IRANIAN NAVY LYING LOW FOR SOME REASON
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Iran’s once-aggressive navy is lying low in critical sea lanes around the Persian Gulf, and top American military leaders are not sure why.

American warships operating in the waterways near the Iranian coastline have routinely been the focus of harassment by Tehran’s naval forces, with tensions coming to a head after the capture and brief detention of 10 American sailors in January 2016.

But the waters in and around the Strait of Hormuz have been relatively calm for U.S. vessels over the last six months, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson told reporters Wednesday — at a time when antagonism between Washington and Tehran is ratcheting over virtually every other front.

“We’ve seen generally fewer proactive actions by the Iranians in the Persian Gulf recently,” the four-star admiral said alongside Navy Secretary Richard Spencer and Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert Neller during a joint briefing at the Pentagon.

Adm. Richardson refused to speculate on why harassing Iranian vessels appear to have stood down in recent weeks in the face of American seapower in the Straits, but the move comes as Iran and the world await President Trump’s decision on whether to effectively pull out of the 2015 accord which curbed Tehran’s nuclear programs in exchange for a lifting of international economic sanctions.

https://www.spartareport.com/2018/05/176046/

Assuming all that is true, I think we know the reason.

If they start anything they might be laying on the bottom?

Yeah it's a mystery. Recall our sailors being captured and held hostage by Iran under Obama? That shit would get shut down in short order these days.

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Originally posted by roberth:
If they start anything they might be laying on the bottom?

The previous administration was all too predictable with their "we won't fight" policy.

Whatever else you say about Trump, you have to admit he is anything but predictable. Not only might their ships be on the bottom, their naval bases may get a visit from Mr. Tomahawk.

Yep new sheriff in town, they don’t want to wind up in a watery Boot Hill.

Funny how things calm down when you have a President in office with some balls! Unlike that pussy we had for eight years. I guess it's hard to draw a red line in the ocean!

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Originally posted by Ricardokid11:
Funny how things calm down when you have a President in office with some balls! Unlike that pussy we had for eight years. I guess it's hard to draw a red line in the ocean!

+1

The IRGCN may be shifting to new tactics or platforms, such as decreased reliance on small-boat swarm attacks and increased reliance on drones and submersibles. The Iatoldyas are also concerned with the renewal of the nuclear Treaty with the west and the Trump administration ongoing meetings with European heads of state and their discussions about it. For the moment, the Iranians are sitting nice...

Yeah, it’s a real head-scratcher...

They don't want all of their surface ships converted into submarines.

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Originally posted by Ricardokid11:
Funny how things calm down when you have a President in office with some balls! Unlike that pussy we had for eight years. I guess it's hard to draw a red line in the ocean!

"Speak softly and carry a big stick" can get your image up on Mount Rushmore.

"Red lines" that mean nothing? Graffiti, maybe, on urban dumpsters.

Like any bully, they aren't so quick to hit when the victim will hit back even harder.

Gee, after receiving all that money to improve things, I wonder what changed.

On the 8th

Of November