SECOND BRITISH TANKER SEIZED BY IRAN

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Iran is waging war. ‘These seizures are unacceptable.’ I am sure Iran is trembling in their boots.

And we know what side the treasonous Democrats are on.

‘These seizures are unacceptable’: Hunt blasts Iran as he confirms TWO British tankers have been raided in the

  • Gulf prompting COBR emergency summit – in major escalation of tensions with Tehran
  • The Stena Impero was seized in the Strait of Hormuz at 4pm BST by Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces
  • The British-registered tanker was ordered to turn to the north and was taken into Iranian territorial waters
  • A second vessel, the British-operated Mesdar has also been seized by Iran according to the Foreign Office
  • An emergency COBR meeting is being held this evening to discuss the worsening crisis in the region

By Afp and Darren Boyle for MailOnline, 19 July 2019

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Iran has seized two British oil tankers in the Persian Gulf as tensions in the region increase dramatically.

The first vessel, the Stena Impero, was surrounded by heavily-armed Iranian vessels and a helicopter around 4pm and ordered to turn north.

The second vessel, the Mesdar, was ordered by Iran to turn north around 45 minutes later.

Theresa May is chairing an emergency meeting of the COBRA committee at Number 10, which will be attended by Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who is currently battling with his predecessor Boris Johnson to replace Mrs May as Prime Minister.

The Stena Impero oil tanker has been seized by Iranian authorities while passing through the Strait of Hormuz this evening


The Stena Impero was surrounded by Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces at 16:00 BST and ordered to head north. The British registered vessel switched off its maritime tracker a short time later. A second British vessel, Medsar, abruptly changed course towards Iran around 16.45. Theresa May is expected to hold an emergency Cobra meeting this evening in response to the seizures


The Iranian Revolutionary Guard uses a large number of high-speed small vessels to harass shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The regime launched these ‘ultra-fast’ boats in 2010

Mr Hunt said: ‘I will shortly attend a COBR meeting to review what we know and what we can do to swiftly secure the release of the two vessels – a British-flagged vessel and a Liberian-flagged vessel.

‘Their crews comprise a range of nationalities, but we understand there are no British citizens on board either ship.

‘Our ambassador in Tehran is in contact with the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to resolve the situation and we are working closely with international partners.

‘These seizures are unacceptable. It is essential that freedom of navigation is maintained and that all ships can move safely and freely in the region.’

Iranian authorities have yet to comment on the Mesdar, but marine tracking data showed it turning dramatically off course and towards the Iranian coast.

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RLB_In_Tex
RLB_In_Tex
4 years ago

Does Britain no longer have a navy?

Nadzieja55
Nadzieja55
4 years ago
Reply to  RLB_In_Tex

The British Navy has been diddled till it is ineffective like everything else in GB. America is supposed to play messiah for Britain.

Watto
Watto
4 years ago
Reply to  Nadzieja55

May and the rest of the governments since Thatcher have starved the Army, Navy and Air Force of funds so that we hardly have any armed forces. We can’t do anything. Whatever Hunt says the Iranians will just laugh. Winston, Beatty and Nelson must be turning in their graves.

Nadzieja55
Nadzieja55
4 years ago

So Great Britain is hoping who saves their tankers in the Strait of Hormuz? Let me guess wildly, it will be America who saves them.

TD
TD
4 years ago
Reply to  Nadzieja55

I’d like to the UK handle Iran, while we sit back and just give them support.
No need to be on the forefront.

Surgical Strikes are OK too. just no ground troops and no regime change.

Ban Islam
Ban Islam
4 years ago

Asking the terrorists to release the British ships will cause them stress so Theresa May should be sent to solitary confinement for 9 months just like Tommy Robinson was for asking Muslim rapists about their convictions.

Suresh
Suresh
4 years ago
Reply to  Ban Islam

Better yet send her to Iran. They are good at raping women prisoners. And she will get to experience some of what the minor Brit girls went through.

cassandra
cassandra
4 years ago

As a Brit, the uk gov are getting all they deserve. Treason May and the rest of parliament, appease Iran with their pals in unelected eu/4th reich, as well as their ‘secret’ connections with John Kerry, obasturd and other demonrat globullist fascists.

TD
TD
4 years ago
Reply to  cassandra

And the UK gov still thinks Tommy Robinson is the problem (on another matter).

even though the bad migration situation in Europe is worse than the US, he still fights. we here in the US, can be inspired by that.

Maybe Boris Johnson would be an upgrade to Theresa.

TD
TD
4 years ago
Reply to  cassandra

And the UK gov still thinks Tommy Robinson is the problem (on another matter).

even though the bad migration situation in Europe is worse than the US, he still fights. we here in the US, can be inspired by that.

Maybe Boris Johnson would be an upgrade to Theresa.

Elizabeth Wagner
Elizabeth Wagner
4 years ago
Reply to  cassandra

I’ve read the count is 4 British tankers. I hope the Brits don’t expect the USA to save them AGAIN. I don’t think they’ve ever bothered to thank us for the fact they’re not speaking German today.

Michelle
Michelle
4 years ago

The UK thanked the USA by giving them every penny they had.
At the end of the war the UK was broke while the USA had most of the world’s gold.
Nothing the USA did was free and the USA was nowhere when the UK was most vulnerable in 39 to 41 when it saved itself. Certainly the USA helped economically and materially in this period but not for nothing and without armed force intervention so the USA did NOT save the UK. This comment will be attacked nonstop by the US citizens who post here but tough! It is time they read some history.
The USA ONLY entered the war when the Japanese attacked. While I and most UK citizens appreciate the US war effort in WW2 far too many of you think that Hollywood movies tell the truth about WW2.
However that was the UK in WW2 when they had a decent leader. Now they have that criminal “May” and it is a whole new ball game of “money” as the UK elite crawl up the oil posterior. I hope that the USA stays out of it right now and that the Brits find their cojones and do something themselves after all their special forces and Boat service people are no slouches. The Iranians really need a good slap.

John Acord
John Acord
4 years ago
Reply to  Michelle

Other than Lend-Lease the Brits fought to Nazis nearly single handed from 1939 to 1942,and had the Japanese not attacked the US and the madman HItler not declared war on the US the world might be considerably different than it is today.

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
Reply to  John Acord

Imperial JP didn’t just attack the US — they attacked British colonies throughout Asia (Hong Kong, Singapore being two that I can think of off-hand but there were others). Imperial JP also sent the Prince of Wales and Repulse to the bottom of the Pacific.

