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Originally Posted by bradclark1
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Originally Posted by micky1up
you clearly cant comprehend the difference between combatants and not combatants and that young officer will go far you dont know how the royal navy works at all they all will just for the PR
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No, I don't think you comprehend. The workings of military are the same the world over, doesn't matter which flag flies. Time will tell who's right. I believe the powers that be will not/do not think highly of every one going on tv nor acting like they are at a party nor of allowing themselves to be stripped of their uniforms. Bright orange jump suits or nice suits there is no difference. It's sending a message.
I think placing the ship between the frieghter and Iranians would have stopped anything before it even started. I would assume the ship would have had radar and could see a cluster of Iranian boats. |
really ive severd nearly 20 years in the royal navy they were paraded by the MOD in front of the cameras in the PR battle with iran and their small craft were armed only with machine guns the iranian had heavey caliber weapons the fight would have lasted 30 seconds with the royal navy crew dead WE are not at war with iran so fighting would have created a massive incident if not a war the crew's rules of engagemnet wouldnt allow for this incident because it was totally unexpected so the OIC (officer in charge) did exactly the right thing he prevented a major incident which may have led to war . you clearly have no concept of rules of engagement and the mandate that the royal navy is thier under , so in the end war was avoided the peraonnel are back unharmed , your way would have culminated in the deaths of many people
and PS the navies of the world are not the same at all we all have different policys strategys and backgrounds ive no doubt the US navy would have went in gung ho and lost its men as it has on so many occasions