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hardluck

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36. Both statements are BS
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 07:56 PM
Mar 5

First, Milan 2026 had live fire exercises so there was no was no protocol that ships could not carry ammunition. Second, the US participated in the exercises, both the harbor portion and the at sea portion - P-8's practiced ASW.

See my prior post at #13.

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They should have made up an engine problem and stayed in Port EX500rider Mar 5 #1
Or gone to any port....or dropped their flag and flown a white flag. Melon Mar 5 #3
Don't blame the victim, this was an act of terrorism by the us Blues Heron Mar 5 #9
It was a warship...on its way back to the conflict area Melon Mar 5 #16
We're all targets now thanks to trumps illegal and immoral murder mission- totally unjustified killing Blues Heron Mar 5 #18
Apparently there was a 2nd Iranian naval vessel at the Maritime exercise... EX500rider Mar 5 #29
Why would Iran, knowing that it's in tense diplomatic times with 2 aircraft carriers at its door Melon Mar 5 #38
I assume it was planned way earlier and they thought they could bluff their way thru the talks EX500rider Mar 5 #46
Cowardly sucker punch, another 80 murders for Trumps peace prize account Blues Heron Mar 5 #2
What do you suggest , the submarine surface first? EX500rider Mar 5 #5
I suggest not murdering to cover up the Epstein files. Blowing that ship up is a piece of shit move Blues Heron Mar 5 #6
Letting it get in range of a US Carrier Group to use its anti-ship cruise missiles would have been a worse idea EX500rider Mar 5 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Blues Heron Mar 5 #8
Disgusting! ruet Mar 5 #10
Frigates are not unarmed ships nt sarisataka Mar 5 #11
Very highly unlikely that it was unarmed hardluck Mar 5 #13
Internet trolls still defend it. Kingofalldems Mar 5 #15
Internet trolls pretend it was a unarmed warship EX500rider Mar 5 #21
the real internet trolls spread Iranian propaganda. WarGamer Mar 5 #53
How was a Iranian navy vessel "unarmed"? EX500rider Mar 5 #17
More and more posts are claiming fantasy as facts sarisataka Mar 5 #20
You know, one of those "unarmed warships", you've heard of those right? EX500rider Mar 5 #22
The nonsense was flying yesterday about the US running short of Tomahawk missiles... WarGamer Mar 5 #54
Noted Iranian propagandist Mark Hertling, who knows more than you do, seems concerned about overall munitions stock. BannonsLiver Mar 6 #68
Don't get me wrong... this could turn into Shrub's iraq... or maybe not. WarGamer Mar 6 #78
Yet some are defending it. AloeVera Mar 5 #30
It being a "unarmed warship" is pure BS EX500rider Mar 5 #47
"Blowing that ship up is a piece of shit move" EX500rider Mar 5 #19
What ever happened to warning shots across the bow? This seems needlessly vicious. No help to the survivors either Blues Heron Mar 5 #23
How does a sub do a "warning shot" across the bow? EX500rider Mar 5 #24
I'm hearing it was unarmed, having participated in joint exercises requiring ships to be unarmed Blues Heron Mar 5 #32
nonsense, they literally have live fire exercises during naval maneuvers EX500rider Mar 5 #33
here: EX500rider Mar 5 #34
There is no reason ships in such an operation sarisataka Mar 5 #37
The excercise it was in had live fire...... Melon Mar 6 #77
Well then by all means blast away! Send those poor bastards straight to Davey Jones locker! Blues Heron Mar 6 #80
How does a sub help survivors? EX500rider Mar 5 #28
That ship sailed. Happy Hoosier Mar 5 #31
that's blaming the victim, this was pure Trumpian bloodlust on display. Blues Heron Mar 5 #39
I doubt Trump was anywhere in the decision making EX500rider Mar 5 #48
Totally - like when... lame54 Mar 5 #14
Is a US navy sub protecting it's carrier group a "bank robber" somehow? EX500rider Mar 5 #25
If your in the middle of an illegal act... lame54 Mar 5 #42
