Joint Chief's Comments

This week's story about the Iranian Revolutionary Guard operating Naval ships in the Persian Gulf, is one that is worth keeping a close eye on. The manner in which the story was released (through a speech that Admiral Michael Mullen was giving at the army War College) seems inadvertent, but surely does the trick to alert the public that some naval action may be on the horizon. It is fair to assume, that the U.S. will not make the same mistake the British did in allowing the Iranians to take hostage their naval personnel in the area. A more likely scenario to come, should the Iranians operate in close proximity to U.S. Navy Ships would be a conflict and a use of force. One that might be costly to the Iranians.