U.S. moves to put Marines on commercial ships to stop Iranian seizures © Sgt. Matthew Romonoyske-Bean/U.S. Marine Corps
Washington Post: U.S. moves to put Marines on commercial ships to stop Iranian seizures
The U.S. military is readying plans to embark armed Marines and sailors aboard the commercial ships of interested private companies after a spate of vessel seizures by Iranian forces in the Middle East, officials said Thursday, a remarkable escalation that could put Washington and Tehran in direct confrontation.
The effort has not yet received final approval, but it has buy-in from senior Biden administration officials and could commence as soon as this month, said one official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military planning.
Marines from Camp Lejeune, N.C., have been flown to Bahrain and received related training, with additional personnel due to arrive soon aboard American warships. “We have a cohort on the ground,” the official said. He added that the “policy decision has pretty much been made.”
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WNU Editor: It looks like the U.S. and Iran are on a collision course to an armed confrontation on the seas.
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Thought this is what mercs are for.
ReplyDeleteSea mercs are called pirates so they are discouraged.
DeleteUnless those troops have Javelins, Stingers, heavy machine guns they will be outgunned and taken prisoner. Plus they must have control over rules of engagement, not the captain of the ship.
ReplyDeleteJust having them on board will prevent iran from attempting anymore nonsense
DeleteThose ships would then be militarized and ligit military targets. Can’t call them civilian vessels anymore
ReplyDeleteBut Iran knows American is willing to try and bait Iran into a direct confrontation in iorder escalate and paint Iran as the villains
ReplyDeleteSo Biden, Blinky and all the rest of the Obama alumni (i.e. supposed smartest kids in the room) did the opposite of Trump and eased up or got rid of the sanctions.
ReplyDeleteThe Americans do not have to bait or trick the Iranian mullahs. They are coming on strong on by themselves.
Idiots, who think the NYT, WaPo, CNN, MSNBC and other organizations are news outlets, would not know that the US was at war with Iran in the 1980s. Nothing has really changed except the tempo might vary a little.
good verry good goon
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