U.S.: Navy fired warning shots at Iranian boat

US officials say a Navy destroyer fired warning shots at four Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps vessels that were conducting a "high-speed intercept" of the USS Nitze in waters near the Strait of Hormuz.

[vader]

Maybe the US ships should just stop fucking around with other countries.

[mojokuku]

They are looking for more prisoners to ransom.

[MachOverspeedsPlace]

Captain - Goddamnit! I said warn the fuckers off! Not blow them out of the water! So explain yourself, Mister!

Gunner - (snicker) I dunno, Sir... Lucky shot?

MachOverspeed

[Iran]

First go back to school to learn about Persian Gulf Not Arabian Gulf.Go get a life.

[Glory-to-God.]

US should respect freedom of navigation, something they invented.

[dickpole]

What's the governments hard on with starting a war against Iran, and them constantly feeling the need to report it?

[estebannemo]

3 words to Iran: Operation Praying Mantis. Don't even think about Iran, or you'll have a repeat of 1988.

[topduke]

That's exactly why the Iranians do what they do

[seanbruce]

People complain about our baby being everywhere, but seem to forget that before we had naval dominance after WW2, the Royal Navy sailed wherever they wanted.

There's a reason it's called INTERNATIONAL waters-as long as you stay out of a country's territorial waters, you can go anywhere that you want in international waters.

The Iranians were also too close to a Kuwaiti warship, a nation that they attacked several times during the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988 for supporting Saddam Hussein, who was viewed as the lesser of two evils.

[rogerrathbun]

They should have put the 3rd round through the lead boats hull.

[aryanpers]

Does she never studied Geography at school to knows THERE IS PERSISCH GOLF NOT ARABIC GOLF?!

[Wachatoey]

If the Iranian sailors would die in battle (hope not) they would get 72 mermaids

[atmark]

US destroyer threatened by tiny little boat?

[richardwilliams]

where's Silvester the Cat....someone SUCKATASH

[JoeStarr]

They were trying out their new US paid for toys.

[iilikecereal]

Don't poke the pack of wolves Iran.

[kobewankobe]

ridiculousness the U.S is the one who is in the waters near iran so iran has more right to be there then the U.S does imagine if an Iranian warship was in international waters near the United States main land there would be outrage.

[Cinemaphile]

Send a carrier battle group into the straight and see if Iran wants to play war games.

[Mirsab]

Lady wth, if the us ships are in Iranian waters why the hell is the us giving warning signs when it should be the opposite, Iran should be the one giving warning shots to an intruder like the US

[gothicghost]

Why does she repeated call the Iranian boat ships?