Michelle
Michelle
4 years ago
Reply to  John Acord

Try telling that to the US chauvinists who believe what Hollywood tells them. U571? My a**e! The help was appreciated but the UK paid for it all. Have a look at how many new millionaires were created in the USA in WW2.

Ziggy46
Ziggy46
4 years ago
Reply to  Michelle

Amen, so damn true.

Ziggy46
Ziggy46
4 years ago
Reply to  John Acord

Amen, John, well said.

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
Reply to  Michelle

US merchant ships were being sunk by Nazi U-boats off the East Coast before Pearl Harbor. The US practically fought the Japanese all by itself — especially on the high seas. The IJN could have easily defeated the entire RN, they had better battleships, better destroyers, better cruisers, better torpedoes, more aircraft carriers, more capable naval aircraft and actual dive bombers.
The arsenal of democracy supplied Great Britain w/destroyers and aircraft in addition to raw materials.
If anything saved GB it was Hitler’s decision to invade the USSR.

Michelle
Michelle
4 years ago

As well as Hitler’s insane declaring of war on the USA. That gave FDR the excuse he was after. Most current Americans have NO idea just how few in the USA wanted the USA to join WW2 and that is why the comment”USA saved GB annoys me as the USA NEVER entered until pushed. IMO FDR knew about Pearl harbour and suppressed it for the obvious reason. BTW while the Japanese 24″ long lance and the zero were excellent weapons I think that you underestimate the WW2 RN. However NO navy then or now was safe with no air cover and the pearl harbour attack was based upon the RN FAA attack on Taranto. The IJN had a genius as its commander Yamamoto and without the code breaking he would have beaten anyone “For 12 months” he said as then the USA manufacturing would catch up.

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
Reply to  Michelle

The RN’s naval torpedo bomber was a BIPLANE that couldn’t even fly 200 MPH and had two .303 caliber machineguns as “armament.” The RN didn’t even have a dive bomber. The IJN Val dive bomber could’ve easily engaged the Stringbag in air-to-air combat and won.

The Fairey Fulmar was the Fleet Air Arm “fighter” in ’42’ and the Zero would’ve had no problems dropping those.

In ’42’ the Japanese fast carrier fleet had the largest naval aviation arm in the world and the two largest battleships in the history of the world.

The IJN also sank the RN carrier Hermes. The IJN spanked the RN in every engagement they ever had that didn’t also involve the USN.

From what I understand when Billy Mitchell staged his demonstration of the ability of bombers to sink battleships members of the Japanese Navy were there to witness the demonstration.

Michelle
Michelle
4 years ago

The point of all of these sneers? Of course the aircraft were obsolete! Malta was defended SUCCESSFULLY against the whole Italian air force by THREE gladiator biplanes. Nearly 40% of soviet in 1941and Italian fighters in 1939 and WERE biplanes. Most US aircraft in 1939 were equally trash compared to later in the war. Malaya was defended by US built rubbish aircraft(P36 hawks and Brewster Buffaloes) . What is the point of your rant? US wonderful UK crap! Get a grip on yourself. Your country was no better than Sweden in that it made large amounts of money while others died in the name of that wonderful oft espoused “liberty”. The effect of this pre-armed the US for when it did enter the war. The UK in 1939-1942 had NO money to upgrade its FAA as it was too busy defending the UK with the RAF using its own manufactured aircraft.
BTW the swordfish biplane crippled Bismarck as well as sinking several Italian battleships. By 1942 the German Uboats had sank most UK carriers. Just in case you have not realised it the UK had been FIGHTING a war since 1939 while japan and the US sat on their backsides and made money. Ask the USN about how they felt when they went to Malta under German air attack? Seriously you have no idea. Leave it at that before it becomes nasty as I have wasted enough time.

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
Reply to  Michelle

I didn’t mean any offense, but I have a right to my opinion.

The “Italian Air force”, LOL. I was only indicting the RN. The RN couldn’t face off against the IJN, that’s the ugly truth. The IJN fast carrier attack force could field more than 500 aircraft that were superior in every way to what the RN had and RN carriers only had relatively small complements of planes even if they had tougher carriers. The Bismarck was nothing in comparison to the IJN super-battleships Musashi and Yamato. The IJN had been fighting against China AND Russia in a little place called Manchuria:

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-almost-war-1938-1939-russia-japans-nearly-forgotten-13956

Michelle
Michelle
4 years ago

OK point taken. I have no problems with an opinion voiced without prejudice. The RN was made to combat the German navy. The US to combat the German and then the Japanese. the Japanese navy was designed to combat the Russian and then the USN. the FAA was designed to combat U-boats and German naval ships. It was NOT designed to fight carrier vs carrier war and the aircraft showed this. In addition it was always the poor brother cf the RAF and the last area to be modernised in the RN.
Japan watched carefully 39-41 and realizing that conflict with the US was certain designed and trained its fleet accordingly. The first US fighters that ran into the Japanese did as poorly as did the RAF ones (Philippines and elsewhere). The far eastern British fleet was almost a retirement home for elderly coal burning ships (Ramillies and ?Revenge) and an absolutely obsolete carrier (Hermes). The sole escort of the latter was WW1 destroyer. The RN was totally stretched in the west let alone the east(who would have guessed?). The Mediterranean had shown the RN how defenceless were ALL ships to aerial attack by determined aircrew and remember the Japanese were sneered at by the west up to 1941 and the folly of the POW and Repulse can be blamed upon such arrogant ignorance just like Savo island disaster was
The Bismarck NOTHING? FGS it was the best battleship in the world and probably would have beaten the Yamato or the Mushashi. Just because they had 18″ guns means nothing as the German shooting was far superior to even the RN let alone the IJN. BTW those two ships were not even in commission by pearl harbour and the Bismarck had been already sunk. Yes the IJN and USN carriers carried more planes than did the RN ones. They were also far more susceptible to damage as they both had wooden decks unlike the RN ones. The same kind of kamikazes that almost destroyed 2 US carriers were pushed off the deck of the Illustrious and the carrier was back to normal next day. It took Guadalcanal (for the wildcat) and New guinea )for the P40) and Burma(for the Hurricane) before allied pilots learnt how to handle Japanese fighters. It was not just about “obsolete” aircraft but tactics. I can on on and on but this is pointless as you have your opinion as is your right.

