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Kar98		2012-05-24 09:51:27 AM

Fair is fair.

The US navy patrolling the area have on a number of occasions rescued Iranian ships. The latest incident was in January when a US warship secured the release of 13 Iranian fishermen near the entrance to the Gulf who had been held captive by pirates for 45 days.

Funny how cooperation is possible on that level, vs. stupid saber rattling on another one.

tuxq		2012-05-24 09:52:17 AM

that's their job...

HAMMERTOE		2012-05-24 09:57:53 AM

Thank-you, Iranian Navy.

SweetSilverBlues		2012-05-24 09:57:59 AM

Burr		2012-05-24 09:58:43 AM

"Iranian navy saves US freighter from pirates. No shia"

I think I hear "Don't Stop Believin" playing....

H31N0US		2012-05-24 09:59:31 AM

Kar98: Funny how cooperation is possible on that level, vs. ~~stupid saber rattling on another one~~ when Israel gets involved.

PonceAlyosha		2012-05-24 10:00:07 AM

SweetSilverBlues: Kar98: Fair is fair.

The US navy patrolling the area have on a number of occasions rescued Iranian ships. The latest incident was in January when a US warship secured the release of 13 Iranian fishermen near the entrance to the Gulf who had been held captive by pirates for 45 days.

Funny how cooperation is possible on that level, vs. stupid saber rattling on another one.

Aye.

/naval thread, so "aye" instead of "this"

It is almost as if human decency transcends the pathetic rhetoric the world's ruling class tries to brainwash us with.

Mishno		2012-05-24 10:00:39 AM

fireclown		2012-05-24 10:00:58 AM

Wicked cool. There may be some hope yet.

crab66		2012-05-24 10:01:02 AM

tuxq: that's their job...

I wonder if they will get reprimanded for doing it.

schattenteufel		2012-05-24 10:02:55 AM

"not bad"

/Ahmadinejad is a supreme idiot.

bwilson27		2012-05-24 10:03:06 AM

StreetlightInTheGhetto		2012-05-24 10:06:07 AM

Kar98: Fair is fair.

The US navy patrolling the area have on a number of occasions rescued Iranian ships. The latest incident was in January when a US warship secured the release of 13 Iranian fishermen near the entrance to the Gulf who had been held captive by pirates for 45 days.

Funny how cooperation is possible on that level, vs. stupid saber rattling on another one.

Law of the sea. Someone is in distress, you help if you safely can*. Sort out the nonsence on dry land. Plus you might need that help in kind..

* does not apply to cruise ships and adrift impovershed fishermen

JohnAnnArbor		2012-05-24 10:06:27 AM

Kar98: Fair is fair.

The US navy patrolling the area have on a number of occasions rescued Iranian ships. The latest incident was in January when a US warship secured the release of 13 Iranian fishermen near the entrance to the Gulf who had been held captive by pirates for 45 days.

Funny how cooperation is possible on that level, vs. stupid saber rattling on another one.

We helped a North Korean ship once in a pirate situation and got an actual sincere thanks in their news agency for it.

Piracy (including air piracy) and weather tend to be things nations cooperate about no matter what. Not always, but almost always.

JohnAnnArbor		2012-05-24 10:07:11 AM

StreetlightInTheGhetto: Kar98: Fair is fair.

The US navy patrolling the area have on a number of occasions rescued Iranian ships. The latest incident was in January when a US warship secured the release of 13 Iranian fishermen near the entrance to the Gulf who had been held captive by pirates for 45 days.

Funny how cooperation is possible on that level, vs. stupid saber rattling on another one.

Law of the sea. Someone is in distress, you help if you safely can*. Sort out the nonsence on dry land. Plus you might need that help in kind..

* does not apply to cruise ships and adrift impovershed fishermen

Yeah, THAT was bad. Wow.

stevarooni		2012-05-24 10:07:24 AM

Kar98: Funny how cooperation is possible on that level, vs. stupid saber rattling on another one.

That's how deeper cooperation is built. You get the common soldiers and sailors recognizing the humanity of the guy on the other side of the potential battlefield. Word gets around, and leaders on neither side can make unsubstantiated claims about the other.

bhcompy		2012-05-24 10:07:33 AM

Kar98: Fair is fair.

The US navy patrolling the area have on a number of occasions rescued Iranian ships. The latest incident was in January when a US warship secured the release of 13 Iranian fishermen near the entrance to the Gulf who had been held captive by pirates for 45 days.

Funny how cooperation is possible on that level, vs. stupid saber rattling on another one.

