Posted on 09/29/2018 3:35:27 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Iran's state TV has broadcast footage purporting to show a close encounter between the Revolutionary Guard's navy and the USS Theodore Roosevelt. The incident purportedly happened in the strategic Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf, the passageway for nearly a third of all oil traded by sea.
Saturday's footage is likely meant as a show of strength amid new U.S. sanctions on Iran and the Trump administration plans to bring Iranian oil exports down to zero. In the video, Guard speedboats are seen closing in on the U.S. carrier.
Iranian sailors then warn the Americans over radio communication to "keep well clear" of the Guard patrol boats and say they advise the Americans to "refrain from the threat or use of force in any manner."
The U.S. Navy didn't immediately comment the video. The last tense encounter between the U.S. Navy and Iranian forces in the Persian Gulf was recorded on Aug. 14, 2017, when an unarmed Iranian drone shadowed the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier at night and came close enough to F-18 fighter jets to put the lives of American pilots at risk, the Navy said at the time.
The drone did not respond to repeated radio calls and came within 1,000 feet of U.S. fighters. In a similar encounter Aug. 8, the Navy said an Iranian drone came within 100 feet of an F-18 preparing to land on the Nimitz.
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“they advise the Americans to “refrain from the threat or use of force in any manner.”
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The only kind of refraining the Iranians would get from the US Navy under CIC Trump would be a close asskicking encounter of the third kind. We don’t play by Obama’s rules now.
Close encounters of the third (world) kind.
Another reason Obama should be wearing an orange jumpsuit.
It’s time to use the combat laser on these greasers.
...came within 1,000 feet of U.S. fighters...
Never should have gotten that close.
A mosquito attacks an elephant and the mosquito’s parents warned the elephant to be careful. I’ll bet Pres. Trump won’t tolerate the same crap from them that Obummer did.
I have trouble seeing why our military spends so much on target drones when the Mad Mullahs seem so eager and able to supply the Navy and Air Force with aerial and surface targets for free...
Makes no sense...Put the Iranians on notice, we’re in international waters...Keep your distance...Get too close (and we’ll decide what’s “too close”) and it’s live fire training time...
No excuse for not shooting it down, way before it got anywhere near a US ship. None.
The Obungler put up with it, cuz he was on their side.
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