... even if heavy handed. Every Navy in the world would have the same in the Channel - where every Blue Water navy plies in international waters, though short of firing over the bow. And in this case all it meant was a handful of sailors firing rifles.
How did you feel about the the the attack on the US detroyer that let small boats get too around Hormuz and almost the only US Navel vessel sunk since WWII?
https://www.fbi.gov/history/cases-and-criminals/uss-cole-bombing
On October 12, 2000, two suicide pilots of a small bomb-laden boat pulled alongside of the USS Cole at midship, offered friendly gestures to several crew members, and detonated their explosives.
The U.S. destroyer, en route to the Persian Gulf, was making a prearranged fuel stop at the port of Aden, Yemen, when the attack occurred.
The blast ripped a 40-foot-wide hole near the waterline of the Cole, killing 17 U.S. sailors and injuring nearly 40 other crew members.
Maybe the Cole should have started shooting sooner?
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And 17 dead swabbies and 40 wounded.
Almost forgot the Sullivan.
The extensive FBI investigation ultimately determined that members of the al Qaeda terrorist network planned and carried out the bombing. The investigation also revealed that the USS Cole bombing followed an unsuccessful attempt on January 3, 2000, to bomb another U.S. Navy ship, the USS The Sullivans. In this earlier incident, the terrorist boat sank before the explosives could be detonated; however, the boat and the explosives were salvaged. The boat was then refitted, and the explosives were tested and reused in the USS Cole attack.
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