With the US riled up at Iran and looking to telegraph another incident, the Navy has issued a statement warning all ships in the Persian Gulf to “stay clear” of US warships, warning any ships within 100 meters of an American will be “interpreted as a threat” and that the US would react in “self-defense,” which is to say attack them.
This comes after President Trump’s recent threat to fire on any Iranian ships that “harass” the US, and seems to be mostly aimed at civilian cargo ships, since Iran’s navy never gets that close to US ships outside of Iranian waters.
Coming amid US anger at Iran for shipping gasoline to Venezuela, and US anger at Iran just in general, this may be meant to just frame an upcoming US attack on an Iranian ship by providing an advance justification for doing so.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have threatened to destroy US ships if they become a threat to Gulf maritime security. This is just the latest in a long line of flashpoints between the two sides in recent months.
What the hell is the US doing in the Gulf – thousands of miles from the US Coast? This is the most stupid action by the US. No ships are to come in sight of US ships in the Gulf – in other words the US is annexing the Gulf for its own personal use to the exclusion of international shipping.. The hubris of the US knows no bounds and will bring retaliation from all the worlds shipping.
no it won’t. by the u.s. taking over the straight of hormuz goods will flow flawlessly through that narrow passage that iran used to control. not much longer will we have to put up with this iranian interference. our naval forces are starting pools on which iranian speed boat will be the last one floating.it will be like shooting ducks in a pond.
Yep! The wonderful Americans working for the good of the world. Their generosity knows no bounds.
we have always been willing to lend a helping hand. we have a waiting list for countries requesting regime changes.
What a load of crap
Are there any operational limits on U.S. warships or can we form a line to block Iranian commercial tankers, what if the IRGC is conducting a patrol that just happens to intersect with some unannounced patrol of U.S. craft, they have to yield? This is going to be fun.