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
Reply to  Michelle

The Yamato (commissioned in Dec. 1941) and Musashi didn’t just have 18″ cannons, they had 9 of them to the Bizmarck’s 8 15″ cannons. These cannons fired nearly 3000 pound shells! The Yamato and Musashi had superior range to all other battleships fielded in WW2 and they took loads of punishment before they went down because their armor belt was up to 20″ thick of treated steel.
The RN FAA was a poor joke in comparison to the IJN, that’s really all there is to it. The Zeros would be splashing Fairey Fulmars like there was no tomorrow (they exceeded the performance envelope of the Fulmar in every category), then there’s the Long-lance torpedoes (which won the Battle of Savo Island for the IJN).

Michelle
Michelle
4 years ago

WTH?? I just explained the fact that PREWW2 aircraft were no match for zeros and that included US ones. As for the Fulmar it was not meant to fight the Japanese and in its designated role did Okay. Why you bring up the Musashi and Yamato again is beyond me. The Japanese refused to expose them to risk because of the image pushed until it was too late(never used in Guadalcanal where the only Pacific war battleship vs battleship battles occurred.. edit Wrong! I missed Surigao Strait in 1944)). It makes no difference how good they were or were not as they were both sunk and I find the Japanese obsession with them to be typical (Yamato raised and fought in one movie IIRC). Drop it as this is becoming pathetic and call off your dogs.

Rob Porter
Rob Porter
4 years ago

“US merchant ships were being sunk by Nazi U-boars off the East Coast before Pearl Harbour” – and the U.S. did not declare war for that act of war? There is no doubt that Britain could not have survived forever without U.S. material and men, but it did stop Hitler on its own. Hitler knew that without the air war won, he could not launch at invasion attempt on Britain and he had lost the air war, so got on with his other plans, not least to invade Russia – that he had always intended doing.

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
Reply to  Rob Porter

Nearly half the Luftwaffe was sent to the Eastern front and GB never could’ve invaded Fortress Europa on its own. RAF attempts to bomb Germany before the US entered the war were ineffective. There was no air war against Nazi Germany until the USAAF showed up.

Rob Porter
Rob Porter
4 years ago

You are wrong, the RAF began bombing Germany in 1940, so to say there was no air war against Nazi Germany before the U.S.entered it erroneous. However, that air war only became really effective after the U.S. entered the war and began daylight bombing – that was almost called off because of the huge Eighth Airforce losses to German fighters and anti-aircraft guns. But, as you said, Britain on its own could never have invaded continental Europe.

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
Reply to  Rob Porter

The Luftwaffe spanked all the deep strike raids the British tried against Germany. No significant damage was done by British bomber forces to Nazi Germany at all. It didn’t impede their ability to produce anything.

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
Reply to  newsel

I can’t help but notice things didn’t turn around for the British forces in their colonies across Asia until after the US entered the war.

Michelle
Michelle
4 years ago

Yes the US help in Burma made a lot of difference *sarcasm* While Australian troops embarrassed the US ones in PNG.(Buna?Gona etc) Look this is all pointless as you are just proving why so many dislike the US. I do not but the way you wave the flag is sickening. We need allies and all you (and your dogs) are doing is to help alienate them. I can bash the US, Canada, the UK etc. but I am sick of this US won the war rubbish as it was the USSR who beat Germany. Drop it!

newsel
newsel
4 years ago

To your “turn around” comment: From Wiki: “However, it is more widely accepted that the Pacific War itself began on 7/8 December 1941, when the Japanese invaded Thailand and attacked the British colonies of Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong as well as the United States military and naval bases in Hawaii, Wake Island, Guam, and the Philippines.

Point being that the allies in the Pacific, unlike the western and Nth Africa fronts, were attacked simultaneously. The retreats from the Philippines (US) and Malaysia (UK et al) then ensued. There is no doubt that without the eventual supremacy of the USN, defeating (Midway etc) the Japanese will have proven to be a long and even more costly war. The impact of the US entering the war after PH from a logistics perspective (men and equipment) was much more pronounced on the western fronts. Bottom line, everyone did their bit one way or the other. Interesting to read about Operation Iceberg – never knew that before.

newsel
newsel
4 years ago

Well, at least there was Australia left to accommodate MacArthur after his retreat from the Philippines and which allowed the allies ground forces time to regroup.

Rob Porter
Rob Porter
4 years ago
Reply to  Michelle

Well said. At the end of the war the U.K. was broke, but to the U.S.’s and everyone else’s surprise paid off its war debt very quickly. The Battle of Britain was won by the RAF with pilots from all over the commonwealth, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Canada and Poland – and a few brave Americans who enlisted through Canada while their country sat on the sidelines and watched. I hope that Britain does find a solution on it’s own, but with weak Theresa who knows. As Nigel Farage has said, she “a nothing leader”, but the West, all over, is afflicted with rubbish excuses for leaders, Just-an-ass Trudeau in Canada, that feckless Jacinda idiot in New Zealand, disgusting Merkel in Germany, bag of wind Macron in France, and useless dopes all over Scandinavia.

Michelle
Michelle
4 years ago
Reply to  Rob Porter

Morrison of Australia sits on the razor’s edge. his party is globalist “conservative” and only won as the socialist/green potential coalition made the mistake of being honest WRT their lunatic climate economy crippling new laws and thus is the lesser of two evils. I am still uncertain of him and why he heeds the UN. the others above are relentless fools and all are only worthy of a noose. Farage still refuses to see the Islamic problem but if and when he gains power he may suddenly “open his eyes”. I so hope so. Seriously I would like to see some examples being made in the future, not of TR but of the swine calling themselves “leaders” in the west. Madame la Guillotine has been idle far too long (but hanging will do).

Rob Porter
Rob Porter
4 years ago
Reply to  Michelle

There is much about Farage that I like, but I cannot fathom him on Islam and the all so obvious and frequent Muslim violence. It’s all so ‘in your face’ obvious, no other group on earth is so violent and murderous, so how can it escape anyone’s notice – if you are sane thus not a liberal!

Michelle
Michelle
4 years ago
Reply to  Rob Porter

We may have to wait until he gains power to see if he is just keeping it quiet. If he is not and does nothing he will be almost as bad and my hopes will be doomed.

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
Reply to  Michelle

Daniel Greenfield once wrote: you can’t wake up those who are only pretending to be asleep and Farage? He’s pretending. His comments about Tommy Robinson are disgusting and only serve to illustrate where his loyalties lie and lie and lie.

