The Ayatollahs are tugging on Uncle Sam's beard. And the Ayatollahs know beards:
‘Even one American in Iraq is too much,’ Iran’s leader tells Iraqi president
First up, from The Peebleshire News (covering
Innerleithen,
Peebles,
Walkerburn,
West Linton and the rest of the world), May 3:
Iran seizes oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz, US navy says
And from the Daily Mail, May 2:
Is this the Navy's Dylan Mulvaney moment? Drag performer Harpy Daniels is Navy's new 'digital ambassador' in bid to boost recruitment that's set to fall short by 8,000
Bringing to mind the comment of Admiral Beatty to his Flag Captain at the battle of Jutland after HMS Queen Mary blew up, 31 May 1916. It was the second of his ships to be destroyed in 25 minutes, vaporizing 2200 of his sailors:
"There's something wrong with our bloody ships today, Chatfield"
On the plus side there were 2 survivors from HMS Indefatigable and 12 from HMS Queen Mary.
I sure hope the top brass and political masters of the U.S. Navy know what they are doing.
And just so you know, from We are the Mighty:
