>> I think it will be much ado about nothing. Iran may want to beat it's chest >> a bit but they aren't going to do anything that's going to get >> them annihilated. They may be crazy, but they aren't that crazy. > > >The rules of engagement at sea at pretty well defined and the US has a ton >of experience dancing with other ships thanks to the Soviet Union. I >suspect Iran is really targeting their own citizens with this >as propaganda "look we are standing up to the big bad USA", and aren't >really looking for a fight. > >-Cameron
Of course they are. If the Iranians push it, the best you can say about those 40 year old antiques is that they'll make excellent targets. If things do happen it will be the 3rd time the US or its allies have destroyed the Iranian navy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:343081 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
