Posted on 01/12/2016 11:42:31 PM PST by BlackVeil
Yes, there is still every chance of a good outcome, but there are great tensions in the region and nothing is guaranteed.
“Iran Seizes U.S. Sailors Amid Claims of Spying”
Iran humiliates the US, violates the horrible Nuke agreement, gets sanctions lifted and Ovomit apologizes...proving that the US is no match for Iran's chess games.
Thank you for the link. Ominous.
I think we should kidnap ten or more Iranians on ships, and I am not kidding.
Kid gloves are not going to work this time.
Instead, Obama's apology is on the way.
There is not an op on the way. This feckless administration won’t do anything other than embarrass themselves and our proud military.
Man are we in for a rough ride until Jan 20 2017.
Released several moments ago...purpose served...they wanted to humiliate Obama during the STOU....and mission accomplished.
They are not releasing our people right away. Here is my shocked face. :-0
Everybody thank Allah I am not President. Silk Worm missiles or not I would give them 24 hours and then send in a sub wolfpack and start blowing Iranian warships to the bottom of the straits. That’s why I’m not President and don’t keep a loaded gun on my nightstand. :-)
Everything from this administration is lies, believe nothing Obama’s govt says.
Here is what REALLY happened!
The comment by Matt Bracken on the linked article at the bottom:
“I rarely pull out my dusty old trident, but in this case, here goes. I was a Navy SEAL officer in the 1980s, and this kind of operation (transiting small boats in foreign waters) was our bread and butter. Today, these boats both not only had radar, but multiple GPS devices, including chart plotters that place your boat’s icon right on the chart. The claim by Iran that the USN boats “strayed into Iranian waters” is complete bull$#it.
For an open-water transit between nations, the course is studied and planned in advance by the leaders of the Riverine Squadron, with specific attention given to staying wide and clear of any hostile nation’s claimed territorial waters. The boats are given a complete mechanical check before departure, and they have sufficient fuel to accomplish their mission plus extra. If, for some unexplainable and rare circumstance one boat broke down, the other would tow it, that’s why two boats go on these trips and not one! It’s called “self-rescue” and it’s SOP.
This entire situation is in my area of expertise. I can state with complete confidence that both Iran and our own State Department are lying. The boats did not enter Iranian waters. They were overtaken in international waters by Iranian patrol boats that were so superior in both speed and firepower that it became a “hands up!” situation, with automatic cannons in the 40mm to 76mm range pointed at them point-blank. Surrender, hands up, or be blown out of the water. I assume that the Iranians had an English speaker on a loudspeaker to make the demand. This takedown was no accident or coincidence, it was a planned slap across America’s face.
Just watch. The released sailors will be ordered not to say a word about the incident, and the Iranians will have taken every GPS device, chart-plotter etc off the boats, so that we will not be able to prove where our boats were taken.
The “strayed into Iranian waters” story being put out by Iran and our groveling and appeasing State Dept. is utter and complete BS from one end to the other.”
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/01/10_us_sailors_held_by_iran_confirmed_freed.html
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