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Iran seizes oil tanker linked to crisis between US and Tehran, military officials confirm

Posted on 1/11/24 at 10:15 am
Posted by Swazla
Member since Jul 2016
1457 posts
Posted on 1/11/24 at 10:15 am
Not the Houthis. Iran itself and looking Biden in the face and saying "What are you going to do about it?"

Fox News

Iranian forces have seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, two U.S. military officials confirmed to Fox News on Thursday.

The seized vessel, previously known as the Suez Rajan, was once at the center of another dispute between the U.S. and Iran that ultimately saw the U.S. seize over 1 million barrels of Iranian crude oil. Armed Iranian soldiers reportedly boarded the vessel Thursday morning.

The U.S. and other Western navies have been combating attacks from Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen in the Red Sea for weeks, but Iran itself had not taken direct action beyond sending one of its naval vessels to the region. The Houthis had been a State Department designated foreign terrorist organization until February 2021, when the designation was revoked by the Biden administration.
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
67508 posts
Posted on 1/11/24 at 10:17 am to
Biden "Indiana better give the cruise liner back or else."
Posted by Lynxrufus2012
Central Kentucky
Member since Mar 2020
12257 posts
Posted on 1/11/24 at 10:36 am to
Now if it had been a pudding tanker ole Joe would have rained hell down on them.
Posted by blueridgeTiger
Granbury, TX
Member since Jun 2004
20340 posts
Posted on 1/11/24 at 10:38 am to
Blinken will shuttle between various Middle East capitals to discuss this situation. That'll teach the Iranians a lesson.
Posted by Pettifogger
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Member since Feb 2012
79337 posts
Posted on 1/11/24 at 10:44 am to
The media and intellectual class will continue to portray our reluctance to deter Iran as "Biden making the tough choices not to drag America into a broader conflict" instead of "the WH's pathetic and incessant need to continue to prop up hopes for resuming the failed JCPOA"
Posted by DamnGood86
Member since Aug 2019
955 posts
Posted on 1/11/24 at 10:45 am to
I don't care that the tanker was part of some past dust-up.

Who currently owns the tanker? Is there oil in the tanker or empty? If loaded, who owns the oil in it?

In other words, why should we care they seized this particular vessel?
Posted by Sput
Member since Mar 2020
7991 posts
Posted on 1/11/24 at 10:46 am to
Days like today I miss Andrew Jackson
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
Member since May 2005
112635 posts
Posted on 1/11/24 at 10:53 am to
It's totally logical for a country to provoke your enemy when your enemy is led by a retard. This would never happen with Trump. Iran's not suicidal.
Posted by BobBoucher
Member since Jan 2008
16792 posts
Posted on 1/11/24 at 11:15 am to
Our WH, SOS, and Pentagon have begged them to stop several times. Even with a “pretty please”.

Follow by “….or we’ll have to do something!” While we do nothing.

They know we’re a paper tiger under Dems. So they just ignore our pleas and keep increasing attacks. Because there’s zero consequence.

This is a classic example of US weakness inviting aggression.
This post was edited on 1/11/24 at 11:17 am
Posted by Tandemjay
Member since Jun 2022
2454 posts
Posted on 1/11/24 at 12:09 pm to
Considering that the US government (cia) has been looking everywhere for a war, I'll need verification from a third party.
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
96506 posts
Posted on 1/11/24 at 12:44 pm to
“Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran.” - Zombie McCain
Posted by newmexicotiger
Member since Sep 2017
2351 posts
Posted on 1/11/24 at 12:46 pm to
Our Defense Secretary will write a strongly worded letter from his hospital bed.
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