Iranian Boats Harass US Navy Vessels in Gulf

"Harass" meaning zip up to the "nyah-nyah" line in your Chris Craft with a machine gun, then turn around and beat feet when the 6-inch turret turns your way.

"Five small boats were acting in a very aggressive way, charging the ships, dropping boxes in the water in front of the ships and causing our ships to take evasive maneuvers," the Pentagon official said.

"There were no injuries but there very well could have been," he said, adding that the Iranian boats turned away "literally at the very moment that U.S. forces were preparing to open fire" in self defense.

He said he didn't have the precise transcript of communications that passed between the two forces, but the Iranians radioed something to the effect that "we're coming at you and you'll explode in a couple minutes."

See, the question you have to ask yourself when confronting a USN cruiser, a destroyer and a frigate in a speed boat is "Do I feel lucky"?

Well do ya, punk?

posted by Dave In Texas at 11:50 AM

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