... and Trump fails.
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/06/14/us/politics/ap-us-united-states-iran-boat.html?_r=0
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WASHINGTON — An Iranian naval patrol boat shined a laser at a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter flying over the Strait of Hormuz in what officials said was an unsafe encounter.
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Bill Urban said Wednesday that the Iranian vessel also turned its spotlight on two Navy ships that were moving through the strait on Tuesday. Urban, a U.S. Fifth Fleet spokesman, said the Iranian boat came within 800 yards of the USS Bataan, an amphibious assault ship, and scanned it from bow to stern with the spotlight. It also shined the light on the USS Cole, a guided missile destroyer.
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Now, do I really think Iran was testing Trump? No. It's mundane stuff. I'm mocking the Trump-snowflakes, because on previous occasions when such things happened, they universally declared it was because Obama was a weakling. Oh, snap. That means, by Trump-snowflake standards, Trump is a weakling.
It's also funny because of this, Trump's statement during the campaign.
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SEPT 9, 2016:
PENSACOLA, Fla.--Donald Trump said in this military-friendly town that Iranian sailors who make inappropriate gestures at American sailors would be “shot out of the water” if he were president, apparently referring to an incident about two weeks ago when four Iranian ships harassed a U.S. destroyer near the Persian Gulf.
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Check it out. The Iranians here don't seem to have been shot out of the water. Yet another broken promise from Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/06/14/us/politics/ap-us-united-states-iran-boat.html?_r=0
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WASHINGTON — An Iranian naval patrol boat shined a laser at a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter flying over the Strait of Hormuz in what officials said was an unsafe encounter.
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Bill Urban said Wednesday that the Iranian vessel also turned its spotlight on two Navy ships that were moving through the strait on Tuesday. Urban, a U.S. Fifth Fleet spokesman, said the Iranian boat came within 800 yards of the USS Bataan, an amphibious assault ship, and scanned it from bow to stern with the spotlight. It also shined the light on the USS Cole, a guided missile destroyer.
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Now, do I really think Iran was testing Trump? No. It's mundane stuff. I'm mocking the Trump-snowflakes, because on previous occasions when such things happened, they universally declared it was because Obama was a weakling. Oh, snap. That means, by Trump-snowflake standards, Trump is a weakling.
It's also funny because of this, Trump's statement during the campaign.
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SEPT 9, 2016:
PENSACOLA, Fla.--Donald Trump said in this military-friendly town that Iranian sailors who make inappropriate gestures at American sailors would be “shot out of the water” if he were president, apparently referring to an incident about two weeks ago when four Iranian ships harassed a U.S. destroyer near the Persian Gulf.
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Check it out. The Iranians here don't seem to have been shot out of the water. Yet another broken promise from Trump.