Rubio says if Iran threatens Americans, ‘they’re going to get blown up’
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that a clear red line has been conveyed to the Iranian regime: “If they threaten Americans, they're going to get blown up.”
Rubio made the remark after U.S. Central Command announced Thursday that “U.S. forces intercepted unprovoked Iranian attacks and responded with self-defense strikes as U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz to the Gulf of Oman.”
"If you were a missile launching guy, whatever they call that job, and you're sitting there and you fire a missile at the United States and we saw you fire it, we're going to hit you. Of course we are. Who doesn't do that?” Rubio said. “Unless you want to get your ship sunk."
“I mean, we're not going to let our ships get sunk by the by the Iranians with their little, you know, their drones that they're firing. You know, they don't have a navy anymore, but they bring out these little Boston Whaler fishing boats and they try to swarm you,” Rubio added. “We're going to blow those boats up if they're coming towards our boats.”
“I don't know if that's a red line, but I hope they know it is by now. So if I were one of these Iranians on a fast boat and they tell you, ‘hey, your mission is to go after a U.S. destroyer,’ you're probably not going to survive. I think that's a red line,” he also said.
Posted by Greg Norman-Diamond
