April 27, 2025
A Good Day For The Navy
By J.R. Dunn
Has the U.S. grown ashamed of its military victories? There are reasons to believe this is true. In April 1988, the U.S. Navy effectively destroyed the Iranian navy following a mine attack on the destroyer USS Roberts. The Navy sank an Iranian frigate, four armed speedboats, blew up two armed oil platforms, and damaged another frigate in one of the shortest and most successful campaigns of the postwar period.
Yet even today, there is no actual name attached to the engagement. It’s known simply as “Operation Praying Mantis,” not the obvious “Battle of the Persian Gulf.”
More recent events can also act as evidence for cynicism toward American feats of arms, both within the media and elsewhere. A few months ago, in the AT newsletter, we covered one such instance – the stunning victory over Iranian aggression in which USAF jets shot down over eighty missiles and drones launched at Israel, to almost no notice in the U.S. Last month saw another such incident, involving the ongoing campaign against Houthi terrorists in Yemen.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/04/a_good_day_for_the_navy.html
