US and Iran conflict thread. ( merged threads)

[Steal2B]

With what ?

To actually seize a naval vessel you need to be able to board it. That requires manned ships or aircraft. Iran no longer has the ability to field either.

Iran will be targeting Commercial US Flag, Allied Flag Commercial vessels and likely unarmed USN vessels staffed by civilian USCG Licensed Officers and civilian American crews being paid by the DoW through the US Military Sealift Command.

US Flagged Commercial vessels and even most USN support vessels (Tankers, Bulk Cargo, Container ships usually manned by USMSC) are nearly all unarmed.

 

[spat]

Iran will be targeting Commercial US Flag, Allied Flag Commercial vessels and likely unarmed USN vessels staffed by civilian USCG Licensed Officers and civilian American crews being paid by the DoW through the US Military Sealift Command.

US Flagged Commercial vessels and even most USN support vessels (Tankers, Bulk Cargo, Container ships usually manned by USMSC) are nearly all unarmed.

Targetting them with what though ? 2 goats in a rowboat ?

They can still lob drones around the immediate area, but they have no ability to actually project power.

 

[JaguarJaguarGolf]

What’s up with Turkey during all this?
Isn’t there a couple of hundred years of hatred and war between Turkey and Persia?

 

[Steal2B]

Targetting them with what though ? 2 goats in a rowboat ?

They can still lob drones around the immediate area, but they have no ability to actually project power.

They can try to play Somali Pirate in a speedboat if they can round up a half dozen loons who are excited about a chance to soon meet their 64 virgins if our military reacts.

Their ability to board and seize an American ship for ransom, if nearby military assets engage, is zilch.

Their ability for a kamikaze run on an unprotected unarmed ship and kill unarmed Americans is a viable conern.

 

[Defilade]

Except you *don't* question everything.

You latch on to every conspiracy that goes against the conventional wisdom without questioning anything about it.

That's not "questioning everything". That's just being contrarian.

To actually question things you need to understand them and the alternative and see which makes more sense. You don't. You just assume the official line is wrong and whatever crack induced theory opposes it must be right.

Now, I certainly don't trust the official story, ever, but *sometimes* it's correct. If you don't accept that, then you've just traded one untrustworthy authority for another.

Bullshit! More lies than you can imagine. Most people know it. As the saying goes and has held true for some time. Conspiracy Theorist -100. NPC / .Gov Narratives -0.