A senior American commander in the Gulf has said his men would have fired on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard rather than let themselves be taken hostage.
Translation: Why use your brains when you have bullets.
"Agreed. Yes. I don't want to second-guess the British after the fact but our rules of engagement allow a little more latitude. Our boarding team's training is a little bit more towards self-preservation."
Translation: Leave it up to the gung ho redneck from bumfuck Georgia to assess the situation and to weigh the international/global consequences of any confrontation.
Vastly outnumbered and out-gunned, the Royal Navy team from HMS Cornwall were seized on Friday after completing a UN-authorised inspection of a merchant dhow in what they insist were clearly Iraqi waters. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy appeared in half a dozen attack speedboats mounted with machine guns..
Our reaction was, 'Why didn't your guys defend themselves?'"
Translation: Why didn't you get yourselves killed fer chrissakes, what are the deaths of fifteen grunts compared to a missed opportunity to car park Iran.
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