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2022-09-02 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran says it seized 2 US unmanned vessels in Red Sea

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-02 10:31|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 The aSS John Kerry and the aSS John McCain

Posted by Airandee 2022-09-02 12:05|| 2022-09-02 12:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Iran says it seized 2 US unmanned vessels in Red Sea

...Iran says a lot of sh!t.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2022-09-02 14:07|| 2022-09-02 14:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Time to start booby trapping unmanned vessels.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2022-09-02 14:21|| 2022-09-02 14:21|| Front Page Top

#4 And this administration wants to give them The Bomb.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2022-09-02 14:54|| 2022-09-02 14:54|| Front Page Top

#5 If they seized US-flagged craft -- even if unmanned -- isn't that an act of war? Or at least piracy?

Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-09-02 16:06|| 2022-09-02 16:06|| Front Page Top

#6 They did have to give it back under threat, so war was averted.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-09-02 19:17|| 2022-09-02 19:17|| Front Page Top

#7 If they seized US-flagged craft -- even if unmanned -- isn't that an act of war? Or at least piracy?

I think it hinges on the question of whether marine robots are considered to be flotsam or jetsam.

Posted by SteveS 2022-09-02 20:04|| 2022-09-02 20:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Heck they can seize a U.S. Embassy and it's not considered an act of war...

Posted by CrazyFool 2022-09-02 20:28|| 2022-09-02 20:28|| Front Page Top

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