Posted on 04/29/2015 2:06:15 PM PDT by JOHN ADAMS
A Maersk ship flagged under the Marshall Islands is forced to sail to southern Iran by its Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Iran appears to be testing the resolve of the United States and President Barack Obama in its latest adventure with a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
U.S. forces operating in the region heard and responded to the distress call sent by the M/S Maersk Tigris, sailing under the flag of the Marshall Islands, during a confrontation with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The Marshall Islands are under a defense treaty with the United States; the U.S. is obligated to come to the defense of that nation should it be attacked.
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We lost—maybe we should just sink the ship and pay the Marshalle Islands for the loss.
No, they are demonstrating for the whole world the complete lack of resolve of President Barack Obama. And the fact that he is a jellyfish.
I’d rather sink all of theirs. Should take no more than a day or two.
This “taking” of a ship, is simple piracy, which should cause great concern for the rest of the world including the USA. The world’s commerce depends on unhindered shipping in globally recognized International Waters.
Quick, Barry, send Kerry over there to surrender.
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