Michelle
Michelle
4 years ago

Yes but you could have said the same things about Churchill in the 1930s. What is relevant here is what will he do IF he gains power and currently there is NO ONE else. I can agree with you but let’s be realistic here. The UK is sinking and even a tainted straw will do.

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
Reply to  Michelle

Anne Marie Waters is my favourite politician across the dying atheist West. She’s the only politician who dares expose islum and muslums for what they are. Farage has never said anything negative about muslums or their fascist death cult. He’s not part of the solution, he’s part of the problem IMHO.

Michelle
Michelle
4 years ago

Not sure that I agree as he is an astute politician. If and hen he gains power I would not be the slightest bit surprised to see him slowly tighten the reins WRT islam. There would be no trumpeting, no headlines just a slow severing then isolation of muslims in power in the UK. That is how you must do it now. Otherwise is open war.If he does not I will be very disappointed in him.

Michelle
Michelle
4 years ago

Just because he toes the UK line there des not mean that he disagrees with him. I admit that he has disappointed me so afr but if he wants to be PM he cannot be open and obvious. You cannot judge politicians by normal rules. Look at Trump. Much as I like and respect him he does have ‘foot in mouth” disease and although it is funny and I love it when they all bite it is not sensible politically.

santashandler
santashandler
4 years ago
Reply to  Rob Porter

Yes. Which makes a global government that much more possible

Poppey
Poppey
4 years ago
Reply to  Michelle

Well said Michelle. I sometimes wonder who it was that talked Mrs Thatcher into sending Douglas Hurd {Foreign Secretary} over to Bonn in 1990 to tell the Germans Britain was letting them off paying us our war reparations bill of 3.6 trillion pounds.

I think we paid for the reunification of East Berlin and Germany don’t you ?

Ziggy46
Ziggy46
4 years ago
Reply to  Michelle

Excellent post, Michelle; a history lesson for some folks out there. One bone to pick, methinks Churchill was more than a decent leader. I, however, totally agree with your assessment of the inept and treasonous May. Great post, I hope more non-Brits read it. I realize you assume I am being picky or worse regarding Winston Churchill; I hope not.

The forlorn, gutless West needs a Churchill-like leader but like those before Churchill, the West will appease, molly-coddle those bent on our end, as they placated Hitler during the pre-war period.

knightsstrength
knightsstrength
4 years ago

Lets see what Boris Johnson does. Hope he is no weakling. I am sure he will be Prime Minister.

Rob Porter
Rob Porter
4 years ago

Until he sorts out his personal morals he will never be a really good and principled leader. It’s hard to imagine anyone worse than Theresa May – or Jeremy Corbin, but time will tell. Rignt now there is no Winston Churchill or Maggie Thatcher on the horizon, just Muslim-pandering fools.

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
Reply to  Rob Porter

If the Dem0rats fix the 2020 presidential election the US will be in similarly bad shape WRT the continuing muslum infiltration/subversion/co-option of the US government.

knightsstrength
knightsstrength
4 years ago
Reply to  Rob Porter

They need a Trump

Michelle
Michelle
4 years ago

I do not trust this creature. he is an opportunist as best. However the job might find him a pair.

Rob Porter
Rob Porter
4 years ago

I’m sure they did thank you and they fought magnificently to maintain a foothold that provided a launching pad to Europe – and they very quickly paid off their war debt to the U.S. If they hadn’t maintained that launching, how would the U.S. now be trading with Europe? Since those day and other than Margaret Thatcher, Britain has been cursed with weak or rotten leadership – just as the U.S. had Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama – the one just a fool, the other a traitor who remains free, schemes behind the scene to undermine Trump – and is not stopped!

Poppey
Poppey
4 years ago

It remains the truth Elizabeth that America was the only combatant country that made money from that war, and a lot of it was ours. The UK with a population of only 46 million employed 60% of its industrial, commercial and other resources on prosecuting the war, more than any other country involved, and we did it for six years too in all theaters.

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
Reply to  Poppey

And the USA defeated Imperial Japan practically all by itself. There weren’t any British ships, soldiers, marines or aircraft at Coral Sea or Midway or Guadalcanal or Okinawa or Iwo Jima.

Michelle
Michelle
4 years ago

FFS shut up! You really are pathetic!

Stephen Honig
Stephen Honig
4 years ago
Reply to  cassandra

The Brits said evil (Muslims) are welcomed into their country. This is there payback!

Michelle
Michelle
4 years ago
Reply to  Stephen Honig

Check your history! It all started when independent Africa kicked out all of the Indians and Pakistanis as they wanted their jobs & businesses for the family and friends. Neither India nor Pakistan would take them so the UK had no choice. When my grandfather saw that he knew that Africa was a coming basket case. Read up on the Nigerian railways . That is a good laugh.

Ziggy46
Ziggy46
4 years ago
Reply to  cassandra

Good, informative post, Cassandra.

Mark Steiner
Mark Steiner
4 years ago
Reply to  cassandra

Parliament has already made an armistice of iniquity with the Muslim mayor of London.

crazymind99
crazymind99
4 years ago

Britain will wait 5 years for the EU to rule on what they can do.

santashandler
santashandler
4 years ago
Reply to  crazymind99

And yet, back in 1982, Britain wasnt seemingly paralyzed by the same disorder when they defended the Falkland islands with force.

Dave Jensen
Dave Jensen
4 years ago

I hope the US isn’t stupid enough to get involved.

TD
TD
4 years ago
Reply to  Dave Jensen

We don’t have to.
Britain, Israel, Saudi, UAE can handle it while we sit back and just give them support.

TD
TD
4 years ago
Reply to  TD

But I’m actually OK with surgical strikes, if Trump needs to do it.. but no ground troops and no regime change.

Blast their nuclear/missile sites out of existence.

Dave Jensen
Dave Jensen
4 years ago
Reply to  TD

Fine, but things have a way of getting escalated. I believe it is best if we do nothing.

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
Reply to  Dave Jensen

Of course Farshad Al Fuqwad! The best course of action for the kafir al najjis is always to do nothing!

GonadTheRuffian
GonadTheRuffian
4 years ago

If the situation in the Middle East blows up, that Alberta oil will look better every day.
Now if Canada can just get rid of Mohammad Castro, and put the virtue signalling Green Weinies in their place Alberta can come back to life again.

