Five Iranian boats fire shots in the Persian Gulf

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/14/politics/persian-gulf-iranian-boats-shots-fired/index.html ^ | 3-13-2015 | Barbara Starr

[tcrlaf]

)—Five Iranian boats fired shots across the bow of a Singapore flagged cargo vessel in the Persian Gulf on Thursday in an attempt to potentially stop the ship, a U.S. official told CNN. For the first time, the incident brought another Persian Gulf nation into the recent rising maritime tensions in the region.

It is not yet clear if any of the rounds hit the Alpine Eternity. There were no U.S. citizens or cargo on board. The Pentagon is still gathering information about the incident.

[tcrlaf]

Second incident now, after last week. the Alpine Eternity got away by fleeing into UAE waters.

A US Navy ship was 20 miles away, but "Did not get involved" because there wasn't a "Distress call". (Yet, the UAE Coast Guard knew to send 3 cutters to help the ship?)

[Yosemitest]

[nevergore]

Time to splash some Iranian ships.....

But our Panti’s-in-Chief doesn’t have the balls.....

The straits are definitely in our national strategic interest...

[tcrlaf]

We don’t have a defense treaty with Singapore,

[Cyclone59]

That doesn’t matter, we have a president with a pen and a phone, so we can get one done in about 5 minutes.

[Genoa]

Singapore has a pretty good Navy.

[X-spurt]

You’ve got it wrong. Nobama is the friend of the Iranians and is all for anything they want to do to stir up shite.

Don’t know if nobama also believes in that camel-jockey prophecy about caliphate or if he’s using the nutty Iranians to aid Soros finances.

[paratrooper82]

Five Iranian boats fired shots . . . Obama has ordered all white bastards of the US Navy out of the Gulf Region, has offered an apology to the Iranians for the white privileged US Navy for being in the Gulf and promises to pay reparations to all Iranians for the white privileged bastards racist activities throughout the Gulf States!

Obama has promised billions in US white privileged bastards tax dollars to the Iranians if they will just allow the US Navy white bastards to leave peacefully!

Obama leads the White-house Administration in prayer praising Allah!

[Genoa]

http://en.mehrnews.com/news/106867/Iran-Singapore-to-expand-economic-ties

[SpinnerWebb]

They are actively expanding their economic ties, alright.

[thackney]

"Alpine Eternity" is a tanker, not a cargo ship.

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/details/ships/shipid:727344/mmsi:563944000/imo:9430272/vessel:ALPINE_ETERNITY

[MinuteGal]

Same old Obama rules of engagement.

The enemy can fire at will.

For the American military, there can be no will.

Leni

[Rebelbase]

“That doesn’t matter, we have a president with a pen and a phone, so we can get one done in about 5 minutes.”

That’s funny.

[Straight Vermonter]

They had been escorting commercial shipping but of two recent Iranian incidents interfering with cargo shipping in the area.

Wot?

[Uncle Miltie]

0bama’s a wuss.

[tm61]

expect to see more of this, and greater aggression by the Iranians.

obama will let them do anything, including fire on an American ship. nothing will cause him to walk away from his legacy treaty with Iran

probably see mines being laid in the gulf next.

[GeronL]

Iran is feeling their oats now that they have the leader of the Great Satan bowing to them.

[Grampa Dave]

One sided ROEs are sop under rat presidents.

Ask any sailor who served in a hostile sea under a rat president.

Like the sailors on the Pueblo, Liberty, Cole when they were attacked.

[gleeaikin]

The Iranians seem to be doing a great job of making friends and influencing people. /sarc

[Rodamala]

For the life of me, I can not understand why these goathumpers are allowed to run amok. Oh wait, it has something to do with the goathumper in the WH.