[pabianice]

Just last week, Gen. Joseph Votel, head of U.S. Central Command, called out the recent actions by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, and warned that continued provocations could cause “an international incident.”

“If they continue to test us, we are going to respond, and we are going to protect ourselves and our partners,” Votel said during a visit to the Pentagon. “Ultimately, we will prevail here. I’m very, very confident of that, and we certainly don’t want that to come to pass, and that’s why I call on them to act in the professional manner that they espouse to act, particularly in international waters.”

Yes, a harsh memo no doubt. -- ED.

[puppypusher]

This will stop as soon as we sink a few of their fast attack boats.Bullies just need a punch to send them in the right direction.

[factoryrat]

Another reason to not mothball or scrap battleships.

The “sphere of destruction” that a US battleship projects is truly awesome.

[ataDude]

Just run over them. Pretty simple, huh?

[Pollster1]

Closing on a warship could be taken as hostile - see the USS Cole attack. I will be thrilled when we have a real American as Commander-in-Chief and our forces are allowed to protect themselves. The USS Firebolt is only 330 tons, but she has chain guns, grenade launchers, and 12.7 mm machine guns. That should get the job done if the Captain and Crew are permitted to act like Americans instead of continuing to apologize that responsible people succeed while lazy slugs (Obama's natural constituency) always fail.

[luvbach1]

Playing Chicken and following the lead of the head chicken.