Posted on 08/25/2016 4:09:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A US Navy patrol craft fired three warning shots at an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps boat Wednesday after US officials said it had harassed that patrol craft, CNN has learned. Another US patrol craft and a Kuwaiti Navy ship were also harassed in the incident, which took place in the northern end of the Persian Gulf.
At one point, the Iranian boat came within 200 yards of one of the US Navy boats. When it failed to leave the area after the Navy had fired flares and had a radio conversation with the Iranian crew, the US officials said, the USS Squall fired three warning shots. Following standard maritime procedures, the Navy fired the three shots into the water to ensure the Iranians understood they needed to leave the immediate area.
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He’s picking up James Taylor so the two of them can fly over there. Then he will look on with a tear in his eye while JT warbles “You’ve got a friend “.
That $400 million was money to be used for Hezbollah. It has nothing to do with hostages.
The ship by itself is nothing without a willing crew. The culture that Obama has destroyed will take decades to reverse
Oh gee whiz!
NOW, that US captain is going to get in trouble ... for using live bullets!
Should have taken a sea-whiz to their monkey buttocks!
Two different events.
First one: the US ship did not do squat. The captain won’t be court marshalled, although like you I’d love to see it.
Second one: the US ship actually fired warning shots. The captain probably will be court marshalled or relieved of command. That will pizz me off. Don’t want to see it.
Well said.
More than enough to shred the Iranian “navy.”
Ok , you are saying that they did this twice? Give me shelter. We need to nuke Tehran!! What the hell are we doing firing in the f’ng water on old video tapes. I am ashamed of our Navy. I am ashamed of the government. We need an ass kicking ahole with a tire tool. I am sick of this $hit!! Go Trump. !~!
Yup, twice.
Actually three times counting when the captain unbelievably allowed his ship to be boarded and his sailors to be detained.
This last time though, the crew fired (albeit just warning shots). Of course the Islamist pukes turned tail and ran away.
PS I really do expect that POS Obama to have his staff relieve that Captain of command for the temerity of defending his ship. /VERY sadly, not sarc
Worse than that. Obama gave them $1.3 billion dollars in interest on top of that $400 million dollars. Now when we're owed money back from the government, they don't give us interest. But Obama gave our enemy interest on the money they wanted. A total of $1.7 billion dollars! Divide that by 4 hostages!
Contact Guinness. They should have the highest ransom ever paid world record. Bealzabub and the US proles
1st, 2nd or 3rd kind?
Damned the warning shots, what the Navy needs is some direct hits!
What the heck does a Navy ship need an automatic grenade launcher for?
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