H2,
You do realize the US is not just sailing around the gulf on their own. They are there for the countries who don't have the ability to keep the shipping routes open! Nothing will come of this because the leaders of the UAE, Bahrain, Oman, Saudi, Kuwait all have a vested interest in the US military watching over their income and standard of life. Don't get me wrong the US has vast interests too, but let's not pretend the US is just sailing around in others waters with no prior invite.. Like some other countries out there.
Wet.
You sight a couple of incidents over a decade old, but fail to mention the thousands of incidents that were handled properly. And you know there are issues like these everyday around the world that go well. When your dealing with humans things will inevitably go wrong from time to time. An operation as large as the US military will make mistakes and this may or may not be one, the investigation will determine. The difference is the US will admit and will change procedure if they find there was a mistake made. They may not publicly admit the problem, but internally procedures will be changed if possible, they don't like this kind of publicity.
Last edited by drive73; 25th Jul 2012 at 06:14.