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The US Navy apparently just shot down an Iranian drone over the Strait of Ormuz.
Trump told reporters at the White House Thursday that the USS Boxer — a U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship — “took defensive action” against an Iranian drone that had “closed into a very, very near distance, approximately 1,000 yards” and ignored “multiple calls to stand down.”
The drone was “threatening safety of the ship and the ship's crew” and “was immediately destroyed,” Trump said.“This is the latest of many provocative and hostile actions against vessels operating in international waters,” the president said, adding that the U.S. “reserves the right to defend our personnel, our facilities, our interests, and calls upon all nations to condemn Iran's attempts to disrupt freedom of navigation and global commercehttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-says-u-s-navy-ship-shot-down-iranian-drone-n1031451
Last edited by Hillofbeans; 07-18-2019 at 04:08 PM.
Iran confiscates British tanker in Strait of Hormuz – IRGC — RT World NewsThe Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has seized the British oil tanker Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian media reported. UK authorities said the tanker had ‘veered off course’ before capture.
The Stena Impero was headed to Saudi Arabia but left the international sea lanes and headed north towards the Iranian island of Qeshm, marine tracking data showed on Friday.
London said it was “assessing the situation following reports of an incident in the Gulf.”
The 30,000-ton tanker is owned by Stena Bulk, and was bound for the Saudi port of Al Jubail.
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With UK involvement on spying on Trump campaign for Obama and Hillary during 2016 presidential run...I'm not so inclined to help them out.
They want to publicly trash Trump and his administration. Life is a bitch Brits.
To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women!
That's a fairly petty reaction to an international issue...
To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women!
Who is blaming the US for that tanker being seized?
Who is saying the UK and EU are relying on the US to defend their assets in the Strait of Ormuz?
You don't like the UK, fine.
You don't like the EU, fine.
But don't go on extrapolating to prove your point, for it will have the exact opposite effect.
The US military presence in the region isn't to provide military protection and/or escort foreign assets. So... what is your point exactly? That is, if you have one apart from the "serve you right UK, that's what happens when Steele spies on Trump".
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