Iranians at it again
 

Seem's like they love seeing how far they can go. But doing a live fire exercise near the USS Truman is pushing it! A missile passed with 1,500 yards of it! They didn't announce they were having this so called live fire test. Keep it up Iran, one of these days they will bite off more then they can chew!

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-...ranian-n487536

USN should act like this was the gnat it was and ignore it. That will piss off the Iranians more than anything else. No response.

I'm pretty sure the Truman just kept going without batting an eye. But a simple mistake made by someone could lead to something bigger, and don't think the Iranians would like the response.

Eh, we've got enough problems without starting something with the Iranians, let them play. It's more likely that Greece and Turkey will start something that Iran will start something with the US, especially while it's still doing its thing with Saudi Arabia.

They know our present leader will not do anything except apologize for the USS Truman being there, and give them whatever they want to make up for it.

Oh nuts.
https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/EK...ine.jpg.cf.jpg

Iran is on a good road to modernise themselves, open to the west and loose the ''wannabe tough guy'' image.
This was just a show for their own population. The decades of anti-west rhetorics made quite a few hawks in their own ranks and they need to see some good ol' fashioned propaganda to keep them from actively changing open policies that Irans economy needs.

Just ignore them.
Unless you want Iran to turn into another islamic hellhole, then go ahead, bomb them and let the hawks and imams gain back power that they've been slowly loosing in the last years.

Well Iraq attacked Iran back then, if anyone remembers the (back then) good friend of the USA Saddam Hussein, when he was told to lead a US proxy war against Iran.
The tide only turned when Saddam threatened Saudi Arabia, another good friend of the West, especially well known for 9/11 and the IS.
Then the Media told our brave citizens that Saddam now had weapons of mass destruction, threatened the whole world and was responsible for 9/11.
Ah.

And after what has happened in iran from 1900 until the Shah and Ajatollah Chomeini, who was a reaction to the West's ..errm.. "influence" (lmao) i really wonder how Iran could ever forgive anyone, in the West. The US sure would not.

Cut them a bit slack. Most Iranians i have met in England and Germany are rather modern and open-minded, often also well-educated. The religious nutjobs will lose influence, as soon as the iranian citizens have contact to the world, and some better life again.

I'd be more concerned of Iraq, and the mess we created there. After all, most IS commanders are former members of the iraquian army and Iraq's secret service. I wonder where they got those ideas from. :03:

I think most importantly...

That is just not true although I think you already knew that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United...%80%93Iraq_war

^ hmm, i do not agree with this Wikipedia article, also read the "talk" section of this.. Saddam Hussein never did anything without informing the USA first. It is just that the last time the US response to his announcement could be read like Pythia's oracle.

Right of "innocent passage" is a tough business!
 

Believe what you want, you will anyways, but remember this is the Carter White House you're talking about here. He could barely order our own people into harms way at Desert One to rescue our hostages let alone order another country to start a huge war with it's neighbor.

I don't want us to get into a war with Iran, but in a case like this, a small mistake on either sides part could lead to much bigger problems.

Dreadfully sorry but that is complete ballderdash.
Please keep your claims in the realm of reality.
It does your arguement no service if it is based on falsehood.
Thank you.