Posted on 08/24/2016 1:53:50 PM PDT by Nachum
US defense officials confirmed Wednesday the Iranian regime attempted to intercept a US Destroyer in the Strait of Hormuz.
Four Iranian ships harassed and carried out a high speed intercept in the strait of Hormuz.
Four Iran Ships "Harassed" US Destroyer, Carried Out "High Speed Intercept" In Strait Of Hormuz https://t.co/V6oXq33T1a
THE SPARK of LIBERTY (@United_Ignited) August 24, 2016
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
>If they did that, why didnt our destroyer blow them out of the freakin water? Have our navy guys lost their will to fight? Or have they had their collective hands tied behind their backs?
Probably the first order Trump will give the Military is shoot to kill if threatened in international waters. Reagan gave that order and send a lot of Iranian jackasses to their deaths.
Iran is now asking for something approaching that level of severity.
“....and a veteran Marine Division that stopped them.”
It was the 5th Marine regiment led by Col. Raymond Murray sent to re-enforce the battered 8th US Army at Pusan. The rest of the 1st Marine Division (1st, 7th, and 11th Marines) was being assembled on the West Coast using all available Marines (they even reassigned Embassy guards to the 1st.) and a call up of the Marine Reserves, which luckily had a high percentage of Pacific War Marine veterans....
The hastily reconstituted 1st MarDiv entered the war directly from the states to the shores at Inchon. Murray’s 5th Marines were pulled out of the lines at Pusan, resupplied, and rushed northward to join it’s sister regiments just before D-Day.
Post WW II, Truman’s Administration, led by Sec of War Johnson, had reduced the military to a weak shadow of itself. What military we did have was poorly trained and equipped. The very image of unpreparedness.
Obama is following this same sort of unilateral disarmament. Unadulterated foolishness. Dangerous to the US and the world, but perfect for tin pot dictators.....
“Why is the concept of having overwhelming force to deter your enemies so not understood by so many in this nation?”
Because the Liberals/socialists see the military as an affront to their desire for government social spending.
Ah yes - Gulf of Tonkin, USS Maddox, USS Turner Joy. Let's be careful what we wish for.
Well yeah he is. For that you can thank the traitors that put him, via their votes , in the White House.
If Reagan was still prez... he would have warned Iran once... and then there would be NO MORE Iranian navy.
Then again, if Reagan was still prez... there would be NO ISSUES with Iran.
Except this one really happened.
"Ceterum censeo Hillary esse delendam."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
We all got a good look at the modern day ‘ pointy end of the spear ‘ not too long ago courtesy of Iran.
If you are not familiar with the video and accounts of what happened when they took ten of our sailors captive you should do so.
Behavior so shameful, embarrassing and devoid of any testicular fortitude what so ever.
Please, not Lord Nelson. Anybody but him!
If you wish to find fault, look to the politicians that set those Rules of Engagement. If you have any direct evidence that our sailors acted other than professionally I would be interested to see it. Otherwise, I think you should give them the benefit of the doubt.
"Ceterum censeo Hillary esse delendam."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Do the rules of engagement include crying like a child on Iranian television?
Do they include forcing female sailors to wear that humiliating head scarf? What about blathering to their captors, TV reporters and apologizing?
In fact, the officer in charge did not adhere to the Rules of Engagement as the man’s career recently came to an end.
Here’s a link, story and video of the apologizing sailor trying to appeal his punishment.
Here’s a link to the NY Daily News with a video of one of the sailors crying like a bitch.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/captured-american-sailor-crying-video-article-1.2527577
Rules of engagement? Please - the behavior of these ‘ pointy parts of the spear ‘ is disgusting - and you full well know that.
Thanks...
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