This is another blunder by our cousins across the Atlantic Ocean. Bush went wild with enthusiasm when he heard about it and made the stupid public announcement about it. But later themedia found out that it is nothing serious.
"Then I think the next major thing that happened was a briefing by the commander of the 5th fleet in Bahrain, the Vice Admiral Kevin Cosgriff, which is very interesting. If you look carefully at the transcript, which was not reported accurately by the media, or not reported at all practically, the commander—or rather, Vice Admiral Cosgriff actually makes it clear that the ships were never in danger, that they never believed they were in danger, and that they were never close to firing on the Iranian boats. And this is the heart of what actually happened, which was never reported by the US media."
To read the whole article.
Have you heard about the "Filipino Monkey"? Ha Ha. It is a heckler who goes on the Ch 16 in radio communication systems. According to this article he has been there in the Gulf for a long time.
"In recent years, American ships operating in the Middle East have had to contend with a mysterious but profane voice known by the ethnically insulting handle of “Filipino Monkey,” likely more than one person, who listens in on ship-to-ship radio traffic and then jumps on the net shouting insults and jabbering vile epithets. Several navy ship drivers interviewed by Navy Times are raising the possibility that the Monkey, or an imitator, was indeed featured in that video. Rick Hoffman, a retired captain who commanded the cruiser Hue City and spent many of his 17 years at sea in the Persian Gulf said, "For 25 years there's been this mythical guy out there who, hour after hour, shouts obscenities and threats.”"
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