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Trump effect: No sign of Iranian harassment of American warships in 2018

Jul 6, 2018 12:36 pm By Robert Spencer

During the Obama administration, Iran captured and humiliated American sailors. No longer.

“US Navy: No sign of Iranian harassment of American warships in 2018,” by Lucas Tomlinson and Jennifer Griffin, Fox News, July 5, 2018:

The usual harassment of U.S. warships by small Iranian gunboats in the Persian Gulf has stopped this year, according to the Navy, but the suspension of such activity could be in jeopardy as Iran threatens to block the Strait of Hormuz.

According to the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet headquartered in Bahrain, these so-called “unsafe and unprofessional” interactions typically took place once a month during President Trump’s first year in office. But there have been no recorded instances of harassment this year.

In then-President Barack Obama’s last year in office, Iranian warships harassed the U.S. Navy about three times a month. These interactions fell by roughly 60 percent in Trump’s first year in office.

The last unsafe interaction occurred nearly a year ago on Aug. 14, 2017, when an Iranian drone flew too close to an F/A-18 Hornet attempting to land aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, according to the Navy.

Iranian officials, though, now are threatening to block the Strait of Hormuz, where 30 percent of the world’s oil transits each day in and out of the Persian Gulf — something that could jeopardize the suspension of harassment. This came after a senior U.S. State Department official warned about more sanctions being slapped on the Islamic Republic in November if Iran doesn’t change its behavior.

“Our goal is to increase pressure on the Iranian regime by reducing to zero its revenue from crude oil sales. Now, we are working to minimize disruptions to the global market, but we are confident that there is sufficient global spare oil production capacity,” Brian Hook, director of policy planning at the State Department, said Monday.

Iran’s president responded to Hook a day later, calling such threats overblown.

“In my opinion, what a U.S. official put forward when saying that the United State of America intends to reduce to zero Iranian oil exports, are actually remarks that I think are exaggerated and on a practical level will never be able to be implemented,” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said alongside his Swiss counterpart in Bern Tuesday….

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  1. jihad3tracker says

    Jul 6, 2018 at 12:49 pm

    Hussein Obama is a Muhammad-loving p*ssy and the mullahs knew that.

    • christianblood says

      Jul 6, 2018 at 6:57 pm

      In 1988 US intentionally downed an Iranian civilian airliner and All the 290 people, including 66 children on board were killed in what is believed to be one of the worst disasters in the history of aviation! More below

      https://sputniknews.com/world/201807031066001497-us-warship-iran-plane-crash-anniversary/

      • gravenimage says

        Jul 6, 2018 at 8:15 pm

        No, this was not intentional–it was a tragic error.

        Once again, “Christianblood” is defending Islam, and slandering anyone who stands against Jihad. This has become more and more common from him.

    • christianblood says

      Jul 6, 2018 at 7:23 pm

      In the Yemen war:

      US, UK, France, Saudi-Arabia, ISIS, Al-qaeda, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Israel and Muslim Nato on one side.

      Rag-tag Indigenous Shiite militia known as “Houthis” with some moral support from Iran on the other side! Now Pick your moral side!

      • gravenimage says

        Jul 6, 2018 at 8:23 pm

        I don’t consider *any* Jihadists to be on our side.

    • BC says

      Jul 7, 2018 at 1:55 pm

      Trump has the Ayatollahs soiling their underwear, they do great bombast but when they see a real opponent they collapse. Let us hope they get their just deserts soon

  2. R Russell says

    Jul 6, 2018 at 1:00 pm

    Trump believes in the US and the constitution. Unlike Obama who wanted to turn it into the next part of the Ummah.

  3. No Muzzies Here says

    Jul 6, 2018 at 1:04 pm

    Obama didn’t mind seeing American sailors humiliated and forced to be submissive to Muslims. Obama loved forcing Americans to submit to Islam. Trump would not have tolerated this. Trump will not allow Americans to bow down in submission to Muslims.

    • J D S says

      Jul 7, 2018 at 9:44 am

      Possibly Iran knows that President Trump would allow the Navy to take military action should they continue their small boat harassment.

  4. DogOnPorch says

    Jul 6, 2018 at 1:08 pm

    Google Castle Bravo to find out why Iran is behaving.

    • christianblood says

      Jul 6, 2018 at 7:16 pm

      “..Iran will target all oil tankers in straight of Hormuz if US blocks Iranian oil in the Persian gulf..” Gen. Jafari, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp. More below:

      https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201807061066100579-iran-strait-hormuz-oil-sanctions/

    • WESTPAC Spy says

      Jul 8, 2018 at 2:49 am

      Try “Operation Praying Mantis.”

  5. Raja says

    Jul 6, 2018 at 1:38 pm

    During the Carter regime, the Iranians made endless demands and dragged their feet for far too long with the hostage crisis. Enter Reagan the Iranians got scared and made amends in their behavior/strategy.

    The same thing is being played out by the Iranians today. Love, reconciliation, forgiveness, peace are signs of weakness according to Islam and that can devastating effect on infidel countries.