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago

I wouldn’t mind seeing Turdeau taking a long, well-deserved, dirt nap.

GonadTheRuffian
GonadTheRuffian
4 years ago

Is it wrong to pray for such a thing?

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago

Yes, I’ve heard it is. I suppose you’re supposed to pray Turdeau becomes enlightened to his evil and a better person.

evangeline golding
evangeline golding
4 years ago

Not in the slightest.

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago

But G-d isn’t a hit man!?

Rocinante44
Rocinante44
4 years ago
Reply to  Dave Jensen

in 1800, all of europe paid bribes to the barbary pirates to not hijack their ships and enslave their crews. it was the US that finally did something about it. my guess is history will repeat itself

OMGoutrage
OMGoutrage
4 years ago

The Brits kick over an anthill and then wonder why all the ants are angry and scurrying around biting everything of yours that they can. What did they expect? If Britain believes that it can enforce it’s non UN-approved “sanctions” on Iran through might because might makes right – well look out. Iran has quite a bit of might stationed around their strait of Hormuz. If might makes right for Britain, it makes right for Iran.

This is a time for reflection and dialogue. The alternative is a conflict that could set the whole world on fire. What are 3 ships compared to that?

Trevor Fortune
Trevor Fortune
4 years ago
Reply to  OMGoutrage

Is that you Neville Chamberlain?

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
Reply to  Trevor Fortune

LOL, exactly.

Michelle
Michelle
4 years ago
Reply to  OMGoutrage

Do tell us all what it is that the Brits have done? I must have missed that? Did they fail to crawl lowly enough to Iran? Obviously such gems as “Si vis pacem, para bellum” escape you. You have to be a bleeding heart Christian, naïve or a fool to think that fanatics respond to peace and kindness. They always ONLY rspnd to far greater violence. Read some history(the non SJW kind that is)

WM1
WM1
4 years ago
Reply to  OMGoutrage

It’s in the offing anyway. The West, simply, needs to make certain we have the will to win and govern ourselves accordingly!

Tom Thacker
Tom Thacker
4 years ago

I don’t know about anyone else but I’m gonna go listen to Bomb Iran by Vince Vance and the Valiants.

Ban Islam
Ban Islam
4 years ago
Reply to  Tom Thacker

I found John McCain’s version pretty catchy too. 🙂

So the Mullahs hate the US, hate Israel, hate the UK…hate their own people, geez if only there was a solution here.

Suresh
Suresh
4 years ago
Reply to  Ban Islam

They hate all non-muslims. They are showing their true colors now.

Jihadi says in arabic “conquest of America” must for establishing islamic caliphate https://tinyurl.com/y7kuzjdw

And that group is active in EU/Australia/North America !

Ban Islam
Ban Islam
4 years ago
Reply to  Suresh

Agreed I was being facetious for those (mostly Leftists) who can’t seem to connect the dots when it comes to Muslims.

We are in WW3 against Islam. I don’t know how many of us will have to be killed by Muslims until western nations wake up to reality but hopefully it’ll happen soon.

Hans Wellington
Hans Wellington
4 years ago
Reply to  Ban Islam

Those ragheaded Mullahs need to be eliminated and most Iranians would be very happy as well.

Ban Islam
Ban Islam
4 years ago

Agreed, we just need western nations to unite against the Iranian regime and wipe it out. The trouble is that many Americans don’t want more wars and Trump is also an anti-war president.

If someone like John Bolton was in charge, the regime would already be gone and we’d be restoring Iran to the former democratic secular nation it used to be.

There’s a simple lesson here, either we shape the future or our enemies will. If we do nothing Iran will get the bomb and nuke US and Israeli cities. So hopefully Trump wakes up and stops them.

joe shmoe
joe shmoe
4 years ago

buy oil from the US and this wont happen

Mark Steiner
Mark Steiner
4 years ago
Reply to  joe shmoe

We have enough oil to supply the world. If we had the petroleum delivery infrastructure right here, we could sell to Britain and still overcome the 6 million BOPD deficit we still have … we are not yet petroleum independent!

santashandler
santashandler
4 years ago

What will Britain do about it? Nothing. Instead of having an ambassador play nice, the Iranians should be conducting rescue missions on the ships the British bombed. But, that wont happen. Iran will continue to do this, until they are stopped. Period.

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago

Theresa May’s emergency meeting will involve how negotiating much Iran will have to pay off her and her fellow corrupt PM’s to ignore the problem — using the funds so generously provided by POTUS Obamanati0n.

Rocinante44
Rocinante44
4 years ago

barbary pirates all over again. let’s see if trump is all talk or not

Bagsgroove
Bagsgroove
4 years ago

The bloody Iranians are going to say the crews sought asylum in Iran,.

Bill Gregg
Bill Gregg
4 years ago

Transform an old tanker into a heavily armed Q-ship.

Michelle
Michelle
4 years ago
Reply to  Bill Gregg

Nice one!

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
Reply to  Bill Gregg

That would be a surprise for the muslum bastards, although Iran does have subs and an air force so…

Rinnie
Rinnie
4 years ago
Reply to  Bill Gregg

Good idea, except that all of the relevant details about it would have been leaked to Iran before the craft even sailed.

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
Reply to  Rinnie

The ugly truth, muslums have so thoroughly infiltrated the British government there’s no way such a Q-ship could be kept secret.

Alleged-Comment
Alleged-Comment
4 years ago

For some reason Iran is ITCHING for a war.

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MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago

A blonde monkey. I wonder if he enjoys his white privilege among other monkeys?

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
4 years ago

Iran is about to learn that jacking with the “big boys” is the equivalent of pissing on a spark plug.

Roma Mikhasev
Roma Mikhasev
4 years ago

rabid pigs

James Stamulis
James Stamulis
4 years ago

Iran’s fake leaders would rather see us destroy their country than give in to their own people who don’t want them. Trump is being very patient but his patience has it’s limits.

knightsstrength
knightsstrength
4 years ago

Reminds me of the Barbary Coast Pirates, but today we need to make examples of Muslim Iran areas.

Defence Man
Defence Man
4 years ago

What Iran is doing by taking these tankers I don’t know. What I do know is that the U.S.A. should stand down and let Iran play their game and let the E.U. make their stupid decisions and suffer the consequences ! Their economies will collapse.

