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Iran says could deploy navy near U.S. coast: report

This is another Iranian attempt at getting attention from the international media. The Iranian navy would be completely annihilated if it attempted to engage the U.S. in any way, and the Iranians are smart enough to know that.
This I can agree with, all Iran is doing is positioning it self for the potential vacuum that will be created if and when we vacate the M.E.
 
This is completely idiotic. I doubt Iran could even reach us and if they could we'd blow their navy to bits before they were within several hundred kliks of the US coast.

On what basis? As long as they were in international waters, their operations would be perfectly legal so long as they weren't illegally interfering with U.S. shipping (or shipping from other states).
 
When I read this thread title I immediately envisioned them landing in Texas. The thought was both extremely disturbing and pleasing at the same time.

My second thought was "nah, even Iran wouldn't be that stupid."

My third " Well, it is Iran we're talking about here."
 
Now, who really believes that Obama would do anything, if Iran was actually stupid enough to pull this crap?

I can hear it, now:

"But...but...but...they're in international waters"

"They have the right to sail anywhere they want, as long as they're in international waters"

"What we need at this point is some strong diplomacy"

The really scary part is that you think attacking ships that are just sitting in international waters is the correct choice. That Obama would be somehow failing as a leader by not violating international law and aggressing against a nation with whom we aren't at war.
 
the United States Navy has fewer ships now than at any point since WWI. Just sayin.

The same is true for every important maritime nation on earth. What do you imagine that means?
 
This is far worse than Iran sending its silly nave...

U.S. confirms attacks by Pakistani military units

Pakistani military units fired shots at American and Afghan government troops along the Afghanistan border several times over the past year, in encounters the United States has downplayed but that illustrate the fraying relations between the countries, according to officials.

On Wednesday, Afghanistan's foreign ministry issued an angry warning to Pakistan after claiming that about 300 rockets had been launched across the Pakistani border into the Nuristan and Kunar provinces of Afghanistan, killing an unspecified number of civilians.


That is not good news...... U.S. confirms attacks by Pakistani military units | Sara A. Carter | Politics | Washington Examiner
 
This is far worse than Iran sending its silly nave...

U.S. confirms attacks by Pakistani military units

Pakistani military units fired shots at American and Afghan government troops along the Afghanistan border several times over the past year, in encounters the United States has downplayed but that illustrate the fraying relations between the countries, according to officials.

On Wednesday, Afghanistan's foreign ministry issued an angry warning to Pakistan after claiming that about 300 rockets had been launched across the Pakistani border into the Nuristan and Kunar provinces of Afghanistan, killing an unspecified number of civilians.


That is not good news...... U.S. confirms attacks by Pakistani military units | Sara A. Carter | Politics | Washington Examiner

Agreed, it's not good.

I considered the aggressive stance of Pakistan toward the US to be rather sudden and unexpected. Now I see that it isn't sudden at all. I had hoped to get the US out of Afghanistan. Such behavior from Pakistan is more likely to make us stay and defend Afghanistan. *sigh*
 
This is far worse than Iran sending its silly nave...

U.S. confirms attacks by Pakistani military units

Pakistani military units fired shots at American and Afghan government troops along the Afghanistan border several times over the past year, in encounters the United States has downplayed but that illustrate the fraying relations between the countries, according to officials.

On Wednesday, Afghanistan's foreign ministry issued an angry warning to Pakistan after claiming that about 300 rockets had been launched across the Pakistani border into the Nuristan and Kunar provinces of Afghanistan, killing an unspecified number of civilians.


That is not good news...... U.S. confirms attacks by Pakistani military units | Sara A. Carter | Politics | Washington Examiner

The US has killed Pakistani boarder guards as well, if I am not mistaken the boarder guarders were killed before the events you mention
 
The same is true for every important maritime nation on earth.

unless one counts China :) or a few others that spring to mind.

what it really means is that every western nation (and Japan) has a smaller navy than it did in WWII.

What do you imagine that means?

well, it tells me that the enlightenment had a good run, and now it's back to the dark ages.
 
unless one counts China :) or a few others that spring to mind.

what it really means is that every western nation (and Japan) has a smaller navy than it did in WWII.

well, it tells me that the enlightenment had a good run, and now it's back to the dark ages.

I take it to mean that the USN is still relatively larger than other navies despite it's smaller size compared to ww2 counterparts. So concerns that the navy isn't large enough aren't as bad as it may seem.
 
maybe Iran should take its Navy to the coast of Somalia.......just for a trial run and get a little experience
 
We should encourage it...insist they follow up with it. I think it would be fun seeing if 1-their 'navy' could make it here, and 2-just how well their supply chain works to keep them afloat.
 
This is completely idiotic. I doubt Iran could even reach us and if they could we'd blow their navy to bits before they were within several hundred kliks of the US coast.

Just out of curiousity, why would we do that? Are we at war with Iran and nobody told me?
 
Just out of curiousity, why would we do that? Are we at war with Iran and nobody told me?
As long as they stay in international waters i dont think there would be a problem. Just be kinda fun to see how they would respond if things did get a little froggy.
 
maybe Iran should take its Navy to the coast of Somalia.......just for a trial run and get a little experience

They have and have intercepted some pirates as well
 
As long as they stay in international waters i dont think there would be a problem. Just be kinda fun to see how they would respond if things did get a little froggy.

Exactly. As a former Naval Officer, I can tell you that sailing naval vessels 'within a few hundred kliks' of another country's coast is not considered to be an act of war. If it was, we'd be fighting every country in the world with a coastline.
 
unless one counts China :) or a few others that spring to mind.

what it really means is that every western nation (and Japan) has a smaller navy than it did in WWII.



well, it tells me that the enlightenment had a good run, and now it's back to the dark ages.
We're doing more with less these days.
 
I take it to mean that the USN is still relatively larger than other navies despite it's smaller size compared to ww2 counterparts. So concerns that the navy isn't large enough aren't as bad as it may seem.

the USN isn't worried about near-peer competitors, but regional threats and asymetric assaults on stability.
 
We're doing more with less these days.

yup. we decided to save on expenses by foregoing changing the oil in our car.

and it will work, too, and save us money.


....for a bit.
 
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