They did not want to engage in Iranian waters and get sunk by Iranian missiles.
Common Sense Said,
The Brits were afraid of hurting the Iranians feelings…
Chan Wing-wah Said,
because they were in iranian water that is why
h h Said,
It was tea time?
wizjp Said,
talk first; you can always enter into a shooting war.
sandra k Said,
We may never know,we only get one side,they must of known they was coming they do have radar.Maybe they wanted them captured.
tankbuff Said,
that’s a very good question. they should have sunk those Iranian A holes before they could reach those marines. with this incident that Iranian madman has yet another victory against the the allied.
mervyn m Said,
Because the stretch of water is in dispute between Iran & Iraq,each claiming it is theirs.Therefore the RN were in Iraqi waters as far as they were concerned but the Iranians say they were in theres.
Secondly,as the Iranians did not,as far as we know,open fire,due to the ROE the RN could not open fire.
gary b Said,
Political correctness,rears it’s ugly head again
Team Chief Said,
For several reasons.
1) Any armed intervention on the part of the British ship would have only escalated a peaceful incident into a shooting crisis, and that would have made matters 1000% worse than they already are.
2) At that distance, there’s no way that the British ship could open fire and NOT hit their own people.
3) A warship is NOT like your car – you can’t just step on the gas and go. The ship was not under way at the time (which meant it was not moving), and to get it under way would have required more time than they had available. Plus, to maneuver over to the spot and then stop the ship…again, it’s not like the Family Truckster! You don’t just hit the brakes and the ship stops on a dime.
I think the captain of the British warship did the only thing he could – he observed and reported what was going on. To take any other kind of action, especially when dealing with a radical Islamic nation like Iran, would only have made matters worse.
The only wrongdoing here is on the part of the Iranians, and I hope the British pound them into oblivion for it.
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They did not want to engage in Iranian waters and get sunk by Iranian missiles.
The Brits were afraid of hurting the Iranians feelings…
because they were in iranian water that is why
It was tea time?
talk first; you can always enter into a shooting war.
We may never know,we only get one side,they must of known they was coming they do have radar.Maybe they wanted them captured.
that’s a very good question. they should have sunk those Iranian A holes before they could reach those marines. with this incident that Iranian madman has yet another victory against the the allied.
Because the stretch of water is in dispute between Iran & Iraq,each claiming it is theirs.Therefore the RN were in Iraqi waters as far as they were concerned but the Iranians say they were in theres.
Secondly,as the Iranians did not,as far as we know,open fire,due to the ROE the RN could not open fire.
Political correctness,rears it’s ugly head again
For several reasons.
1) Any armed intervention on the part of the British ship would have only escalated a peaceful incident into a shooting crisis, and that would have made matters 1000% worse than they already are.
2) At that distance, there’s no way that the British ship could open fire and NOT hit their own people.
3) A warship is NOT like your car – you can’t just step on the gas and go. The ship was not under way at the time (which meant it was not moving), and to get it under way would have required more time than they had available. Plus, to maneuver over to the spot and then stop the ship…again, it’s not like the Family Truckster! You don’t just hit the brakes and the ship stops on a dime.
I think the captain of the British warship did the only thing he could – he observed and reported what was going on. To take any other kind of action, especially when dealing with a radical Islamic nation like Iran, would only have made matters worse.
The only wrongdoing here is on the part of the Iranians, and I hope the British pound them into oblivion for it.
And I hope Tony Blair invites us to help!