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1 posted on 08/03/2023 10:18:22 AM PDT by McGruff
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Don't need another one of these incidents.


2 posted on 08/03/2023 10:21:03 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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We should have taken care of Iran the minute Reagan got into office.


3 posted on 08/03/2023 10:22:25 AM PDT by kaktuskid
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Who is even left in the U.S. military to staff this kind of initiative?


4 posted on 08/03/2023 10:22:56 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I've just pissed in my pants and nobody can do anything about it." -- Major Fambrough)
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All this will do is increase tensions when US Marines return fire, and some Iranian patrol boat or two sinks. Then some Iranian helicopter will launch and try to fire rockets.


5 posted on 08/03/2023 10:23:29 AM PDT by pepsionice
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A couple of Harpoons and a 25mm cannon should do the trick. If they have the balls to use them.


7 posted on 08/03/2023 10:24:58 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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Oh noes, not that. Not military troops on commercial vessels...

8 posted on 08/03/2023 10:24:59 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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Wow Iran is still doing this crap? And the news never tells us. I wonder why?


9 posted on 08/03/2023 10:25:03 AM PDT by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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So how does that work when our troops have had issues protecting their own ships from Iranians?


10 posted on 08/03/2023 10:25:34 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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13 posted on 08/03/2023 10:34:04 AM PDT by EEGator
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Now there’s a list topper for really bad ideas. Not surprising though. Just make sure the hostages, I mean soldiers are DEI units with Rainbow patches on their uniforms.


15 posted on 08/03/2023 10:35:58 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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Sheer lunacy.

While the US has an essential interest (ensuring Gulf oil reaches market) in free navigation in the Persian Gulf, putting US military personnel on commercial tankers not under the US flag is just irresponsible.

The captain of that ship will decide when to yield to Iranian demands, not the OIC of the military detachment.


16 posted on 08/03/2023 10:36:02 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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This should have been done when the Somali pirates started

Every country should have done it

Now they have contractors


17 posted on 08/03/2023 10:36:48 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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Iran is improving their capabilities. They’re getting a lot of experience with their drones in Ukraine.


20 posted on 08/03/2023 10:40:11 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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Two guys with a Gatling gun would do the trick...................


23 posted on 08/03/2023 10:43:42 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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This means Iran needs to give Hunter more money... Joe says it’s “stormy outside:... that means the deal needs more cash.


25 posted on 08/03/2023 10:44:06 AM PDT by GOPJ (What are the odds both Biden WH idogs would only bite Secret Service Agents? NOT ONE CHANCE IN HELL)
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Oh yeah. putting armed military on commercial ships, sounds like a good idea. What could go wrong?
Oh my God. The Laws of Unintended Consequences are sure to kick in somewhere just after they clear the Suez or Panama Canals.


30 posted on 08/03/2023 11:00:53 AM PDT by Tupelo (A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand)
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They’re Human Shields 🛡


33 posted on 08/03/2023 11:04:45 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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Should put armed troops on big democrat city public transportation.


34 posted on 08/03/2023 11:05:24 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo“What were you doing in the store? You were eating the food?”)
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Why can’t commercial ships hire Blackwater or some other armed security force? Is the U.S. being paid for this?


40 posted on 08/03/2023 11:18:20 AM PDT by Angelino97
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Maybe we should also stop seizing Iranian ships and cargoes.


42 posted on 08/03/2023 11:33:16 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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