Only because it's the sea. If they had been on land they'd have been arrested for spying and sent to prison for years in isolation.

Andrew Wiggin		2012-05-24 10:07:49 AM

SweetSilverBlues: /naval thread

navelbuttonpiercing.files.wordpress.com

animal900		2012-05-24 10:08:24 AM

Iran's navy said

imgs.xkcd.com

JNowe		2012-05-24 10:09:08 AM

And not a moment too Sunni.

SweetSilverBlues		2012-05-24 10:09:45 AM

PonceAlyosha: SweetSilverBlues: Kar98: Fair is fair.

The US navy patrolling the area have on a number of occasions rescued Iranian ships. The latest incident was in January when a US warship secured the release of 13 Iranian fishermen near the entrance to the Gulf who had been held captive by pirates for 45 days.

Funny how cooperation is possible on that level, vs. stupid saber rattling on another one.

Aye.

/naval thread, so "aye" instead of "this"

It is almost as if human decency transcends the pathetic rhetoric the world's ruling class tries to brainwash us with.

No...that's not it...

NBC said so.

KiplingKat872		2012-05-24 10:09:59 AM

Kar98: Fair is fair.

The US navy patrolling the area have on a number of occasions rescued Iranian ships. The latest incident was in January when a US warship secured the release of 13 Iranian fishermen near the entrance to the Gulf who had been held captive by pirates for 45 days.

Funny how cooperation is possible on that level, vs. stupid saber rattling on another one.

Exactly. I was speaking with some members of the JDF while I was visiting Jamaica. They cooperate with the Cuban navy to rescue fishing boats in their overlapping territorial waters all the time. It's just no big thing.

If we could get the politicians to shut the fark up, the world would get along much better.

WTFDYW		2012-05-24 10:10:04 AM

IDK. The article was written kinda like fluff propaganda.

/i'm a sceptical bastard any more.
//thanks Iranian Navy if it's true

Harry Freakstorm		2012-05-24 10:11:29 AM

The enemy of my enemy is my frenemy

Tiiba		2012-05-24 10:14:04 AM

But why isn't there a single word in the article from the rescued crew? And the pirates fled. I was hoping they'd spend some ammo on our behalf.

SweetSilverBlues		2012-05-24 10:15:45 AM

Andrew Wiggin: SweetSilverBlues: /naval thread

No, no, no. It's not--

Oh, never mind.

Kibbler		2012-05-24 10:15:55 AM

Best Frenemies Forever!

34 Nations Like This

inglixthemad		2012-05-24 10:17:37 AM

bwilson27:

Darn you Wilson. Darn you straight to the pits of the abyss.

/you beat me to the pic

jaybeezey		2012-05-24 10:19:18 AM

KiplingKat872: Kar98: Fair is fair.

The US navy patrolling the area have on a number of occasions rescued Iranian ships. The latest incident was in January when a US warship secured the release of 13 Iranian fishermen near the entrance to the Gulf who had been held captive by pirates for 45 days.

Funny how cooperation is possible on that level, vs. stupid saber rattling on another one.

Exactly. I was speaking with some members of the JDF while I was visiting Jamaica. They cooperate with the Cuban navy to rescue fishing boats in their overlapping territorial waters all the time. It's just no big thing.

If we could get the politicians to shut the fark up, the world would get along much better.

Judean Defense Front?

SPLITTERS!

Basij		2012-05-24 10:19:45 AM

Silly, silly infidels of the Great Satan. Do you not know the only thing more loathsome than the infidel is the heretic? The pirates from Somalia are Sunni. They are worse even than you in the eyes of Allah.

Andrew Wiggin		2012-05-24 10:20:42 AM

SweetSilverBlues: Andrew Wiggin: SweetSilverBlues: /naval thread

No, no, no. It's not--

Oh, never mind.

one week and one day! :)

brantgoose		2012-05-24 10:23:18 AM

That's very Christian of them.

(Runs off giggling in the strange high-pitched falsetto employed by Bluebottle on The Goon Show) Hee, hee, hee! (Makes his escape while his enemies are stunned.)

As Scriptures say, "If your enemy is thirsty, give him water to drink, for thou shalt heap burning coals (of shame) upon his head thereby."

Further evidence, if any is needed, that the Author of the Bible is not Mr. Nice Guy.

Evelyn Waugh, during a secret mission in occupied Yugoslavia during WWII, gave Randolph Churchill, the ne'er-do-well scion of a noble and ne'er-do-well family, a Bible to read to keep him from telling everybody in Yugoslavia that he was a spy on a secret mission. Randolph Churchill reached a classic Upper Class Twit conclusion: "I never realized what a Shiat God is!"