    • christianblood says

      Jul 6, 2018 at 7:09 pm

      Raja

      Don’t forget the 15 of the 19 islamic terrorists that murdered three thousand US civilians on a single day on 9/11 were Saudis and four were Sunni Wahhabi jihadists. What did the US do to address that? Heck, the 9/11 families cannot even sue the Saudi establishment that were directly involved in the attack and US government is so far unwilling to declassify the direct Saudi connection of the 9/11 attacks. Don’t
      pay the satanic and douplicious US hypocrisy!!!

      https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/07/15/28-declassified-pages-911-commission-report-released-public/87134942/

      • gravenimage says

        Jul 6, 2018 at 7:13 pm

        Christianblood is upset to see Americans oppose Jihad from any source. Very disturbing.

        • Steve says

          Jul 7, 2018 at 10:53 am

          He bears watching.

      • senordoeboy says

        Jul 7, 2018 at 7:49 am

        Shia, Sunni… all the same to me.

      • seabird says

        Jul 7, 2018 at 5:49 pm

        Both the US and Russia are falling over each other trying to sell advanced weapons to jihadi-sponsors Saudi Arabia, Turkey and others.
        Russia’s offer to SA alone includes 16 nuclear power plants, S-400 missles and even an AK-47 factory.
        Russia’s military support to the Iranian despots is long term and well known.
        Prior to Russia’s offer to sell weapons and nuclear technology to the Saudis and Turks, you may have had some “moral ground” to stand on but not anymore.
        I’m afraid Mr Putin has made a misguided fool and hypocrite of you.
        Both our countries are negligent and immoral for supplying weapons to countries sworn to our destruction.

  6. Axolotl says

    Jul 6, 2018 at 3:28 pm

    I think it’s fair to assume that the fiasco of the humiliated sailors would have a very different ending under President Trump.

  7. Indiana Tom says

    Jul 6, 2018 at 5:24 pm

    Our current PT Boat crews would be lost if they were transported back in time to Blackett Straight in the Summer of 1942.

  8. Jaladhi says

    Jul 6, 2018 at 5:31 pm

    If Iranians would have tried any action similar to that in last administration, they would have faced appropriate action!!

  9. Ibrahim itace muhammed says

    Jul 6, 2018 at 6:16 pm

    It means savage mad devil Trump is forced to stop encroacments into Iranian waters. Wicked apartheid evil United States knows that it can longer navigate into Iranian waters for spying as part of that hegemony, which has now ended. Fools!!

  10. Ibrahim itace muhammed says

    Jul 6, 2018 at 6:18 pm

    I mean it can no longer navigate into Iranian waters

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 6, 2018 at 8:25 pm

      What a moron.

      • Westman says

        Jul 6, 2018 at 9:42 pm

        Amen.

        If any Iranian military leaders think they will get away with harassment now, they might consider what it would mean to suddenly have no oil loading facilities. They are very easy to destroy and take a long time to rebuild. The most vulnerable objects in the Gulf are not warships.

    • don vito says

      Jul 6, 2018 at 10:45 pm

      itace, -50

  11. Elizabeth L says

    Jul 6, 2018 at 6:27 pm

    President Trump recognizes a bully when he sees one. He is a man of the world. Indeed, I would say that he is a Man for all Seasons, so acute and accurate are his judgements of international affairs. How lucky can a country get? Just think, the US just escaped from the muddled and silly minds of those who know little of the world, and a lot less about international bullies. Well done President Trump.

    • Ibrahim itace muhammed says

      Jul 7, 2018 at 4:58 am

      Elizabeth, Trump is a savage madman thinking of leading the evil United States to destroy other nations to cause miseries.The repercussion will go back to the most wicked mithraist christian west led by evil United States. Idiot Satan’s (Holy Spirit) worshippers

  12. gravenimage says

    Jul 6, 2018 at 7:16 pm

    Trump effect: No sign of Iranian harassment of American warships in 2018
    ……………………

    *Excellent!*

  13. James Lincoln says

    Jul 6, 2018 at 9:59 pm

    President Trump realizes that freedom is not free and that peace is only obtained from a position of strength.

    • Ibrahim itace muhammed says

      Jul 7, 2018 at 7:18 am

      James, apartheid evil United States’s economy is declining and international brigandage cannot make it strong.

      • gravenimage says

        Jul 7, 2018 at 9:56 pm

        Uh…right. Not rolling over for Iranian aggression is “international brigandage”.

        Well, he has also said that a ban on immigration from terrorist-sponsoring countries is “genocide”.

        For more misuses of the English language, two months ago he said that Muslims had completely destroyed our economy and that the dollar was then worth $0. Then he said that we were in a depression–now the best he can come up with is saying our “economy is declining”. Of course, even this is wrong–the American economy is booming.

      • WESTPAC Spy says

        Jul 8, 2018 at 3:29 am

        Ibrahim constantly confirms my belief that you have to be an idiot to be a Muslim.

        https://www.thebalance.com/us-economic-outlook-3305669

        ” By Kimberly Amadeo
        Updated July 04, 2018

        The U.S. economic outlook is healthy according to the key economic indicators. The most critical indicator is the gross domestic product, which measures the nation’s production output. The GDP growth rate is expected to remain between the 2 percent to 3 percent ideal range. Unemployment is forecast to continue at the natural rate. There isn’t too much inflation or deflation. That’s a Goldilocks economy….”

  14. infidel says

    Jul 7, 2018 at 12:52 am

    What a piece of abominable FILTH is Obama… How he has humiliated his own people who voted him to office NOT ONCE BUT TWICE FOR GOODNESS SAKE!! How much a lowlife U have to be to betray like this..

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