Iran Navy Fires Shots at Tanker as Tensions Rise in Gulf

[Delta4Embassy]

Oil tankers being rather large things, if the tanker didn't sink, it wasn't being shot at. It was harassing fire or warning shots, not direct fire.

Warning shots are considered and unfriendly act, which is one step below said vessel committing the unfriendly act being gutted with harpoon missiles.

US drops bombs on things and people all the time. We're in no position to get snippy about other countries firing warning shots.

we should blow them out of the water asap

Us logic there. Let's kill people over our outrage of their firing warning shots.

they want to claim

we are the worst folks in the world

well then lets live up to it

fuck em

blow em out of the water where ever we get a chance


that is how you deal with scum like the Iranians

isis too they should be shot dead on sight

for just claiming to be an isis member

US has just 4% of the world population but consumes 25% of the planet's resources.

We ARE the worst people on the planet.

 

[August West]

Hey, Joe....

Iran should pay us for seizing our embassy and holding our people hostage. Is the check in the mail yet?

I think the Vietnamese have been waiting for a check from us for several decades now.

 

[Obiwan]

Hey, Joe....

Iran should pay us for seizing our embassy and holding our people hostage. Is the check in the mail yet?

I think the Vietnamese have been waiting for a check from us for several decades now.

But the Democrats were guilty of escalating that war, so they ignore it, much like they ignore Obama allowing ISIS to grow...

And our cities that the Democrats control are a mess!

Why is it that the Democrats keep screaming "You need to vote for US, because we're the ones that f**ked everything up!"????

 

[airplanemechanic]

Doubling the number of people on food stamps isn't fucking things up, its social justice, baby. Entitlements.

Votes.

 

[Obiwan]

Doubling the number of people on food stamps isn't fucking things up, its social justice, baby. Entitlements.

Votes.

Yeah, I see your point. It's a lot like telling over 3 million illegals "We feel so sorry for you... Just sneak in here, and we'll give you all those jobs that U S citizens don't deserve".

 

[martybegan]

No wonder the gulf states are shunning Obama's barbque function. The fools are firing shots down in the gulf yet Obama wants to give them nukes

What could go wrong with that?

-Geaux
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By Phil Stewart and Jonathan Saul

WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – Iranian naval vessels fired shots at a Singapore-flagged tanker in the Gulf on Thursday, in what appeared to be Iran’s latest attempt to settle a legal dispute by force with passing commercial vessels, U.S. officials said.

The incident unnerved the shipping industry just as President Barack Obama met with Gulf allies to try to allay their concerns that Iran would be empowered by a deal to curb Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for the West lifting sanctions.

U.S. officials, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said five Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy ships approached the Alpine Eternity oil products tanker at about noon (0800 GMT), prompting the ship to flee to safety in United Arab Emirates’ waters.

One U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Iran had attempted to intercept the vessel in international waters because Tehran says the tanker is liable for damage to an Iranian-owned oil platform it hit on March 22.

The White House, Pentagon and State Department declined to confirm emerging details about the episode but acknowledged concern about Iran’s conduct.”This is exactly the type of challenge that many of the (Gulf) partners are focused on,” said White House Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes.

Iran Navy Fires Shots at Tanker as Tensions Rise in Gulf Washington Free Beacon

Oil tankers being rather large things, if the tanker didn't sink, it wasn't being shot at. It was harassing fire or warning shots, not direct fire.

Warning shots are considered and unfriendly act, which is one step below said vessel committing the unfriendly act being gutted with harpoon missiles.

US drops bombs on things and people all the time. We're in no position to get snippy about other countries firing warning shots.

Do we drop bombs near ships in free access waters? There is no equivalency here.

 

[martybegan]

Warning shots are considered and unfriendly act, which is one step below said vessel committing the unfriendly act being gutted with harpoon missiles.

US drops bombs on things and people all the time. We're in no position to get snippy about other countries firing warning shots.

we should blow them out of the water asap

Us logic there. Let's kill people over our outrage of their firing warning shots.

they want to claim

we are the worst folks in the world

well then lets live up to it

fuck em

blow em out of the water where ever we get a chance


that is how you deal with scum like the Iranians

isis too they should be shot dead on sight

for just claiming to be an isis member

US has just 4% of the world population but consumes 25% of the planet's resources.

We ARE the worst people on the planet.

and how much of the food do we produce to feed the rest of the world? How much technology do we create to make other countries lives easier? That number is a cop out.

 

[August West]

Doubling the number of people on food stamps isn't fucking things up, its social justice, baby. Entitlements.

Votes.

If we can get that minimum wage lowered we can double the entitlements again. Shame on those people for wanting to eat.

 

[airplanemechanic]

Last time I checked, you work for your food. You aren't entitled to food. If you think you are, go spend some time in Haiti.

 

[jon_berzerk]

Warning shots are considered and unfriendly act, which is one step below said vessel committing the unfriendly act being gutted with harpoon missiles.

US drops bombs on things and people all the time. We're in no position to get snippy about other countries firing warning shots.

we should blow them out of the water asap

Us logic there. Let's kill people over our outrage of their firing warning shots.

they want to claim

we are the worst folks in the world

well then lets live up to it

fuck em

blow em out of the water where ever we get a chance


that is how you deal with scum like the Iranians

isis too they should be shot dead on sight

for just claiming to be an isis member

US has just 4% of the world population but consumes 25% of the planet's resources.

We ARE the worst people on the planet.

fuck you


we are the best people on the planet

what other country has shared its resources with under developed nations

more the United States

 

[jon_berzerk]

No wonder the gulf states are shunning Obama's barbque function. The fools are firing shots down in the gulf yet Obama wants to give them nukes

What could go wrong with that?

