Today, Mick sends us a link to the story that the Iranians didn’t waste anytime raising a ruckus with the Truman by firing missiles near the ship;<\/p>\n
Cmdr. Kyle Raines, a U.S. Central Command spokesman, said in a statement that Iranian Revolutionary Guard naval vessels fired “several unguided rockets” about 1,370 meters (1,500 yards) from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, the USS Bulkeley destroyer and a French frigate, the FS Provence. Raines said commercial sea traffic also was nearby, though the missiles weren’t fired in the direction of any ships.<\/p>\n
Raines said the Iranian vessels announced over maritime radio that they’d carry out a live fire exercise only 23 minutes beforehand.<\/p>\n
Iran’s “actions were highly provocative,” Raines said. “Firing weapons so close to passing coalition ships and commercial traffic within an internationally recognized maritime traffic lane is unsafe, unprofessional and inconsistent with international maritime law.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Historically, the Iranians have threatened to close the Straits of Hormuz to strangle commercial (oil) traffic going back to the Carter years which is why we now have the Carter Doctrine (the free flow of oil through the Persian Gulf at market prices being a national security interest) which has embroiled us in the region’s politics for the last 40 years.<\/p>\n
So, yeah, I’m not feeling very confident about that agreement that we just signed with Iran. My own dealings with amateur terrorists in Florida leads me to an uneasy feeling about Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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