So in your mind the sub should allow the Iranian War vessel to try to sink the US carrier that somehow better to you? EX500rider Mar 5 #43
In your mind... lame54 Mar 5 #44
The carrier is conducting air ops in the Arabian Sea, the Iranian warship was headed that way EX500rider Mar 5 #45
Maybe you can be... lame54 Mar 5 #55
Sinking enemy warships during a war is rarely a war crime EX500rider Mar 5 #56
It is an ironic inversion sarisataka Mar 5 #57
It's all fruit of a poison tree... lame54 Mar 6 #58
Doesn't make it a war crime EX500rider Mar 6 #60
Epstein. B.See Mar 5 #4
The craven excuses are almost as bad as the act itself Torchlight Mar 5 #12
No woke rules of war, for sure Easterncedar Mar 5 #26
Some serious bloodlust here. NoMoreRepugs Mar 5 #27
Both statements are BS hardluck Mar 5 #36
"US navy was invited but withdrew from participation at the last minute" not EX500rider Mar 5 #51
The Iranian Captain Needed to Know How to Read the Room OC375 Mar 5 #35
We are being told by our government that this is actually not a war. This was a terrorist act by the US Blues Heron Mar 5 #40
Don't care what Trump says, bro OC375 Mar 5 #41
So if the Iranian warship got in range and fired her missiles at US ship also a terrorist act? EX500rider Mar 5 #49
Self defense, duh Blues Heron Mar 5 #50
most wars have a aggressor on one side, that hardly makes it "terrorism" EX500rider Mar 5 #52
It's worse than terrorism, it's state sponsored terror. Blues Heron Mar 6 #62
Yeah no, it's just regular warfare EX500rider Mar 6 #64
It's like if you break into someone's house they can shoot you, it's self defense, you shoot them it's murder. Blues Heron Mar 6 #65
"In my opinion" is how you should have ended that EX500rider Mar 6 #66
In my opinion, yes Blues Heron Mar 6 #67
"how most normal people see this, it's why there's substantial outrage over this." EX500rider Mar 6 #69
Mostly trolls, obviously. Blues Heron Mar 6 #70
Oh I wouldn't go that far, no one has called you a troll, you're allowed your own opinion even if it's wrong EX500rider Mar 6 #72
Like Pearl Harbor was "just regular warfare"? WE ILLEGALLY BOMBED IRAN..... ColoringFool Saturday #82
Yes, Pearl Harbor was regular warfare. Jedi Guy Saturday #86
Iran is a evil terrorist supporting theocracy who recently killed 10,000 to 30,000 of her citizens just for protesting EX500rider Saturday #90
Iran is shooting at all nations ships OC375 Mar 6 #59
Interesting how that doesn't get called out... sarisataka Mar 6 #61
If you say so bro Blues Heron Mar 6 #63
So you defend Japan's kamikaze attacks post-Pearl Harbor? ...... ColoringFool Saturday #83
I don't have to defend Japan OC375 Saturday #87
What do Japanese kamikaze attacks have to do with anything regarding the war with Iran? Jedi Guy Sunday #91
This comparison makes utterly zero sense sarisataka Sunday #92
So this is the part where further Japanese aggression post-PH is acceptable? ColoringFool Saturday #84
You're defending the attack on Pearl Harbor as acceptable? OC375 Saturday #88
For everyone's information - the ship that was sunk was not on its way back to Iran, or "the carrier group" muriel_volestrangler Mar 6 #71
Highly unlikely the sub knew anything about that EX500rider Mar 6 #73
I think subs can tell which direction a ship is going, and its speed muriel_volestrangler Mar 6 #74
"sink the bastard, it's Iranian" That's generally how wars go, yes. EX500rider Mar 6 #75
It had been just outside their maritime zone for days. It wasn't going anywhere. muriel_volestrangler Mar 6 #76
"If it's war, it's illegal - Congress has not authorised it" Might want to read the War Powers Act EX500rider Mar 6 #79
The War Powers Resolution is not to allow a president to wage general war for 60 days muriel_volestrangler Saturday #81
There's allegedly video of the sinking. Hugin Saturday #89
If you saw the video sarisataka Sunday #93
Is This The Time To Roll Out The Perjury About "Yellow-Cake..... ColoringFool Saturday #85
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