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Iranian drone flew over US carrier — Navy says it was “abnormal and unprofessional”

Jan 29, 2016 2:42 pm By Robert Spencer

How the weakness and pusillanimity of American leadership, and all its impotent schoolmarmish tut-tutting, must amuse the Iranians. “Hitler reoccupies Rhineland — French say it’s ‘abnormal and unprofessional.'” Cowardice in the face of an aggressive bully only emboldens the bully and encourages him to do more bullying. That is where we are with Iran today: once again, it is showing the U.S. who’s boss, and seeing how far it can push the Obama Administration. How far can it push the Obama Administration? Right off the cliff.

Khamenei

“Iranian Drone Flew over US Carrier -US Navy,” by Eric Haun, Marine Link, January 29, 2016:

An unarmed Iranian drone flew directly over a U.S. aircraft carrier operating in international waters in the Gulf this month in a move that was “abnormal and unprofessional,” the U.S. military said on Friday.

“The UAV was unarmed and posed no risk to the carrier’s flight operations,” said Navy spokeswoman Lieutenant Commander Nicole Schwegman in an e-mailed statement. “While the Iranian UAV’s actions posed no danger to the ship, it was, however, abnormal and unprofessional.”

The incident happened on Jan. 12, and both the American and French carriers were operating in international waters in the Gulf at the time, Schwegman said.

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  1. cs says

    Jan 29, 2016 at 2:54 pm

    USA can flat out those Persians, they are losing their grip I think.

    • Rocky in TX says

      Jan 29, 2016 at 4:43 pm

      Steal? Hell, we’ll probably just give the ship to Iran. Look at all the great weapons and vehicles we provided to ISIS. I’m surprised Obama and Kerry haven’t offered to throw in warranties and free maintenance.

      • Rev g says

        Jan 29, 2016 at 7:17 pm

        Did it look like one of ours, reverse engineered? They captured one of ours a few years back.
        Boy, we have truly become an international laughing stock.

        • gungadin says

          Jan 30, 2016 at 6:57 am

          WHY the FORK wasn’t that POS blown out of the sky just to calibrate our guns?

  2. gravenimage says

    Jan 29, 2016 at 3:02 pm

    Iranian drone flew over US carrier — Navy says it was “abnormal and unprofessional”
    ……………………………

    This is not abnormal for saber-rattling Mohammedans–expect more and more of this from Iran now that they know with America’s appeasement strategy that they can get away with it.

  3. Eddiethed says

    Jan 29, 2016 at 3:07 pm

    When I was in the U.S Navy in the early 80’s,I served on the USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 nothing got with in miles from the Carrier,if there was a threat an F-14 was in the air an if it got close the threat was shot down no questions asked,this goes to show how Obama is pushing us behind everyone he hates America an I hate him more than anything,he is just a pile of Dog shit,Obama is a Pussy an he is making our country look like a country of Pussys,he needs to go,thank God he only has 11 months left,our whole country needs to pray to God an ask him to send us a strong minded an strong willed President who don’t take no shit from any Moslem country or any Pussiefied European Country,I say Fuck all Moslems the only good Moslem is a dead Moslem.

    • fido says

      Jan 29, 2016 at 3:29 pm

      Worse than a pile of dog shit Eddiethed, the cur-in-chief is a muslim. I can only hope when his infection of the White House ends we can somehow clean the stain and disgrace from the Peoples’ House walls, floors and ceilings.

      May this worst of all Presidents serve as a warning to all of us just how easily evil can creep into our political infrastructure to do incalculable damage!

      • Sam says

        Jan 29, 2016 at 4:58 pm

        Agreed! However, the message is not being heard due to enemy within, liberals.

    • RobertM says

      Jan 30, 2016 at 3:38 am

      You got that right, shipmate! I was also on Vinson, TAD to the SSES during the same timeframe. I help make sure that no one got near us.

      Another deployment I was on USS America in the North Arabian Sea for a few months. I remember distinctly that the Iranians were terrified of us. If one got anywhere near us, we gave them ONE warning. You can imagine how apologetic they were as they got the hell out of Dodge. You could hear the fear in their voices.

      So, what’s the difference between then and now? Ah, here’s a hint: it’s in who is in the Oval Office.

    • Gungadin says

      Jan 30, 2016 at 7:00 am

      WELL SAID !! If these pansies that run our government continue to have their way, we’ll be overrun with these maggots !! Keep them in their own countries!!

      • Jay Boo says

        Jan 30, 2016 at 2:41 pm

        (Moe, Curly, Larry and Schemp) could do a better job at running the country than the Obama administration.

