I personally think this is stupid on two counts...
One, you don’t tell the world what you are doing and where you are going to be stationing a bunch of special operatives.
Two, ALL ships can be sunk.
My fear is that Obama has just informed our enemies where they can launch their missles into. No matter what kind of training or how tough the Navy SEALS are, they aren’t supermen able to survive a massive missle attack.
Respectfully, read the book, “Nightstalkers” (sic) and you’ll find that we’ve done this before against Iran when they tried to mine that area and it was very effective. The author has about a whole chapter on it.
Last time we didn’t even give the SEALs a fancy boat, but a barge welded with freight crates for cover. SEALs are a trip.
This is a message to Iran. They’ll remember last time. It’s not as bad an idea as it seems on the surface.