Rick Gouveia
Rick Gouveia
4 years ago

A US-Chicom confesses to arming marxist malitias in USA’s “gun-free” zones since 1990. This Chicom only confessed to 99 “handguns” but had over a dozen MACHINE GUNS under his roof. https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/07/18/Ex-CBP-commander-faces-25-years-for-gun-running-tax-evasion/4841563444720/

John Acord
John Acord
4 years ago

The mullahs must think that Jimmy Carter is in the White House. They will soon learn they are badly mistaken. It is time for Iran to lose its capability to both wage war and to finance terrorism throughout the world. We don’t need a surgical strike or a ground war or regime change.We MUST nuke Iran until it has NO capacity whatsoever to continue to be a threat to the world. This will not only serve to destroy this loathsome regime but as a warning to all the other enemies of the USA and the West that a new sheriff is in town and he does not take prisoners.

WM1
WM1
4 years ago
Reply to  John Acord

Sounds good…but…it’ll never happen!

Political_qrm
Political_qrm
4 years ago

Considering what all of Britain is becoming, the British government will probably apologize to Iran for being in the waters… Nasty, but true..

glenda lafont
glenda lafont
4 years ago

For heaven’s sake UK get in there and go get your ships. There will be
meeting after meeting and threat after threat. Go get your ships.

Bikinis not Burkas
Bikinis not Burkas
4 years ago

Falklands part 2?

Rob Porter
Rob Porter
4 years ago

Expect a weak response from weak Theresa May. There has to be retaliation to put these Muslim bastards in their place. If their little boats run around a ship in international waters, have security guards on board who fill the Iranians with lead and sink their boats. Here we go again, the West was pathetic in its slow response to Somalian pirates and again has been slow to prepare for this. For heaven’s sake, the West and everyone else is dealing with scum, so treat them accordingly.

sal
sal
4 years ago

let the Brits take care of their own.

Dave Glynn
Dave Glynn
4 years ago
Reply to  sal

We don’t need you ya silly prick!

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
Reply to  Dave Glynn

I worry about Anne Marie Waters, she seems to have an even more severe case of islamofauxbia than Tommy Robinson. I only wish I could vote for her!

Dave Glynn
Dave Glynn
4 years ago

Anne is a beacon of truth and light but is constantly harassed by the far left with No protection from the police.

David Square
David Square
4 years ago

What are the spineless Brits going to do without American support? I hope President Trump keeps the US military out of this impending conflict. Screw the effete Limeys. They have become as gutless and as pro-Islam as the French.

Stephen Honig
Stephen Honig
4 years ago

So what’s the solution?

Lyle Hartman
Lyle Hartman
4 years ago

USA do not get envolved. Let the Brits handle it. First they have ask May for her perse so they can get their balls back. They could get their oil from us though.

Dan Knight
Dan Knight
4 years ago

I know for a fact that we could shut down Iran’s with a few missiles or weaponized drones, and not even bother to confirm or deny our involvement. Don’t ask how I know.

As long as our semi-not-enemies-today in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are down with it, we could have the Iranians squealing like the pigs they are … and with a little timing we could support the dissidents who – while still being mostly shiites – could be semi-not-enemies-tomorrow if we had the balls to make it so.

Personally, I wish the POTUS had advisors who were more aware of the necessity of *hard* action – and not a war. We don’t need a war. We just need chutzpah.

And as for the Chinese, the Russians, the Germans, the French, and the other cocksuckers coddling up to the Ayatollahs … they can be dealt with too. They’re not invincible or invulnerable. Their all cowards who would crap their Depends if they didn’t have Leftist traitors doing their bidding here – in our Deep-State-Media-Traitor Complex.

What would the Germans do if we cut off their trade with Iran? Call us N a z i s? They will do that anyway, and they haven’t got anything we need or want. The only thing Germany has to offer us is IHOP, Aldis, Harry’s razors, and some Siemens wind mill generators that should be melted down for scrap. Their Bayer, BASF, and other chemical affiliates already do much of their research (what they haven’t shipped off to China) here anyway. (Because the German Left has a Bleep German scientist and engineers first policy just like our Left has a Bleep Us First policy.)

The Chinese are losing the trade war … because the bastards never had a natural economy. Their economy is just our STEM and our manufacturing jobs – along with all the support opportunities we should have had over the last 40 years. The only people who need their products – besides us – are their own peasants. But the Commies made sure the peasants had no access to the artificial economy – so they have no cash to buy all that crap they make. Which is why they have ghost cities and mountains of unsold inventory under smoggy skies. So what are they going to do? Call us *racist?* Start a shooting war? They can’t do jack about Iran.

I could go on, but most of y’all know more than I do — or are smarter than I am – so you get the idea.

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
Reply to  Dan Knight

I’ve read that the smog in Beijing makes Los Angeles at its worst look good.

Dan Knight
Dan Knight
4 years ago

So have I. I’ve also worked with Chinese who verify it.

You and yours have a wonderful weekend!

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
Reply to  Dan Knight

You too Mr. Knight and your knightly feline!

Achmed Mohandjob
Achmed Mohandjob
4 years ago

Not just Beijing .. every city in China. And, it spreads south. Under certain conditions, Chinese air pollution fully covers Korea and some of it makes its way as far as Japan. Of course, the PRC denies it.

Studentenviro
Studentenviro
4 years ago

Once again you show your gross ignorance of what goes on in the world.