    • rabrooks says

      Jan 30, 2016 at 9:50 pm

      It fits. So why even have a carrier, or carrier fleet? Why even have a military? Why have borders or even a country? Why have a president?

  4. Rob says

    Jan 29, 2016 at 3:51 pm

    The British Army has withdrawn from Germany and ‘abnormally and unprofessionally’ those V1 and V2 rockets are back over London.

  5. WorkingClassPost says

    Jan 29, 2016 at 5:10 pm

    I’m starting to like these Iranians.

    After dealing with those slinky, sneaky, stab in your back, Saudi/Turkish ‘allies’, the honest to goodness and up-front ‘We hate America, Israel and the West’ Persians are a real breath of fresh air.

    They displayed resilience and determination to get through the sanctions and threats, and now they’ve shown some real guts (at least by moham standards).

    The plane may have been unmanned – no risk of embarrassing prisoner repatriations to deal with – but they took a gamble that the American administration is full of shit, and it paid off.

    The West really is in deepest doodoo.

  6. Bernie says

    Jan 29, 2016 at 5:43 pm

    If a Drone really flew over the ship, the Ship could have Legally shot it down! Problem solved,

    • Baucent says

      Jan 30, 2016 at 2:17 am

      Probably not if the ship was in international waters. This is the game they play, try to provoke the other side to appear to be the aggressor.

      • Paul B says

        Jan 31, 2016 at 3:30 pm

        If they had simply shot it down, said precisely nothing, and even denied all knowledge of it, then it would have forced Iran to accuse the US, and admit what they were up to.

  7. Havoc says

    Jan 29, 2016 at 6:35 pm

    Iraq.hit the USS Stark with an Exocet missle in 1987. Thirty seven US Sailors killed, 21 wounded. The missle was launched from an Iraqi fighter jet that was allowed to approach within striking distance.
    .
    We could lose an aircraft carrier …

  8. William says

    Jan 29, 2016 at 6:38 pm

    On Monday, a Russian fighter jet came within 15 feet of a US Air Force reconnaissance plane. The Pentagon’s response? The Russian pilot acted in “an unsafe and unprofessional manner.”

    • gungadin says

      Jan 30, 2016 at 7:06 am

      As a VET of Americas armed services this pisses me off BIG TIME….we’ve turned into a bunch of tree hugging pansies that are politically correct and afraid of our own shadow cause GOD FORBID we might “offend” someone…….FUGGIT bring back the days when America had LEADERS not wussies !!
      Trump2016

      • KnightWatchMan says

        Jan 30, 2016 at 3:17 pm

        Right on! This won’t be tolerated when Trump is president or any other Republican as president. Wouldn’t this be a strong “force” against Islamic aggression:
        President: Trump
        Sec. of Defense: Cruz
        Sec. of State: Rubio
        Attorney Gen: Christy

  9. Angemon says

    Jan 29, 2016 at 7:49 pm

    Remember the good old times?

    http://theaviationist.com/2013/09/19/f-22-f-4-intercept/

  10. Custos Custodum says

    Jan 30, 2016 at 12:03 am

    It is obvious that there is MUCH more behind this story than meets the eye, but the psychology is perplexing.

    By all accounts, Iran got an extremely good “deal” through the U.S./Euro surrender over nuclear weapons.

    A traditional state that had gained an unexpected advantage, e.g. through behind-the-scenes blackmail, would go to great lengths to HIDE this reality by pretending to have got a bad deal, noisily complaining that the other side took advantage, etc.

    Iran seems to be going out of its way to humiliate and UNDERMINE the most pliant and submissive U.S. administration in history.

    Why? It is difficult to see how this is in Iran’s interest, beyond the momentary pleasure of humiliating the Great Satan.

    Persia is not a young country, and even the current mullahcracy has been in power since 1979 and has shown considerable ingenuity and perspicacity in dealing with its Western adversaries. They clearly do not act simply for momentary pleasure.

    What is Iran’s long game?

    • DFD says

      Jan 30, 2016 at 5:27 pm

      Custos Custodum says “….. What is Iran’s long game?”

      Bloody good question! Trying for even more concessions? But apart from Washington and Brussels/Berlin, there soon wont be much left to give…

  11. Anonymous says

    Jan 30, 2016 at 1:04 am

    I know this will not be a popular opinion, but the constant Hitler/Nazi comparisons are incorrect. Likening every step of the rise of islam to the rise of the Nazi party weakens your arguments.

    In the 1930s, Germany was bankrupted by the globalists and Hitler rose in a popular movement to overthrow those shackles. He was demonized by the international media in the same manner that nationalists attempting to stop islamization of their countries are attacked by the media today.

