Comments on: Stupid Never Dies

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 12 May 2019 23:50:43 +0000

On of my oldest friends was an Air Boss on a carrier in the Gulf decades ago. He talked about having to make a K-turn to get out, never mind turning into the wind for launch.

I remember a series of subs colliding with civilian vessels passing through the Strait. The channels aren’t that wide or deep. It’s a trap if you piss off the Persians.

If they are staying out of the Gulf they have learned the lessons of the Iraq War.

By: Badtux

Badtux — Sun, 12 May 2019 07:13:54 +0000

My understanding is that the aircraft carrier is in the Persian Gulf “region”, and our carriers actually stay in the Gulf of Iran, well away from the Strait of Hormuz. They send more disposable ships through the Strait to “show the flag”.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 07 May 2019 22:52:50 +0000

PJ, these are the same fools who started the Iraq War, and now they want an Iran War. What is the point? What is in it for the US? Aren’t Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria enough of a waste of US troops and money?

By: paintedjaguar

paintedjaguar — Tue, 07 May 2019 20:07:50 +0000

“At the moment”? Anyway it’s hard to tell the difference between the stupid and those who are simply self interested.