The New York Times reported that Iran’s Navy has been harassing our sailors in the North Arabian Gulf.
The report states that “Eleven IRGCN vessels repeatedly approached U.S. navy vessels in international waters of the North Arabian Gulf while the U.S. Navy was carrying out exercises, the statement from the Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet said, adding that the actions were “dangerous and provocative”.”
President Trump has been very vocal about Iran’s increase in hostile behavior towards American troops.
We all lived through the Democrats crazy WWIII speculations a couple of months ago after Iran escalated tensions after the United States killed Qassem Soleimani in a drone strike in Iraq. Qassem Soleimani was a mass murderer that was head of Iran’s Quds Force.
Trump held the line after no troops were killed in the January 8th rocket attack on the Iraqi airbase by the Iranian regime.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ statement from Reuters:
“The Guards’ statement on Sunday, which said Iran will give a decisive response to any mistake by the United States in the Gulf, provided the first confirmation of the incident.
“We advise the Americans to follow international regulations and maritime protocols in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman and to refrain from any adventurism and false and fake stories,” the statement said.
“They should be assured that the Revolutionary Guards navy and the powerful armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran sees the dangerous actions of foreigners in the region as a threat to national security and its red line and any error in calculation on their part will receive a decisive response.””
Trump has now responded twice through twitter. His first tweet says, “I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy and and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea.”
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1252932181447630848
I go back and forth on the amount of force I want the government to use concerning Iran.
On the one hand, The United States of America needs to beat this bully into submission. They have been committing acts of terror to Americans and our allies all over the world and it has to stop now.
On the other hand, I am tired of spending American lives to police the middle east. We’ve spent enough money and blood. Is there not a country that is closer to Iran, that can stand up and prove our point for us?
Trump’s second response is a combination of Trump being very Trumpy while also bringing awareness to the Iranians attempt to goating us into war. War with Iran would be disastrous right now, and both countries know it.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1252960830255173634
You can thank the people that voted for him too.
We are harassed daily by the people that live in our country and get to have access to the freedoms we fight so hard to protect.
There is no President I would trust more with this escalation right now than President Trump.