    • DFD says

      Jan 30, 2016 at 6:00 pm

      Anonymous says “I know this will not be a popular opinion, but the constant Hitler/Nazi comparisons are incorrect. Likening every step of the rise of islam to the rise of the Nazi party weakens your arguments…”

      Indeed. Just think about it, if they would have gotten rid of of Nasty Adolf, then Stalin and his Comintern would have established a Soviet ‘republic’ in Spain – thereafter Europe would have been finished in what? 6 months? Of course, they weren’t Comintern, supported by Russia, they were freedom loving members of the free press, putting down their pens and fighting to establish a Mediterranean Switzerland.

      Likewise, if they would have gotten rid of Adolf, Stalin would have had to invade Poland all by himself, alone. Funny thing that ultimatum, the Germans took 1/3rd of Poland, the Russians 2/3rds… Britain has missed that bit. Would France and Britain have given that Ultimatum to Russia? Probably not, they missed to 2/3rds to begin with.

      In all anti-jihad newsgroups, all you have to do is mention something from world war 2, and the discussion is buried. ‘Wonder how long it’ll take the taqyians to figure that out.

      One did, a guy called Putin. He went to a D-Day celebration, the usual lot of people wearing pictures of the grandfathers, or great grandfathers, plus their medals. On their costumes or real uniforms. Putin was there with the usual western politicians, everyone was congratulating everyone else. Our press (England, I am Anglo-German) was jubilant! “Now Putin is coming in from the cold.” Concessions were suggested. A few months later he invaded the Ukraine, he’s still there.

      I think he had fits of laughter – about those F..n morons.

      That one of my worries about the west. Once it starts all the Muslims have to yell is: “WW2!” and “Nazis!” Boy, will we do their job for them…

      In the upcoming civil war/wars we will have a severe disadvantage, because we can’t speak truthfully among each other. And the Muslims will make use of that. Be sure. Moreover, Islam’s operational pattern is more closely related to that of the Bolsheviks, or the other way round, but definitely not to that of the Nazis. Muslims don’t fight frontal assaults with high tech, highly disciplined armies, dependant on supply lines and winning open battles.

      That of course will put us in the civil war into a severe disadvantage, because many of our warriors will believe they fight the Nazis, or have such mindset. Far from it, most Nazis didn’t fight, the left that to the Germans living under their tyranny. Small matter. Given that mindset, are you surprised that the Muslims had such an easy ride?

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 30, 2016 at 9:07 pm

      Poor Adolf! He got a bad rap, just like Jihadists do…sarc/off

  12. Baucent says

    Jan 30, 2016 at 2:12 am

    What someone in the Pentagon or Navy doesn’t get is that the Iranians are playing the time old game of probe for softness. The incidents of the missile launch near a US vessel, the detention of sailors and now this drone fly over is all about exploring the US response. So far they have discovered soft mush. They had been met with weakness and back downs. The Iranians will continue this provocative policy until they discover STEEL. Then they will back off, but not before. So I would expect a near miss collision situation between an Iranian and US ship before too long. Guess who will give way?

    • Nimrod says

      Jan 30, 2016 at 2:51 am

      Agreed. This WILL escalate until a ship or plane is damaged and US servicemen are killed. The probing will continue until the probe meets resistance, so if that is not responded to effectively then more literal damage will be done.

  13. Richard P, Sweden says

    Jan 30, 2016 at 8:26 am

    There are some 50 million muslims in the Western world. Steadily increasing.They could form a considerable army and go fighting against the daesh and other terrorists. Instead af non muslim westerners.
    The more muslim men there are in the West, the stronger army could be formed.
    As today, soldiers from Europe and the US fight against the daesh while some go fighting FOR the daesh, Thus western citizens are fighting against eachother in Syria and other places in the world.
    That cannot be acceptable.
    The muslims in Europe, the US and elsewhere should liberate their own countries. Should be their first priority. Not in order to strengthen islam but to liberate countries and peoples from surpression.

    • DFD says

      Jan 30, 2016 at 6:10 pm

      Richard P, Sweden says “There are some 50 million muslims in the Western world. Steadily increasing.They could form a considerable army and go fighting against the daesh and other terrorists. Instead af non muslim westerners. The more muslim men there are in the West, the stronger army could be formed.”
      Dear Richard,

      learn about Islam, these people are Muhajiroun, that means undercover Mujahideen on Hijra. The are here to gain concession, influence and to begin a terror campaign which is to be, and will be, accelerated and intensified. Until they think they can win a full scale civil war. If they do, they western nations will become Islamic hell holes, people will become “refugees” from it… repeat.

      Before Islam, the Arabs of the peninsular were a byword for tolerance. They had to be, traders, merchants and pagans. The Iranians/Persians were the ones who produced the worlds first written human rights charter, apart from art, mathematics, astronomy, poetry etc. Then came Islam…

      You get the idea?

