re: Trump instructs Navy to shoot Iranian Boats if Harassed

go away

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Big bad brown people in their jon boats are zero threat.

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Yeah...right up to the point that the one loaded with 1,000 lbs of C-4 type explosive breaks rank and aloha snackbars himself and the TNT right up against the side of one of our multi-billion dollar warships. Thus blowing a hole in it and possibly killing hundreds of American sailors.

#DouevenUSSColeMF?

On the morning of Thursday, 12 October 2000, Cole, under the command of Commander Kirk Lippold, docked in Aden harbor for a routine fuel stop. Cole completed mooring at 9:30 and began refueling at 10:30. Around 11:18 local time (08:18 UTC), a small fiberglass boat carrying C4 explosives and two suicide bombers approached the port side of the destroyer and exploded,[4] creating a 40-by-60-foot (12 by 18 m) gash in the ship's port side, according to the memorial plate to those who lost their lives. Former CIA intelligence officer Robert Finke said the blast appeared to be caused by C4 explosives molded into a shaped charge against the hull of the boat.[5] Around 400 to 700 pounds (180 to 320 kg) of explosive were used.[6] Much of the blast entered a mechanical space below the ship's galley, violently pushing up the deck, thereby killing crew members who were lining up for lunch.[7]