Bless his soul. If there were more sinners like him, we wouldn't groan under the Dominion of the Shiats, I mean Saints.

True story, Brethren and Sistern*.

*This is a real word. Look it up!

SweetSilverBlues		2012-05-24 10:23:20 AM

Andrew Wiggin: SweetSilverBlues: Andrew Wiggin: SweetSilverBlues: /naval thread

No, no, no. It's not--

Oh, never mind.

one week and one day! :)

Don't be expecting Sports Illustrated.

Maybe Lane Bryant.

/down 15, 25 to go

ihatedumbpeople		2012-05-24 10:23:30 AM

well, in all fairness the boat was very likely smuggling weapons into Iran.

Mock26		2012-05-24 10:25:42 AM

I cry Bullshiat. The pirates were Photoshopped.

Basij		2012-05-24 10:25:55 AM

ihatedumbpeople: well, in all fairness the boat was very likely smuggling weapons into Iran.

From Iran to Syria, infidel. We do not need smuggling to equip of glorious military.

SookThis		2012-05-24 10:27:26 AM

KiplingKat872:
If we could get the politicians to shut the fark up, the world would get along much better.

QFT

ALL POLITICIANS ARE A-HOLS.

/yes I had to type all that in caps!!!!!

traylor		2012-05-24 10:27:41 AM

Maersk Texas

You'd think a ship with a name like this could defend itself in such situations.
:/

ritalinchild 54		2012-05-24 10:29:57 AM

"According to Iranian commanders, Iran's navy have carried out hundreds of anti-piracy operations, engaging in hundreds of armed clashes with pirates in the past three years."

Lots of lying going on here.

They claimed the pirates fled at the sight of their "warship". No actual engagement occurred.

Wendy's Chili		2012-05-24 10:32:17 AM

WTFDYW: IDK. The article was written kinda like fluff propaganda.

/i'm a sceptical bastard any more.
//thanks Iranian Navy if it's true

It's probably a hoax orchestrated by the Shadow Peace and Prosperity Counsel. They're trying to trick us into not launching World War 3. Those bastards.

Trashy		2012-05-24 10:32:38 AM

What nice guys, we should let them have the bomb...

spentmiles		2012-05-24 10:33:05 AM

Secret Photograph of State of the Art Iranian Warship

AirForceVet		2012-05-24 10:35:08 AM

My personal thanks to the Iranian Navy for responding to the distress call and chasing off the pirates. Very much appreciated your help.

J. Frank Parnell		2012-05-24 10:35:41 AM

Trashy: What nice guys, we should let them have the bomb...

They don't want 'the bomb', and have said that repeatedly.

ArkPanda		2012-05-24 10:35:54 AM

Is Maersk the only US shipping company left? Seems like every time a ship is in the news it's always Maersk X.

Wendy's Chili		2012-05-24 10:36:17 AM

ritalinchild 54: "According to Iranian commanders, Iran's navy have carried out hundreds of anti-piracy operations, engaging in hundreds of armed clashes with pirates in the past three years."

Lots of lying going on here.

They claimed the pirates fled at the sight of their "warship". No actual engagement occurred.

They didn't clash this time so clearly they've never clashed ever. Hurrrr.

Basij		2012-05-24 10:39:41 AM

ArkPanda: Is Maersk the only US shipping company left? Seems like every time a ship is in the news it's always Maersk X.

There's also Weyland. Or perhaps that's British.

steamingpile		2012-05-24 10:39:52 AM

spentmiles: Secret Photograph of State of the Art Iranian Warship

I too was wondering why the pirates would be scared by a guy on a sea-doo and a slingshot...

Trapper439		2012-05-24 10:40:17 AM

animal900: Iran's navy said

[citationneeded.jpg]

Yeah, get back to me when an Iranian warship shoots down an American airliner just minutes after it's taken off from JFK airport in New York, in the same way that the US Navy shot down 290 innocent passengers and crew on Iran Air Flight 655 who were still in Iranian airspace back in 1988...

Why shouldn't I believe the Iranian Navy now just as much as I believed the US Navy back when they shot down that Iranian airliner, or any more than I believed the Israeli Air Force when they sunk the American naval ship USS Liberty?

Has someone taken the moral high ground when I wasn't looking?

JNowe		2012-05-24 10:44:04 AM

J. Frank Parnell: Trashy: What nice guys, we should let them have the bomb...

They don't want 'the bomb', and have said that repeatedly.

Well, if they said it then it must be true.

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