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Posted on 04/30/2015 12:05:24 PM PDT by McGruff
CNN has learned that U.S. Navy warships will now accompany every U.S.-flagged commercial vessel that passes through the Strait of Hormuz due to concerns that ships from Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps navy could try to seize a U.S. cargo ship.
The classified plan was approved by the Pentagon Thursday, according to a senior defense official.
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This could get interesting
Been there, done that. Literally.
Iran=Somali Pirates=Barbary Pirates.
Great. Noe Allah has a few trillion dollars of new targets and thousands of American military to accept as muslim offerings to him.
Not like they will be allowed to do anything. Sorta like a cop in Baltimore.
Let us make a treaty with them and we will not have to do this, do I need a sarc tag
“The 80s called, they want their international incidents back.”
Oh, so cute & funny /s puke
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Hmmm. What about destroying each of the Iranian ships that captured our ship and destroying the port it is being held at. Total destruction. That would reduce our “escort a bunch of ships” expenses.
What the heck are you talking about?
Iran didn't capture an American ship and there are no Americans aboard the ship they directed to dockage.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3284923/posts
US Navy to accompany US-flagged ships in Persian Gulf after Iran seizes vessel
foxnews.com ^ | 4/30/15 | foxnews
Posted on 4/30/2015, 12:21:26 PM by ColdOne
U.S. Navy ships will begin to accompany U.S. flagged commercial ships as they travel the Strait of Hormuz, a defense official confirmed to Fox News, on the heels of Iran seizing a cargo ship.
Pray for our Sailors and Marines in harms way!
What a wise use of taxpayer dollars.
I guarandamntee you this is another example of Obama's Jimmy Carter-like weakness.
Heck, scratch that. Jimmy Carter is Arnold Schwarzenegger IN HIS PRIME compared to Barack "Wally Cox" Hussein Obama.
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However, by all means, let’s do a “deal” with Iran. Gawd, this Nation and others are being run buy Chamberlains. And I only got a GED.
Maybe Kerry can escort them to Cambodia with his Swift Boat.
Reminds me of Operation Earnest Will in the 1980s.
The Marshall Islands flagged ship IS essentially and by treaty a US flagged ship. What’s going to be done about that incident?
Just close the barn door after the horse is stolen and not go after the thieves?
Lessee, we need to brake out the playbook from the 1980’s one more time...
Why does CNN get access to classified information ahead of, say FOX? Is the government picking winners and losers? Is there a leak?
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