"When governments fear the people there is liberty. When the people fear the government there is tyranny." -Thomas Jefferson

nice quote Markass

"The report quoted the U.S. officials as saying that the Iranian ships in one case came within about 180 meters of a U.S. ship and dropped white boxes into the water in front of them, forcing them to shun the Iranian boats."

We shoulda dropped white boxes in front of them too.

What's really going on? with everything...the big picture scheme of things
ZiG Reviewed by ZiG on . Iranian boats, U.S. Navy warships in standoff BEIJING, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The United States said Monday that five Iranian boats had harassed and threatened three U.S. Navy warships in international waters in the Strait of Hormuz in an incident Tehran has played down as "something normal." On Monday, the Pentagon confirmed the event, which was first reported by CNN, and Washington immediately warned Iran to refrain from taking "provocative actions that could lead to a dangerous incident in the future." But Iran responded by Rating: 5