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January 09, 2008
More than just provocation
This is an outrage:
Quite frankly, it reminds me of this:
On October 12, 2000, a small boat exploded alongside the USS Cole killing 17 sailors, wounding 39 others, and leaving extensive damages.
The USS Cole was refueling in the port city of Aden, Yemen. Officials believe that two suicide bombers crashed the small boat into the USS Cole, detonating a bomb. Yemeni officials discovered bomb making equipment in a house near Aden and believe that the two men spent several days there planning the attack.
The bombing of the USS Cole was a deliberate act of war by al-Qaeda, and it went ignored and unavenged by the Clinton Administration. I'm sure he pointed his finger as he said "If, as it now appears, this was an act of terrorism, it was a despicable and cowardly act. We will find out who was responsible and hold them accountable." Strong words from a weak man, in the end, Clinton did nothing.
I'm both thankful and surprised that we did not lose any good men yesterday.
Iran is posturing, yes, but... they are laughing at us in Iran right now, and I both fear and believe that these little unanswered provocations will eventually lead to the loss of good men on the front lines, and here at home. This country needs get serious about the threat to our safety, well being and way of life.
G-d Bless America! Pray for our Troops.
Posted by LindaSoG at January 9, 2008 09:58 AM
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"these little unanswered provocations will eventually lead to the loss of good men on the front lines, and here at home."
Yah, my first reaction to this was extreme. Sink the Ba$tards. All of them. Unfortunately/ Fortunately, the EOF and Roe are in force.
We need to set an understood limit on unwelcome advance into the kill zone for our Navy. But what is it?
One thousand meters....our Warships are still vulnerable, but theirs are sunk. Sink one Admiral Fallon. Just one. In grand fashion.
That is a message that the Muslim a$$hats will understand. Fur gloves don't work with fascists.
Wollf
Posted by: howlsatmoon at January 9, 2008 12:42 PM
This is the ol'game of chicken with a new adversary.
The US Navy played it with the Soviets and we currently play it with the Chinese and Russians.
Iran wanted us to 'attack' their boaters.
The boats came too close and were hazarding our ships, but they did not fire at us nor do we know what, if anything, was in those boxes.
The Iranians got to look at the business end of a 50cal machine gun (several of them)
But the actions of these Iranians did not warrant sinking them, they came close to being sunk, but the Iranians blinked.
Had we sunk those boaters the press would have attacked the US Navy for their trigger happy ways.
Posted by: Marvin at January 9, 2008 09:27 PM