Missiles Fired At US Navy Ship Reveals Another Middle East Mess [VIDEO]

Missiles Fired At US Navy Ship Reveals Another Middle East Mess [VIDEO]

Hillary Clinton claimed that she negotiated sanctions that “put the lid on” Iran’s nuclear program during last night’s debate.

And then Donald Trump called the Iran deal “dumb.”

Well, what Russia did with Assad and, by the way, with Iran, who you made very powerful with the dumbest deal perhaps I’ve ever seen in the history of deal-making, the Iran deal, with the $150 billion, with the $1.7 billion in cash, which is enough to fill up this room.

Hillary is on record supporting the Iran deal, with a few minor quibbles about technique.

And while the two of them were discussing this on stage, Houthi rebels in Yemen decided to lob a couple of missiles at the USS Mason, which was in international waters at the time.

USS Mason (file photo courtesy of US Navy)
USS Mason (file photo courtesy of US Navy)

In a statement, the Navy said no American sailors were injured and no damage was done to the USS Mason, an Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyer whose home port is Norfolk, Virginia. Lt. Ian McConnaughey, a spokesman for U.S. Navy Forces Central Command, said Monday it’s unclear if the USS Mason was specifically targeted, though the missiles were fired in its direction over an hour’s time period, starting at around 7 p.m.

An American defense official said the USS Mason used onboard defensive measures after the first missile was fired, but it wasn’t clear if that caused the missile to splash harmlessly into the sea. The destroyer at the time of the missile fire was north of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which serves as a gateway for oil tankers headed to Europe through the Suez Canal, the official said.

And who exactly is giving the Houthis missiles? Wait for it….

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