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 30, 2016 at 9:10 pm

      Richard P, Sweden wrote:

      There are some 50 million muslims in the Western world. Steadily increasing.They could form a considerable army and go fighting against the daesh and other terrorists…
      …………………………

      What leads you to believe that Muslims in the West are opposed to Jihad and Shari’ah? They openly support them, through word and deed. I’m afraid you assumption that Muslims in the West would actually fight *against* Islam is completely mistaken.

  14. Ima Civilian says

    Jan 30, 2016 at 10:24 am

    Sorry………LOTS of you folks who read this voted for “Hope and Change” and now you got it……….quit your bellyaching; NOW you got people like YOU running the country; and it’s all about MONEY; the women bitch that they can’t be promoted because they can’t serve in the ‘combat arms’; well let ’em sign up and by the way, if they can’t cut it, no problem, we’ll just make it easier for THEM; ‘diversity’ all around; talent not apply; we’ll call you when we need your ‘color’….

  15. Peter Brock says

    Jan 30, 2016 at 10:58 am

    I had wanted to make an observation about the idiotic response by the Navy spokeswoman calling the overfly “abnormal and unprofessional.” However, it is impossible to re-educate an illiterate lieutenant commander, as I learned during my naval career.

    However, I am the more distraught when, once again, I have to navigate to the “leave a reply” section for commentary through this distasteful “more popular stories” that feature bizarre nonsense, spam/virus dangers, AND the “more mature women” solicitations…

    Honestly, Robert, it this a credible way to “pay your bills” when decrying the evils of Islam?

    How tragic… What a sad commentary of somebody’s “other life” to consider…

    • mortimer says

      Jan 30, 2016 at 2:58 pm

      Reply to Peter Brock:

      Are you reaching for your checkbook right now? Will you pay Robert Spencer’s bills?

      What is Western civilization worth to you per annum in dollars? Is it even worth one hour’s pay?

    • Nimrod says

      Jan 30, 2016 at 4:00 pm

      The larger advertisers with more normal ads like Google won’t allow their ads to be posted on “controversial” sites like this one. Various groups like designated terrorist group CAIR will pressure the companies to boycott anything they don’t like. As a result, any site which isn’t sufficiently anodyne will only be able to use the smaller ad services.

      I join in with the Florida Family Association’s email campaigns against Islamic supremacist demands and advertising on Al Jazeera to provide pressure in the opposite direction.

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 30, 2016 at 9:14 pm

      Peter Brock wrote:

      Honestly, Robert, it this a credible way to “pay your bills” when decrying the evils of Islam?
      …………………………

      Do you actually have any problems with the evils of Islam yourself? Not that anyone would know from your comments.

  16. ninetyninep says

    Jan 30, 2016 at 12:04 pm

    Obama has his “military” run away in cowardice yet again.

    Maybe next time they will attack with only a small missile and Kerry will apologize for getting the ship in the way.

    Kerry, Obama & Hillary = POS with Trudeau a close runner up.

  17. خَليفة says

    Jan 30, 2016 at 12:45 pm

    He looks like the grinch who not only wants to steal, but destroy Christmas.

    • Daniel Triplett says

      Jan 30, 2016 at 9:39 pm

      Either that, or he just finished ejaculating into a goat.

  18. mortimer says

    Jan 30, 2016 at 2:54 pm

    US military says, “The career bully accidentally, but forcefully, kicked sand in my face a few hundred times…it was unprofessional of the bully.”

  19. Daniel Triplett says

    Jan 30, 2016 at 9:36 pm

    This is entirely the fault of Obama, a dangerous disgrace. Only the President can dictate military ROE.

    That’s a $12.9 Billion warship with 6000 Americans aboard. That ship belongs to America, not Obama.

    An “unarmed” drone, which could have just as easily been armed, and OBAMA let it fly right over.

    I’ll bet those sailors are 100 times more pissed off than the rest of us.

    Now Iran has tested our response, and know we’re just going to stand their and watch as the Ayatollah sinks our ship.

    Good Lord, I can’t believe we’re letting just ONE MAN do this to all 330 Million of us.

  20. Mark says

    Jan 31, 2016 at 8:01 am

    Please view and share the following video, it shows the danger of Islam. https://youtu.be/t_Qpy0mXg8Y This next video is also worth watching. It deals with the credibility of Christianity. https://youtu.be/t_Qpy0mXg8Y
    The West has replaced children with consumer products. Child rearing has become a costly time consuming hobby. The time may be coming when having enough children to support us will be the only retirement security we will have.

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