/25/2008 7:03:15 PM PDT by 2harddrive (...House a TOTAL Loss.....)
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a ship contracted by the Navy to carry military cargo to Kuwait, fired upon the boats Thursday after attempts to get Iranian boats' attention failed
If you can't get their attention, make sure the next trip you carry some kind of recoilless s-to-s missile system. ;') I really mean it this time, g'night all.
96 posted on 04/25/2008 10:42:12 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_____________________Profile updated Saturday, March 29, 2008)
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I understand that size gun can take out tanks.


99 posted on 04/25/2008 11:39:58 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
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The Iranian should tow a whale behind them. The contractors would be forbidden to fire upon them.


118 posted on 04/26/2008 3:06:41 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (It takes a father to raise a child.)
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If they're pirates, sink 'em all....If they're IRG boats, let the Mulahs defend "their illegal actions"...let them pull the trigger of war
121 posted on 04/26/2008 5:06:45 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (just b/c you're paranoid,doesn't mean "they" aren't out to get you..our hopes were dashed by CINOs :)
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an M16 is not ideal for shooting at boats. I’d want an M14 if the .50 was already taken.


122 posted on 04/26/2008 5:08:38 PM PDT by omega4179 (Katrina-fatigued)
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