What really happened in the Straits of Hormuz?
ecthompsonmd
January 18, 2008
Did you see the initial reports on this incident? 5 gunboats approached one of our Navy groups. Gunboats? What is that? Is that a destroyer? Is that a PT boat like McHale’s Navy? I suspect that everyone remembers the damage that even a small boat can do to one of our large boats like the USS Cole. 17 US Sailors were killed. So, I think that most Americans were aware of the dangers when one of our boats gets approached on the open water. Code words were being throw around. “Provocative.” by the Americans while the Iranians were using phrases like