Your total lack of knowledge and understanding of this planet is beyond comprehension.
Go get a basic education for right now you have none.
https://www.travelchinaguide.com/climate/air-pollution.htm
Air Quality Rankings of Chinese Major Tourist Cities in 2019
Rank City Province belongs to AQI Air Quality Level PM2.5 PM10
1 Lijiang Yunnan 11 Excellent 6 10
2 Lhasa Tibet 15 Excellent 2 17
3 Nanning Guangxi 19 Excellent 11 17
4 Tianjin Tianjin 21 Excellent 16 33
5 Yinchuan Ningxia 24 Excellent 10 36
6 Baotou Inner Mongolia 25 Excellent 11 21
7 Datong Shanxi 26 Excellent 14 22
8 Dali Yunnan 27 Excellent 8 35
9 Changchun Jilin 28 Excellent 14 28
10 Sanya Hainan 28 Excellent 16 23
11 Haikou Hainan 32 Excellent 12 35
12 Kunming Yunnan 37 Excellent 27 36
13 Guangzhou Guangdong 38 Excellent 28 40
14 Guiyang Guizhou 39 Excellent 27 34
15 Xiamen Fujian 40 Excellent 27 36
16 Shijiazhuang Hebei 44 Excellent 8 46
17 Lanzhou Gansu 44 Excellent 20 47
18 Shenzhen Guangdong 45 Excellent 31 59
19 Hohhot Inner Mongolia 46 Excellent 20 39
20 Qingdao Shandong 55 Good 11 59
21 Chongqing Chongqing 55 Good 49 56
22 Zhangjiakou Hebei 56 Good 34 76
23 Shengzhen Guangdong 57 Good 39 54
24 Shengyang Liaoning 58 Good 14 66
25 Fuzhou Fujian 59 Good 33 67
26 Dalian Liaoning 61 Good 14 72
27 Jinan Shandong 69 Good 8 88
28 Zhangjiajie Hunan 74 Good 67 75
29 Taiyuan Shanxi 77 Good 18 102
30 Shanghai Shanghai 77 Good 59 65
31 Wuhan Hubei 78 Good 75 62
32 Xining Qinghai 78 Good 51 75
33 Zhengzhou Henan 80 Good 20 117
34 Hangzhou Zhejiang 90 Good 73 94
35 Suzhou Jiangsu 96 Good 73 92
36 Beijing Beijing 100 Good 66 94
37 Chengdu Sichuan 107 Lightly Polluted 92 114
38 Guilin Guangxi 109 Lightly Polluted 89 105
39 Changsha Hunan 117 Lightly Polluted 93 75
40 Luoyang Henan 124 Lightly Polluted 95 126
41 Yangzhou Jiangsu 137 Lightly Polluted 102 162
42 Harbin Heilongjiang 149 Lightly Polluted 113 153

Achmed Mohandjob
Achmed Mohandjob
4 years ago
Reply to  Studentenviro

TOO funny, little one … “travelchinaguide”? Why, little one do you continue to HUMILIATE yourself, time, after time, after time?

Studentenviro
Studentenviro
4 years ago

Extinction

Dave Jensen
Dave Jensen
4 years ago
Reply to  Dan Knight

I never figured out why we buy anything from China. Almost everything is crap that doesn’t work well in the first place and is totally non functional after a few months. If we really have a need for cheap junk there are plenty of other places that can make it. Another thing that the left was shrieking about was the increased cost, which really didn’t amount to much. If Walmart buys something from China that costs $10 before, they sell it for $70 and pay 25% tariff, it is only about a 3.5% increase. I know Walmart doesn’t make $60 profit on the item, there are many other expenses they have to deal with, but their actual cost isn’t that much more. If I never have another Chinese product it will be too soon.

Dan Knight
Dan Knight
4 years ago
Reply to  Dave Jensen

🙂 … you and yours have a great week Dave!

santashandler
santashandler
4 years ago
Reply to  Dan Knight

Forgive me, Dan but, I think the Germans can not take credit for IHOP. I believe that is strictly an American venture 🙂

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
Reply to  santashandler

LOL.

Dan Knight
Dan Knight
4 years ago
Reply to  santashandler

My bad … maybe I confused them with Wienerschnitzel … or it’s old-timers …

You and yours have a wonderful week Santahandler!

santashandler
santashandler
4 years ago
Reply to  Dan Knight

????Easy to get the two confused.
You have a great weekend(what’s left of it) as well.

Martina Vaslovik
Martina Vaslovik
4 years ago

It rather seems that Iran really does want to provoke a shooting conflict for reasons of their own, and they want to be able to blame it on the West.

Dan Knight
Dan Knight
4 years ago

BTW … a few commenters … myself included … have missed an obvious point …

The tankers being seized by Iran because the tankers are not allowed to defend themselves … thanks to the gutless wonders in London and Brussels.

All tankers should immediately be armed with “non-lethal” weapons to deter the Iranian pirates, and all crews and businesses given immediate blanket immunity to any pro-violence Leftards who want to use international pro-criminal law against the crews or Leftist Lawfare against the businesses operating the tankers.

Bottomline: The tankers could easily defend themselves from the current level of attack, and if the Iranians escalate … it’s on them.

Also – this is not up to the spineless British government.

Make no mistake – seizing the British tankers is a deliberate act against Trump, our allies, and our semi-not-enemies-today-fake-allies in the Persian Gulf.

It is a “proxy” war in reverse. They know the Brits have issues with the EU, and they know Trump does not want or need another bee in his bonnet – so they’re hoping Trump will do nothing – which will amount to capitulation – which will “Green-light” the Euro-n a z i collaborators with the Ayatollahs.

Arming the tankers – and immunizing them from legal action by pro-violence Leftists – could go a long way towards deterring the Iranian itches without getting into the weeds of a military response.

AlgorithmicAnalyst
AlgorithmicAnalyst
4 years ago
Reply to  Dan Knight

In olden days merchant ships were armed against pirates.

Dan Knight
Dan Knight
4 years ago

^^^upvotes …

You and yours have a safe weekend and a wonderful week AA!

Mark Steiner
Mark Steiner
4 years ago
Reply to  Dan Knight

It would seem Dan, that if Britain was concerned about getting any of their flagged vessels through the unstable Hormuz without interference, they would employ a naval escort.

The escorts must have orders to repel any attackers if capture of a merchant vessel seemed imminent.

We have no understanding of what has happened to the tanker’s crew since the vessel was captured. Bargaining chips?

Dan Knight
Dan Knight
4 years ago
Reply to  Mark Steiner

Remember the hostages in ’79? Apparently the May government does not remember …

Any government that would allow its citizens or subjects to be taken by the Iranian government … deserves to have all of its politicians hanged forthwith. I would bet the Iranians are demanding cash for the hostages. But who knows?

I would demand the return of the ship and the hostages – all unharmed – or face brutal retaliation. May’s government will probably take a dump in their Depends. They will beg for the hostages and pay a huge ransom for the hostages and the ship. … This will escalate the piracy and force others to take care of the Iranian pirates.

You and yours have an excellent week!

Mark Steiner
Mark Steiner
4 years ago
Reply to  Dan Knight

I do remember 1979, Dan. Among the which, when American media elites from Cronkite downward referred to Khomeini as “the Imam”, I knew we were in trouble even then.

You have a wonderful week as well!

Dan Knight
Dan Knight
4 years ago
Reply to  Mark Steiner

Thanks – and God bless you, Mark!

teachersaide
teachersaide
4 years ago
Reply to  Dan Knight

I’d bet that they are demanding cash for the hostages, too. Some of those “Guard” boats & helicopters need to be “deep sixed”.

