10 Navy sailors detained by Iran in Persian Gulf

[TripleDigitRide]

Breaking news, so details are slim.

[buck1032]

Link?

[E4 No More]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/01/12/pentagon-2-us-navy-boats-held-by-iran-but-will-be-returned.html?intcmp=hpbt3

[CommsNBombs]

Is this the part where we send Delta to crash some helis?

ETA: They ran aground and the boat drifted into Iranian waters. Engine problems or such

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[btq96r]

ETA: They ran aground and the boat drifted into Iranian waters. Engine problems or such

 

What are we doing using manned boats that small, that close to Iranian waters when we have UAV's that can do the same patrol tasks?

[CommsNBombs]

What are we doing using manned boats that small, that close to Iranian waters when we have UAV's that can do the same patrol tasks?

They were doing an exercise off Farsi Island. They were River/SWC boats

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[btq96r]

They were doing an exercise off Farsi Island. They were River/SWC boats

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There was an exercise that close to Farsi Island?!  I thought that's just where the Iranian navy ended up taking them.  Why not hold the exercises near one of the GCC countries? 

[CommsNBombs]

There was an exercise that close to Farsi Island?! I thought that's just where the Iranian navy ended up taking them. Why not hold the exercises near one of the GCC countries?

Man its our best guess. Pretty reckless imo

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[monkeylizard]

This really IS Carter's second term.....

[NextExit]

And I'm sure they'll be released during the SOTU address.  Gotta make O look good.  :whistle:

[CommsNBombs]

If the Iranians had any bite to their bark theyd slash their throats during the SOTU...

Not that I want that to happen

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[runco]

Where's Reagan when you need him.................Oh yea 6 feet under.  :(

[angler]

Just heard that the crew has been released which is good! I wonder if john Kerry had anything to do with the release (he served in Vietnam you know!)

[E4 No More]

Some news said that they were towed into Iranian waters. We sure don't know what really happened, and with Oblamo in charge we won't.

[CommsNBombs]

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/video-iranian-forces-board-u-s-navy-boats-and-detain-1752714780

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[TripleDigitRide]

How do two boats break down at the same time, far enough away from help, that close to Iranian waters? Something sounds fishy to me.

[phiferran]

How do two boats break down at the same time, far enough away from help, that close to Iranian waters? Something sounds fishy to me.

 

I agree.  Details don't pass the smell test!!

[gun sane]

Just heard that the crew has been released which is good! I wonder if john Kerry had anything to do with the release (he served in Vietnam you know!)

 

According to Louie Gohmert (R-Tx), Kerry had everything to do with it--even their capture. 

 

http://www.weaselzippers.us/250610-wait-what-rep-gohmert-kerry-ash-carter-called-iran-to-help-when-u-s-sailors-boats-had-trouble/

 

I tend to agree with the representative.  Why didn't the operating boat pull along side of the stricken vessel while they were still in international waters, offload the crew and tow the boat back to base?  They were probably told to stand down while Kerry made the mea culpa call to the enemy for help.  In 1968, when the North Koreans hijacked the U.S.S. Pueblo, we had just finished a 30-day line period aboard the aircraft carrier Ranger off the coast of Vietnam and were called to steam up into the Sea of Japan for sword rattling off the coast of Korea.  The commies gave us the finger and kept the Pueblo crew for another 11 months while we tried to put on a good political face.  I really feel for those sailors that were captured then and now.  It's a military and national disgrace to shame them before the enemy like that.  No wonder the generals and admirals sat on their hands glaring at Obama during his comedy show last night.  It boils my blood to see this.

Edited January 13, 2016 by gun sane

[monkeylizard]

The event itself is fishy to me, but the end resolution of it went about as well as can be expected. All sailors and the boats returned to us quickly. No bloodshed, not another war over something this petty, and no prolonged imprisonments. The Iranians ended up with the biggest win though. Their P.R. machine is probably working overtime to show how magnanimous they are and how the Great Satan apologized to them.

Edited January 13, 2016 by monkeylizard