FILE PHOTO - The USS Mason , a guided missile destroyer, arrives at Port Canaveral, Florida, U.S. on April 4, 2003. REUTERS/Karl Ronstrom/File photo
U.S. Central Command said in a statement the destroyer USS Mason was en route to the scene of the attacks that damaged two tankers in the Gulf of Oman earlier in the day. The destroyer USS Bainbridge remains in close contact with the damaged tanker M/V Kokuka Courageous and will tolerate no interference, the statement said.
The Bainbridge earlier rescued 21 mariners from the Kokuka Courageous who abandoned ship, the Central Command statement said. The Bainbridge is the U.S. command authority on the scene, it said.
The last 4 decades plus says different....we sell them weapons..then they are used against both sides..
Don't worry the Russians are coming
That might be the view of the generals and other military professionals but it may differ significantly from the views of the Trump Administration and the hawkish wing of the GOP.
Why match your troops to the warfront only to retreat at first exchange of fire. Manup and stop pouring fuel into this regions crisis. If you can't be a honest broker for peace please step aside and let others have a go
Agreed, our problems are domestic now. We got liberals and illegals to deal with.
The military may not be interested, but Twitler certainly is because he needs a big distraction again.
Depends how you define 'U.S.,' I guess.
Really... well what if more soldiers loose their lives? Or a granade actually hit an embassy...? There might be fight if they poke lion...
You mean for this hour? In 2 hrs Thumper will be beating the drums again.
Tell that to AmbJohnBolton. trump bolton iran
Saudi Arabia needs to step up!
But Bolton does.
Bolton and Pompeo would love nothing more than to go to war with Iran.
Lol
Not the military’s call.
We already know how it plays out. First, we bomb the hell out of them. 30 days later their government collapses. 30 more days all heck breaks loose & our soldiers get owned (like Vietnam & Iraq). All that night vision, advanced weapons, etc. are no match for a bomb in a goat.
Awesome expect a mega conflict anytime then
'We have no interest in engaging in a new conflict in the Middle East,' Brown added. 'We will defend our interests, but a war with Iran is not in our strategic interest, nor in the best interest of the international community.'
Israelis trying to bait us into a war w Iraq.
Did I read that correctly? No real evidence that it was iran?
Yes and the world is square!
how can you achoose the US of having no interests whatsoever ? haha.
These denials are worrisome indeed.
Another lie
*Apocalypse, Now? App* “No self-respecting authoritarian should leave home without it.' JohnBolton MikePompeo Iran
Oh really? Way to win 2020 -
Trump does
Not interested until an American gets killed
Sure Jan.
Bolton and Pompeii are Cheney boys! They use false evidence for wars! They instigated iran current situation! No! No! No to take war shouts!
YES, realDonaldTrump has interest in an election year conflict.
But the US military industrial complex does you silly goose. War is good business....right? Beside these nice boys have huge student loans to pay off.
Not sure about that. The rhetoric has been rising for montha
Yeah, right.
but Israel does.
So just manipulating oil markets or what?
woof! woof!
Haha maybe tell that to war monger Bolton
Go Trump go
American military is depleted sadly.
Whether the US military has interest or not in a new conflict in the mid east is another issue, the US had been running AS LOSER in ALL CONFLICT ever since the end of WW2, from centipede eating Vietcong to a bunch of APES in Somalia, the US military is ALWAYS at the receiving end
Tell that to the Walrus and the two, count them, the two fatties.
'No interest'
AlertTrade BS. We've always thrived on conflict.
Onde eu olho tem essa linhas do impedimento Bah x int
What? They're doing all they can to manufacture a 'crisis'. realdonaldtump will you send you're precious kids on the front line? senatemajldr what about you? Do you have kids? Cannon fodder kids?
Yes but, Lt. Bonespurs needs a crisis so he can stay in office
The 1%: '... but stand in the way of our oil and our profits and we just might have to 'find' a 'weapon of mass destruction' and have to 'bring democracy to a suffering people' .... North Korea? What about it?'
That is why U.S. is promotting the sabotage on the tankers
Just look any hope for Oil price.?
Yeah ask Lockheed Martin
No interest my a**
Well... But Israel does... XD
Talk to the 'hand'...
So why are they framing Iran for attacking shipping?
Someone should tell Bolten and Pompeo.