Dan Knight
Dan Knight
4 years ago
Reply to  teachersaide

Yep. … We cannot let them get away with seizing ships, or they will just get cocky. And if Britainistan pays ’em, they will just increase the violence and their demands.

You and yours have a wonderful week TA!

created4el
created4el
4 years ago
Reply to  Dan Knight

Non-lethal weapons? Why non-lethal?

The tankers just need some air cover… an Iranian boat comes within 100 yards of a tanker then just blow it out of the water. Don’t even need to waste ammo with any warning shots. They’ve proven what they are willing to do and they have now succeeded in hijacking two tankers. Meanwhile the idiots in the EU and UK are too stupid to do anything to “provoke” the Iranians… as if the Iranians need provoking… Anybody with half a brain knew that this is what Iran was going to do. Iran just need to be stopped with overwhelming force. Eventually, they will run out of boats, hopefully way before we run out of missiles.

Dan Knight
Dan Knight
4 years ago
Reply to  created4el

Thank you. That’s actually a good question, and pardon the long-winded – albeit incomplete response:

Non-lethal … b/c of the inevitable lawsuits. Arming merchant ships with lethal weapons would involve issues with current maritime law and treaties far beyond our reckoning here. I’m not an expert on this area … but I remember all the B.S. the MSM and the trolls were slinging back when a few western ships used acoustic weapons to defend themselves from Somali pirates. That episode came to an end when we put our foot down, but lawsuits were still filed. …

I guarantee the reason we intervened was b/c some corporate execs called up their politicians and demanded some action … b/c they were being sued for defending themselves.

Think about it. Here’s an example from my oil field days – now 20+ years ago. Remember, in these cases the companies had no legal right to arm themselves …

How come a French oil rig off Nigeria can be invaded by Muslim pirates – and everyone is slaughtered, but when a similar attack happened in Columbia, the pirates all got waxed by mercs armed with military grade hardware? …

Answer: B/c the former case was Total Corp. They were terrified of being sued in Paris. Their security was based on paying payola (protection) to the local Muzzie pirates. In the second case BP is an arm of the UK govt, and at that time no one *bleeped* with their rigs. …

In other words, because BP was not afraid of London’s lawyers my friends came home. But because Total was afraid of Parisian lawyers, friends of my friends did not. The quality of the weapons was not an issue.

And I guarantee that’s the case in these incidents with the Iranians. Those tankers could easily repel the Iranians with a variety of weapons, but today … who will stand up for them Sicko Khan the London Mayor, or PM Traitor May?

Everyone knows how to defend themselves from the little sh*ts in the world … but no knows how to defend themselves from the Left-controlled Legal sh*ts in NYC, London, Paris, etc. … That’s why these tankers are sailing around unarmed.

(And for others reading this post – that’s also why the planet’s oceans are the USA’s ponds. Without our Navy, world shipping would grind to a halt due to the one-two piracy/protection/litigation racket. And btw, I believe this is also why China’s gamesmanship in the S. China sea has not escalated. They’re concerned with taking the oil, and showing force to save face – they’re not interested in becoming the planet’s sea cops.)

Etc. … So that’s why I wrote ‘non-lethal’ …

going to lethal defense makes perfect sense to us normal people with common sense on the blogosphere … Obviously a 50 cal mounted fore and aft on a tanker – even it’s just manned by a merc – much less a computer – would terminate 99% of the piracy out there – inc. Hormuz. But it ain’t gonna happen right now under the current circumstances. Not even Trump could really authorize that without starting a fire-storm of litigation that would simply shut his efforts down. If a tanker fired one round in self-defense, the Lefties in NYC would demand a trillion dollars from the offending corporation …

And even if the business won… the long-term litigation costs would be greater than the cost of a tanker and its crew. … Not to mention that the Lefties would demand criminal charges against the C-level execs in the ICC for arming their tankers. …

Oh, and if it sounds like I’ve been sitting around drinking coffee with C-level execs in oil companies who worry about situations like this circa Desert Storm …

You and yours have a wonderful week – and God bless you and your family!

Poppey
Poppey
4 years ago

The bare arsed compromising by the British political elite over this fiasco is now exposed for all to see as are the impotent pop eyed sputterings of our foreign secretary who in common with the rest voted to shrink the Royal Navy to the status of pond attendants {minus their fishing rods}.

Under the leadership of first Major, Blair, Brown, Cameron and finally May, the UK sat back and relied on America to guard the seaways as have the rest of Europe and blowed that Navy defence budget on other things. Terrible mistakes in designs and procurement have been made costing us taxpayers billions which has made things worse, but that’s the UK political class for you.

No, with Iran, only immediat lethal violence will do as a deterrent, but of course the elite have a record of sucking up to the faithful while dropping their collective trousers and bending over and now the world sees their duplicity fully exposed, they {the government} cannot do anything without proving the critics of cringe {me and others} right.

Twenty Royal Marine Commandos per ship would solve the problem but more RN escorts are still needed

Dave Glynn
Dave Glynn
4 years ago
Reply to  Poppey

Royal Navy ships that the traitor May has commissioned to be built by EU shipbuilders in a foreign country while British shipbuilders have no work.
Isn’t she an absolutely fantastic prime minister ????

WM1
WM1
4 years ago

Helicopter should have been shot out of the sky and the boats should have been blasted out of the water.

Simple as that.

Now they’ve got a problem: A perpetual problem. Iran has been emboldened by not having to face the consequences of their war-like provocations.

Muslims have taken advantage of cowards for more than 1,400 years. Those who didn’t learn that lesson are doomed to repeat them.

julie daniels
julie daniels
4 years ago

oh yes, the US mostly sitting on sidelines during WWII and lost 130 thousand troops and 500 thousand wounded. No worries because the US is no hurry to police and protect the world any longer. Paddle your own canoe.

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
Reply to  julie daniels

Wikipedia says 291,557 US military personnel died in WW2, but that figure doesn’t include the 25,000 US Merchant Mariners who were killed.

romain reuter
romain reuter
4 years ago

That the islamo-fascists in Teheran even dare to do such a thing, shows how little fearful the west has become.
In this region of the world, the jihadists often call the UK: “the old lion”.
And i am telling the jihado-fascists not to fear because the old lion has lost its teeth.

R. Arandas
R. Arandas
4 years ago

Justice must prevail!

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