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BREAKING: 12+ Iranian Gunboats Swarm 6 U.S. Warships, Dozens Of Warning Shots Fired
dailywire.com ^ | May 10, 2021 | Ryan Saavedra

Posted on 05/10/2021 12:42:22 PM PDT by lowbridge

Iranian military gunboats with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, a designated terrorist organization, swarmed several U.S. warships on Monday that were escorting a U.S. submarine.

“Over a dozen Iranian gunboats harass formation of six U.S. warships including guided-missile submarine Georgia,” Fox News Pentagon correspondent Lucas Tomlinson said. “U.S. Coast Guard cutter fired warning shots in response in Strait of Hormuz.”

The 13 Iranian military vessels reportedly came within 150 yards of U.S. Forces, which fired 30 warning shots at the Iranian vessels. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby called the incident “significant” since previous incidents had involved fewer vessels.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; irgc; navy; speedboats; straitofhormuz; terror; warningshots
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To: CodeToad
"When you get to 30, those should not longer have been warning shots."

Exactly. That's not how a warning shot works. This was a warning shot and 29 misses.

101 posted on 05/10/2021 1:59:13 PM PDT by NaturalScience
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To: lowbridge
A display of cowardice and imbecility supreme for all the world to see. The sea should have run RED with the blood of every crew member of the Iranian ships. You don't fire on U.S. ships with impunity.

But under the current clown show, we have a drooling demented fool at the helm, ably assisted in stupidity by a cast of far left lunatics who wouldn't know a ship from a Schiff. The decks of our ships are soiled by trannies looking for their next hormone shot, effeminate gays, lesbians who shoot each other instead of the enemy, and general-purpose doofuses. This incident is disgusting and I fear the next one (oh, there WILL be a next one, and soon) will result in the loss of American lives.

102 posted on 05/10/2021 2:00:08 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: a fool in paradise

They might just. Jimmy Carter put them in power and they screwed him by taking hostages.


103 posted on 05/10/2021 2:00:39 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: lowbridge

The Goalkeeper is a hell of a machine.


104 posted on 05/10/2021 2:03:30 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: lowbridge

Several U.S. warships that were escorting a U.S. submarine? I would think it would be the other way around.


105 posted on 05/10/2021 2:07:21 PM PDT by Ben Dover
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To: gunsequalfreedom

*** Biden wants a war ***

I think Israel wants us to have a war.


106 posted on 05/10/2021 2:16:28 PM PDT by sockmonkey (Conservative. Not a Neocon.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

150 yds is nothing for a sniper.


107 posted on 05/10/2021 2:20:16 PM PDT by meatloaf
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To: CodeToad

When you get to 30, those should not longer have been warning shots.
= = =

The ‘warning shot magazine’ probably has only 30.

The ‘real shot magazine’ is probably empty, repurposed for diversity events.


108 posted on 05/10/2021 2:22:38 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob
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To: lowbridge

Biden wishes to surrender to the Mullahs via treaty, or executive action, and not militarily. That would be embarrassing, even to a man with no self awareness or shame, like him.

Events may supersede his desires, as the Iranians seem to be on hair trigger, and if they themselves initiate a naval battle, they would normally have numerous new martyrs to celebrate during their domestic staged pro government demonstrations. “Death to America” they scream.

“Don’t rush me” says Joe Biden, “I thought we had an understanding?”, as he orders the Navy to stand down. Will Biden withdraw the fleet from the Persian Gulf? That is one of the main Iranian demands, isn’t it?


109 posted on 05/10/2021 2:23:38 PM PDT by Richard Axtell ( NO*)
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To: lowbridge

What a disgrace this Nation has become...

A military now structured on perversion that understands only surrender...

The US Navy has attained the military competence of the WWII French and Italian navies...


110 posted on 05/10/2021 2:34:50 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: Beagle8U

I suspect during DJT’s tenure as POTUS, the senior officer present could have made that call, “weapons free”, no call for permission to defend needed, and received full backing of the White House...

But of course DJT is not senile, a sellout or a pussilanimous pissant...


111 posted on 05/10/2021 2:37:53 PM PDT by elteemike (Light is faster than sound; that's why so many people appear bright until you hear them speak.)
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To: lowbridge

.........Biden and our feminized command staff are going to get some of our kids killed sure as hell!


112 posted on 05/10/2021 2:45:21 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: knarf
"Stop crediting biden with any brains or sense. You've seen the videos and heard the words ... by himself he is a functional imbecile. ANYthing that comes out of this White House is an element designed to destroy the USA and further global domination by Satan."

I know.. It is just easier sometimes to refer to Biden as a collective sock puppet

113 posted on 05/10/2021 2:55:31 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: JewishRighter

yes, and then poll the crew to see how many need a safe space before actual interaction with the peaceful Iranian protestors could take place.


114 posted on 05/10/2021 3:03:31 PM PDT by waredbird
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To: DOC44
Biden is a pussy as are the democrats

Like loving to spend other people's money, they love spending other people's sons & daughters on money-making (for them) wars.

115 posted on 05/10/2021 3:04:08 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!)
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To: EinNYC

The muzzie scum boats fired on our ships?


116 posted on 05/10/2021 3:04:46 PM PDT by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy Mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: lowbridge

My only response is “STOP WARNING, START KILLING”!


117 posted on 05/10/2021 3:06:12 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: lowbridge

Must be the international respect I’ve been hearing so much about.


118 posted on 05/10/2021 3:10:26 PM PDT by mykroar (God speed, President Trump)
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To: lowbridge

US Navy’s a joke. But, didn’t we just celebrate the first all faggot helicopter crew? There’s always that. USN. Cutting edge for diversity.


119 posted on 05/10/2021 3:14:31 PM PDT by LouAvul (Lying headlines from fake news articles written by pimps masquerading as journalists.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Some of them should have been blown to smithereens. Thirty warning shots is ridiculous.


120 posted on 05/10/2021 3:15:17 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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