Navy-Contracted Vessel Fires Warning Shots on Iranian Boats

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352579,00.html ^

[jhpigott]

A vessel contracted by the Navy in the Persian Gulf fired warning shots Thursday on two Iranian fast boats, FOX News has learned. The Westward Venture, a ship contracted by the Navy to carry military cargo to Kuwait, fired upon the boats Thursday after attempts to get Iranian boats' attention failed. The ship was about 50 miles off the coast of Iran when the fast boats approached. A Navy security team, armed with M16 rifles and .50-caliber machine guns, was onboard at the time the warning shots were fired.

[jhpigott]

ping

[Iron head mike]

Hope the Brits are paying attention!

[RaceBannon]

One can only hope it is starting...

[Slapshot68]

I wonder if the Persian Gulf could use more artificial reefs.

[wastedyears]

When dealing with Iran, warning shots should breach the bridge.

[txhurl]

Or the outboards, preferably.

[Slapshot68]

It’s clear that Tehran has greenlighted this sort of cat and mouse game.

However, eventually the cat will catch the mouse and beat the ever loving crud out of it.

[mysterio]

One can only hope it is starting...

One can only hope it is not starting. Our brave soldiers are already fighting a two front war. They don't need to be fighting a three front war.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Warning shots?....sink the turds!

[Let's Roll]

Hey, no problem, I’m sure miz paloosie will put a stop to this “contracting” business.

[RC2]

No problem if they do it from the air and hit them hard. I wouldn’t put boots on the ground in Iran. Just destroy their system of government and the people will take the country back.

[agere_contra]

I sympathize, but they’re already fighting a three-front war. Unacknowledged conflicts are impossible to win.

Anyway, Coalition Naval forces would suffer the brunt of any additional action. They have been suffering under preposterous ROE for too long: being able to go weapons-free in the gulf as a result of an Iranian casus belli would be a huge step forward.

[Quix]

One can only hope it is starting...

= = =

Yes and mostly no.

When that one lights off . . . it will grow into a true WWIII conflagration and not end until the very satanic world ruler ‘wages war with peace’ as Scripture says of his scripted temporary pseudo peace . . . . only to get going again when he begins his slaughter of Jews at the New Temple courtyard . . . and then it won’t end until Armageddon . . .

. . . after 1/3 to 2/3 of the world’s population has been killed.

Amanutjob of Iran needs put in his place . . . I wish there were a better . . . singular . . . way to do it.

[mysterio]

Just destroy their system of government and the people will take the country back.

Won't work. Another more extreme dictator will fill the power void if we strike and leave. We would have to occupy for years to prevent it. History proves this is the case almost every time.

[mysterio]

Anyway, Coalition Naval forces would suffer the brunt of any additional action.

Coalition? That means the US Navy.

We are going to be stoplossing troops into fourth and fifth tours of mideast hotzones. There's just no way to do the Iran thing successfully without occupation and a lot more feet on the ground. I don't support expanding the current mission into Iran.

[SlowBoat407]

One wishes that an attack on Iran would eliminate most of the need to have troops in Iraq, since they are the cause of much of the trouble there.

One wishes...

[jhpigott]

hearing the Iranian boats closed to within 100 yards

[varon]

One wishes that an attack on Iran would eliminate most of the need to have troops in Iraq, since they are the cause of much of the trouble there.

One also wishes for some strategic thinkers in Washington...........

[pgyanke]

When that one lights off . . . it will grow into a true WWIII conflagration and not end until the very satanic world ruler ‘wages war with peace’ as Scripture says of his scripted temporary pseudo peace . . . . only to get going again when he begins his slaughter of Jews at the New Temple courtyard . . . and then it won’t end until Armageddon . . .

When you put it that way, it begins to sound like WWI and WWII... or maybe WWI/WWII and the Cold War.