-Geaux
========

By Phil Stewart and Jonathan Saul

WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – Iranian naval vessels fired shots at a Singapore-flagged tanker in the Gulf on Thursday, in what appeared to be Iran’s latest attempt to settle a legal dispute by force with passing commercial vessels, U.S. officials said.

The incident unnerved the shipping industry just as President Barack Obama met with Gulf allies to try to allay their concerns that Iran would be empowered by a deal to curb Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for the West lifting sanctions.

U.S. officials, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said five Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy ships approached the Alpine Eternity oil products tanker at about noon (0800 GMT), prompting the ship to flee to safety in United Arab Emirates’ waters.

One U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Iran had attempted to intercept the vessel in international waters because Tehran says the tanker is liable for damage to an Iranian-owned oil platform it hit on March 22.

The White House, Pentagon and State Department declined to confirm emerging details about the episode but acknowledged concern about Iran’s conduct.”This is exactly the type of challenge that many of the (Gulf) partners are focused on,” said White House Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes.

Iran Navy Fires Shots at Tanker as Tensions Rise in Gulf Washington Free Beacon

Oil tankers being rather large things, if the tanker didn't sink, it wasn't being shot at. It was harassing fire or warning shots, not direct fire.

Warning shots are considered and unfriendly act, which is one step below said vessel committing the unfriendly act being gutted with harpoon missiles.

US drops bombs on things and people all the time. We're in no position to get snippy about other countries firing warning shots.

we should blow them out of the water asap

Us logic there. Let's kill people over our outrage of their firing warning shots.

send them to the bottom of the sea

the Iranians are no friends of ours

 

[HenryBHough]

It's late in the day on Friday.

The news cycles are at a low ebb.

Will Obama take advantage of that lull to apologize to Iran for thinking they were wrong? Will He send money?

Or will He still see groveling as approval-building behaviour and wait until a better point in the news cycle headed into next week.

Only thing certain is we should expect Him to find something for which to apologize.

 

[jon_berzerk]

US drops bombs on things and people all the time. We're in no position to get snippy about other countries firing warning shots.

we should blow them out of the water asap

Us logic there. Let's kill people over our outrage of their firing warning shots.

they want to claim

we are the worst folks in the world

well then lets live up to it

fuck em

blow em out of the water where ever we get a chance


that is how you deal with scum like the Iranians

isis too they should be shot dead on sight

for just claiming to be an isis member

US has just 4% of the world population but consumes 25% of the planet's resources.

We ARE the worst people on the planet.

and how much of the food do we produce to feed the rest of the world? How much technology do we create to make other countries lives easier? That number is a cop out.

it is libtard spin nothing more

 

[Katzndogz]

Oil tankers being rather large things, if the tanker didn't sink, it wasn't being shot at. It was harassing fire or warning shots, not direct fire.

Warning shots are considered and unfriendly act, which is one step below said vessel committing the unfriendly act being gutted with harpoon missiles.

US drops bombs on things and people all the time. We're in no position to get snippy about other countries firing warning shots.

we should blow them out of the water asap

Us logic there. Let's kill people over our outrage of their firing warning shots.

send them to the bottom of the sea

the Iranians are no friends of ours

They are friends of obama. That's what counts.

 

[skye]

"For the second time in two weeks, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Naval patrol boats confronted a commercial ship moving through the strait and ordered it into Iranian waters on Thursday, according to U.S. officials."

and why?

.... the Iranian Regime is seeking revenge because during the past month, the U.S. military has sent an aircraft carrier to the Arabian Sea to deter an Iranian flotilla suspected of carrying arms for allies in Yemen and protecting American and British ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz.


that's why.

 

[JoeB131]

Joe

If it's an issue for you if we support any regimes without a good human rights record, maybe you should tell Obozo to apologize to the Cuban people for cuddling up to Castro, and support Cruz for President as a show of good faith!!!

How is he "cuddling up to Castro", exactly, other than finally admitting 55 years after the fact that the Cuban people really wanted communism, after all.

It isn't like we staged a coup to put him back into power like we did with the Shah in 1953.

 

[Obiwan]

Joe

If the Cuban's really wanted communism, when are all of them that came here to avoid oppression going home? Never?

 

[JoeB131]

Joe

If the Cuban's really wanted communism, when are all of them that came here to avoid oppression going home? Never?

Guy, more Mexicans than Cubans have come here. You could argue capitalism is a bigger failure on that score.

But anyway, fact is, most Cubans didn't leave. The ones who did came because our government was pretty much offering free goodies because Communism was bad.

We really, really need to get over ourselves on Cuba.

 

[jon_berzerk]

Warning shots are considered and unfriendly act, which is one step below said vessel committing the unfriendly act being gutted with harpoon missiles.

US drops bombs on things and people all the time. We're in no position to get snippy about other countries firing warning shots.

we should blow them out of the water asap

Us logic there. Let's kill people over our outrage of their firing warning shots.

send them to the bottom of the sea

the Iranians are no friends of ours

They are friends of obama. That's what counts.

seems to be the situation at hand

 

[Indofred]

One U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Iran had attempted to intercept the vessel in international waters because Tehran says the tanker is liable for damage to an Iranian-owned oil platform it hit on March 22.

Ah, they tried to stop a criminal

Police shoot wound Va. Beach robbery suspect - Richmond.com Virginia News And Politics

Police shoot, wound Va. Beach robbery suspect

Both tried to escape justice, but no one moans about the latter.