Wow. Iran admits to holding an FBI agent hostage and yet are not involved in any war with the US. Therefore this is pure and simple KIDNAPPING.
The Iranians WERE engaging in war with the US on the soil of another country that the US is fighting on behalf of.
And Obama will say “Please, pretty pretty please let him go!”
My question is: Did the Bush Administration know about this? He’s been hostage well over a year...
Read more carefully. The person in question is a “former” FBI agent. He had been in the mideast on non-government business.
You said — “Wow. Iran admits to holding an FBI agent hostage and yet are not involved in any war with the US. Therefore this is pure and simple KIDNAPPING.”
It might be — if — he was an FBI Agent, for one thing, and secondly — if — Iran did kidnap him. But, since he’s not an FBI agent (for one thing) and since Iran has never said that they know about him or have kidnapped him or have seized him (for another thing) — it’s all speculation.
This “private business” (investigating cigarette smuggling) this guy was on, in Iran, may have been something that caused private parties (over there in Iran) to kill him. I mean, “smugglers” are not usually very nice guys, ya know...
Or perhaps, some terrorists saw an opportunity to kidnap an American (in Iran, no less...). I mean, who thinks it’s safe for an American to go wandering around in Iran, asking questions.... LOL...