President Trump orders the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea

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G-d bless our President.

Last week, Iranian ships harassed, almost collided with 6 US warships in international waters.

Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard boats have harassed US warships, according to a new report, coming dangerously close. The incidents happened in the Persian Gulf according to CNN with one ship coming within “10 yards of colliding,”

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BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump orders Navy to ‘shoot down and destroy’ Iranian gunboats if they harass American ships in the Gulf in escalation of tensions with Tehran

  • Donald Trump says any Iranian gunboats which ‘harass’ U.S. Navy vessels will be ‘shot down’ 
  • Warning on twitter comes as Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say they have successfully launched their first satellite
  • U.S. says the launches are cover for missile development
  • Last week three U.S. vessels – a guided-missile destroyer, a Coastguard cutter and a supply vessel – were harassed off Kuwait
  • Tensions have simmered between Washington and Tehran for months 

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had instructed the U.S. Navy to fire on any Iranian ships that harass it at sea, a week after 11 vessels from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) came dangerously close to U.S. ships in the Gulf.

‘I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea,’ Trump wrote in a tweet.

The tweet came amid a re-escalation of tension, with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards saying hours earlier that that they had launched the country’s first military satellite, which the U.S. regards as a cover for missile development.

‘The first satellite of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been successfully launched into orbit by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,’ said the Guards’ Sepahnews website.

The satellite ‘orbited the earth at 264 miles’, said the website.

‘This action will be a great success and a new development in the field of space for Islamic Iran,’ the statement added.

The surprise operation comes more than two months after Iran launched but failed to put into orbit another satellite that it said had no military dimensions.

Washington says that these satellite launches defy a UN Security Council resolution on ballistic missiles.

U.S. officials fear that the launches could help Iran develop intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons.

And Trump’s intervention is a week after nearly a dozen Iranian naval vessels repeatedly harassed and made ‘dangerous’ approaches to American ships conducting operations in the Persian Gulf near Kuwait in a tense exchange that last more than an hour.

A group of 11 ships with Iran‘s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps repeatedly crossed the bows and sterns of the U.S. Navy’s Bahrain-based 5th Fleet at close range and high speeds – with one passing within just 10 meters of a Coast Guard cutter.

The ‘dangerous and provocative actions increased the risk of miscalculation and collision,’ a statement from U.S. Central Command said, adding that U.S commanders on the scene ‘retain the inherent right to self-defense.’

The American vessels included the USS Paul Hamilton, a Navy destroyer; the USS Lewis B. Puller, a ship that serves as an afloat landing base; and the USCGC Maui. Coastguard vessels are part of U.S. forces in the Gulf.

The ships were operating with U.S. Army Apache attack helicopters in international waters, the statement said.

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felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

Our enemies are wrongly perceiving us as weak on defense and looking to take advantage of that. Had Trump not rebuilt our miltary we would be a toothless tiger. Now we can back up our words with action. This virus has not distracted us from national defense.

Sometime tough choices need to be made. They do this all the time. They load up bills with garabage and slip in something Trump needs or wants to get it passed. That first bill was hideous. They knew he wanted and needed military money so he passed it without NEW wall money and only repair of existing fencing. That was uder Paul Ryan where we still had a slim majority and he could have twisted arms to get a proper bill through and stopped the record high retirements that helped give the House DEM control.

Ryan hated Trump. He is a globalist and his wealhy wife is a rabid DEM lobbyist. He couldn’t make it on his own so he married money like Kerry and Beto did. They are nothing more than glorified gigolos.

Later Trump was able to get around the lack of wall money through reallocating it. This had been done by previous Presidents but since it was Trump that did it for the dreaded wall, it went up to the Supreme Court and it was decided in his favor. The swamp did NOT want a wall. Most are open border globalists.

We can see where JIT globalism is disasterous. Our critical supply chain needs to be manufactured HERE. We don’t want to be dependent on our enemies, (China), and it is natural for the producing country to put their people first! France literally hijacked a payed for shipment of needed PPE enroute to the U.K. because France needed it. India was not shipping the “Trump drug” they were manufacuring because they put their people first but made an exception for Trump. When a disaster happens it often becomes dog eat dog time.

We will see more of these diseases. We are a more traveled society and that increases the spread. It is another reason why we need more honest communication when the next one pops up!

Ban Islam
Ban Islam
3 years ago

This is an important development. This is the real red line, the Iranians are now on notice, eff with the US navy and you’re dogmeat. Will the suicidal Mullahs take the bait? Will they test Trump? I don’t think they can avoid it. These lunatics want a nuclear armageddon. They think their magical 12th Imam will crawl out of a well like the creature from The Ring and destroy the enemies of Islam.

If Nazism and 9/11 taught us anything it’s that when mad men threaten to annihilate you, take them at their word. Iran’s regime has been fixated on destroying the US and Israel for decades. Trump has now finally shown his cards to them. If the Iranian regime really is that stupid and have a death wish, they will soon attack and the tit-for-tat battles will eventually lead to open warfare between the US and Iran.

I’m sure the vast majority of Iranians who hate the Mullahs would love it if the US invaded and toppled their evil ISIS regime and gave them real democracy. Hell the people can do themselves if we gave them the right equipment and funded the right groups. However, no more Muslims in power should be the rule of any regime change however or the cycle repeats itself.

Ban Islam
Ban Islam
3 years ago

This is an important development. This is the real red line, the Iranians are now on notice, eff with the US navy and you’re dogmeat. Will the suicidal Mullahs take the bait? Will they test Trump? I don’t think they can avoid it. These lunatics want a nuclear armageddon. They think their magical 12th Imam will crawl out of a well like the creature from The Ring and destroy the enemies of Islam.

If 9/11 taught us anything it’s that when mad men threaten to annihilate you, take them at their word. Iran’s regime has been fixated on destroying the US and Israel for decades. Trump has now finally shown his cards to them. If the Iranian regime really is that stupid and have a death wish, they will soon attack and the tit-for-tat battles will eventually lead to open warfare between the US and Iran.

I’m sure the vast majority of Iranians who hate the Mullahs would love it if the US invaded and toppled their evil ISIS-like regime and gave them real democracy. Hell the people can do themselves if we gave them the right equipment and funded the right groups. However, no more Muslims in power should be the rule of any regime change however or the cycle repeats itself.

Dave Glynn
Dave Glynn
3 years ago

No more petty intimidation from those muzrat wankers.
We mean business as of NOW????????????????????
Well done Trump!
Happy St George’s Day To All!????????????????????????????

L-Dan
L-Dan
3 years ago

A little dust up with Iran would be a good distraction right now. Let the Navy boys have some fun.

Coram Justice
Coram Justice
3 years ago

In a dereliction of duty by the officers on the USS Cole on 20001012, (unless they were following the orders of USA politicians) two al-Qaeda affiliated Muslims on a suicide mission were allowed to approach too closely in a small boat laden with explosives, rather than launch a Preemptive Protective Attack. The detonation severely damaged the USA warship: 17 USA sailors were killed, 39 more injured. https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/uss-cole-bombing

Mathew M
Mathew M
3 years ago

Better late than never. HooRah. This no O’bummer redline.

Don39
Don39
3 years ago

This order is to late! Take this general out like the last one!

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