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Two U.S. Navy boats with 10 sailors on board taken into Iranian custody
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I'll wait for the details to come out.
Esp considering they were in Iranian waters when taken into custody.
Esp considering they were in Iranian waters when taken into custody.
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Iran has done this before.....but it is funny, part of the State of the Union address by Obama is his boasting of the success with the Iranian Government with the Nuclear deal.
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Every day, a little more of me dies from hatred of the man in our White House.
Iran holds 10 U.S. sailors; White House expects prompt return
Iran holds 10 U.S. sailors; White House expects prompt return
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You are not alone. In terms of pulling a nation together for a common good, at any level, or subject, Obama is just not doing that, in fact the opposite seems to be his goal. I am very, very worried about his final year in office. Obama has used Executive orders so much, and our government feels so very broken just now. I know how you feel.
What do you want, war? Let's see what the facts are first. I'd imagine that will take a couple of days. Maybe they actually WERE in Iranian waters. I've read a report that one- or both, the article wasn't clear (that would be a hell of a coincidence))- had an engine failure, drifted and ran aground.
But then again, maybe Iran lifted them like they did the RN guys a few years back. Either way I hope they managed to destroy the sensitive stuff on board.
But then again, maybe Iran lifted them like they did the RN guys a few years back. Either way I hope they managed to destroy the sensitive stuff on board.
to agree or disagree, so hard.
I'm guessing you're referring to the USA with your rhetorical question. From what I've read in the NY Times (not that it's any better than Pravda, but who cares anymore), the stretch of water that they were in is a stretch that's used by both nations for surveillance operations against each other. From all of the resources that I've read so far, only one boat was having mechanical issues. While this is just conjecture on my part, finding both boats in Iranian waters looks to me like the Iranians came upon them before the functional craft could successfully hook onto and tow the downed craft back into safe waters. Since the facts aren't out yet, I don't know. Even when more facts come out, we're not going to know them all. Well, not before Katherine Bigelow and her ilk find out, anyway.
Countries are going to spy on each other for as long as there are governments that want that information. None of them like it, but they do it anyway, and bitch a little when the guys get caught. If the US really wanted to start a war, they'd hire me on as Obama's press secretary and speech writer. It would happen a lot faster than it would over this.
Haha I do like your style. And yeah, it was a reference to the guys above. I've made an assumption that there was something sneaky beakey going on but without any evidence who would know.
It sounds like they're close to getting released though. Iran has agreed to it but I assume they want a few more, ahem, pictures, first.
It sounds like they're close to getting released though. Iran has agreed to it but I assume they want a few more, ahem, pictures, first.
The Iranians will do what everyone but us would do, detain for a short period, then release.
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Both boats happened to have simultaneous malfunctions that caused them to drift into Iranian waters -
"doh kay!
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-- and at 45 seconds in, someone picked the wrong day to wear white socks!
This collection of pics is all over Daily Mail...nice. What was that Obama was saying about us being 'The most powerful nation on earth...it's not even close'
Fucking sailors on their fucking knees. How does this happen? How the FUCK can they be so far away from support in those tiny crafts, that "this" happened?
"doh kay!
"-- and at 45 seconds in, someone picked the wrong day to wear white socks!
This collection of pics is all over Daily Mail...nice. What was that Obama was saying about us being 'The most powerful nation on earth...it's not even close'
Fucking sailors on their fucking knees. How does this happen? How the FUCK can they be so far away from support in those tiny crafts, that "this" happened?
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My understanding is boat #2 was trying to assist.Both boats happened to have simultaneous malfunctions that caused them to drift into Iranian waters -
"doh kay!
-- and at 45 seconds in, someone picked the wrong day to wear white socks!
This collection of pics is all over Daily Mail...nice. What was that Obama was saying about us being 'The most powerful nation on earth...it's not even close'
Fucking sailors on their fucking knees. How does this happen? How the FUCK can they be so far away from support in those tiny crafts, that "this" happened?
Details will dribble out over the next few months.
Prayers out for the sailors.
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So now the video does not seem to be working anymore, but I noticed something earlier and it has been bugging me. All of the sailors had passports, and they showed videos of the Iranians going thru the passports. Granted it has been many years since I've been deployed, but I do not recall ever needing a passport. My military ID was all I ever needed.
Something just does not pass the sniff test.
Something just does not pass the sniff test.
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I always had an official passport.
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I did that too. It made it much easier on leave and off duty travels througout Europe.
