Quick Hitter:
TODAY:
The amphibious assault ship USS Bataan, guided-missile destroyer USS Cole and dry cargo ship USNS Washington Chambers were transiting through international waters in the Strait of Hormuz Tuesday when the Iranian vessel approached within 800 yards of the Bataan, according to Cmdr. Bill Urban, a spokesman for the Navy's Fifth Fleet. Urban said the Iranian vessel shined a spotlight on the Cole while it paralleled the U.S. formation. The Iranian vessel then trained a laser on a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter. The Super Stallion's primary mission is to transport heavy equipment and supplies. After the Iranians shined the laser, they turned their spotlight onto the Bataan and scanned it from bow to stern and back before leaving the area, Urban said.
SEPT 9, 2016:
PENSACOLA, Fla.--Donald Trump said in this military-friendly town that Iranian sailors who make inappropriate gestures at American sailors would be “shot out of the water” if he were president, apparently referring to an incident about two weeks ago when four Iranian ships harassed a U.S. destroyer near the Persian Gulf.
Well, Pr**dent Trump? When are we going to shoot the Iranians out of the water? Mind you, I am not advocating for this, as my Navy ship put up with this shit all the time from the Russians, Egyptian ships, Greek Navy ships pissed when US Navy ships went into a Turkish port, Turkish Navy ships pissed when US Navy ships went into a Greek port, etc.
It’s petty shit, nothing to go to war over or make stupid reckless declarations about. But since you said it, I fully expect you will be true to your word, correct? Or is this just the 5,627th example of bullshit that Donald says that winds up being meaningless?
I think we know the answer.