Posted on 08/03/2023 10:18:22 AM PDT by McGruff
The U.S. military is considering putting armed personnel on commercial ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, in what would be an unheard of action aimed at stopping Iran from seizing and harassing civilian vessels, four American officials told The Associated Press on Thursday.
Since 2019, Iran has seized a series of ships in the strait, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf, as part of its efforts to pressure the West over negotiations regarding its collapsed nuclear deal with world powers. Putting U.S. troops on commercial ships could further deter Iran from seizing vessels — or escalate tensions further.
The contemplated move also would represent an extraordinary commitment in the Mideast by U.S. forces as the Pentagon tries to focus on Russia and China. America didn’t even take the step during the so-called “Tanker War,” which culminated with the U.S. Navy and Iran fighting a one-day naval battle in 1988 that was the Navy’s largest since World War II.
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We should have taken care of Iran the minute Reagan got into office.
Who is even left in the U.S. military to staff this kind of initiative?
All this will do is increase tensions when US Marines return fire, and some Iranian patrol boat or two sinks. Then some Iranian helicopter will launch and try to fire rockets.
Or maybe we should have just left them the hell alone after World War II.
A couple of Harpoons and a 25mm cannon should do the trick. If they have the balls to use them.
Wow Iran is still doing this crap? And the news never tells us. I wonder why?
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My first thought all the Obama worms that surrendered
Bunch of fags kneeling down to filthy ragheads
It’s disgusting
I don’t blame them. It’s the fags not there setting the rules of engagement and causing incidents like that.
Now there’s a list topper for really bad ideas. Not surprising though. Just make sure the hostages, I mean soldiers are DEI units with Rainbow patches on their uniforms.
Sheer lunacy.
While the US has an essential interest (ensuring Gulf oil reaches market) in free navigation in the Persian Gulf, putting US military personnel on commercial tankers not under the US flag is just irresponsible.
The captain of that ship will decide when to yield to Iranian demands, not the OIC of the military detachment.
This should have been done when the Somali pirates started
Every country should have done it
Now they have contractors
Bingo
Another legacy of Manchurian Candidate Barack Hussein Obama
Iran is improving their capabilities. They’re getting a lot of experience with their drones in Ukraine.
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