The Iranian navy needs to start experiencing a rash of unexplained difficulties

Prediction:  The Boob Nifong Mueller hearing will be largely a dud.  The Dopes will respond as if Mueller just solved the case of Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance, ID'd the real Boston Strangler and produced irrefutable evidence that there was indeed a second shooter on the grassy knoll. There will be nonstop coverage of Dopes running to and fro like an attention seeking fraudster with a doctored picture of Big Foot.  All show, no go. 

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Mysteries that may never be solved: 1) The identity of D. B. Cooper? 2) How, why and by whom was Stonehenge build? 3) Same three questions for the iconic stone statues on Easter Island. 4) Why Pete Carroll decided to throw a pass on second and goal from New England’s one yard line in SB XLIX when he had the best running back in the NFL, Marshawn Lynch? 5) Why does Iran still have a navy after months of trouble making in the Persian Gulf?

I know we don’t want to start another war in the Middle East, but boats break down, get lost and sink on their own all of the time.  Plausible deniability is all that is necessary.  Iranian boats sortie out. They become “disabled.”  Coalition forces “rescue” the Iranian crews from their sinking vessels.  A sea mine being transported on an Iranian vessel may explode prematurely.  It happens.

The Persian Gulf and the Straits of Hormuz need to become the Bermuda Triangle for anything Iranian that floats.

All that said, WTF happened to Great Britain?  I suspect 70 years of Uncle Sam carrying the defensive load for the Euro-weenies has caused even the once might British navy to atrophy.  The word is that the Brits cannot muster the naval strength to protect their assets in the Persian Gulf or mount any kind of effective response when BS like the seizure of one of their tankers occurs. 

I do not share view.  The so far feckless Brit response has to be a reflection of weak politicians rather than confused naval men at the Brit Admiralty or some combination of the two. 

If coalition forces lack the naval resources to escort every civilian ship in and out of the Persian Gulf, it seems to me a better military option might be to put a squad of Special Forces and/or snipers aboard the civilian oil carriers.  

When an Iranian helicopter shows up and starts hovering over a taker, it’d be a pretty easy target for trained marksmen.  The same is true of Iranian fast boats.  I’m of the opinion that until someone hits them in the mouth hard when they try this BS, the IRG is going to continue its bad behavior.

I admit I’m a military guy so every problem looks like a military problem.  I also have to confess that I’m itching to see how a US Navy under PDJT responds if/when the Iranians try to seize a US asset.  Maybe the US Navy will take James Lawrence’s command, “Don’t give up the ship” seriously again. 

For now, I suppose we can give peace a chance while the Brit Special Forces practice reclaiming their ship.