I don't get the issue here. The situation was handled properly and expediently. There really is no better outcome than what happened. This is a win for the Obama FP. At this point in general it seems Iran is one of Obama's FP successes.
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Then you have no idea what you are talking about whatsoever. We would have done exactly what they did, taken them into custody and released them to the owning nation.I just don't get many Americans today. I mean if Iranian sailors had trespassed into U.S. waters, they would have immediately been killed. Iran showed patience and restraint. That should be acknowledged. Our sailors are still alive. We should thank Iran. That's not unreasonable in any way.
They would not have been killed. They would have been welcomed as 'immigrants' to our country. Maybe we should have told Iran to fuck themselves and demanded our people back.
No, we shouldn't have trespassed into its waters. And i seriously doubt your scenario. The U.S. military would have likely blasted them to bits.
Millions upon millions upon enter illellegally. They are called illegal migration. Sometimes we even higher them to do our yardwork.
We're talking about Iranian military. I'm pretty sure our military would have shot first, and asked questions later.
Do you have any idea what is going on in the Middle East?? Iran's Embassy just got missiles fired at it and is considered an enemy by many neighboring countries... are you really suggesting that under those circumstances they should have simply escorted an armed boat of soldiers off to open waters?! Thats crazy!!! I couldn't take a crap at an airport without being watched by a TSA agent following 9/11... Yes its my opinion we would have at the very least detained the boat but it's a pretty educated guess... Is it your Opinion that we would have escorted a loaded boat of Iranians off to open waters?Agreed, we would not have just blown them to bits but lets be real. We would have detained the soldiers, confiscated the weapons and then vetted their story. It would be idiotic to take the soldiers at their word without verification so we would have been very careful to assess the situation before letting them go free. I'm confused with what you are objecting to? Assuming the boat was in Iranian waters, what did they do that we would not have done? What are you mad about?
It is YOUR OPINION that we would have detained Iranians. I have just given you examples of how the US in the past has NOT detained personnel but escorted them out of our territory.
ASSUMING (and you know what happens when you assume, especially in regards to Obama) the boat was in their waters, why make the incident a HUGE public display? Why apologize in front of the whole world and profess to have been doing any wrong-doing. Clearly this was part of the conditions of their release....conveniently afterwards the Iranians just happen to release the pro-Iranian propaganda photos of the weak, in-the-wrong Americans on their knees before the Iranian might...
ASSUMING the US was definitely in the wrong the Iranians just milked it for all it's worth, making another case of the Obama administration / America under Obama looking weak.
We get it. Go to war and have 100s if not 1000s of US soldiers killed or maimed.
You are so big and tough behind the keyboard.
Loser.
The only one who made that stupid suggestion was YOU. FAIL
Poor kiddies were hoping for a shootin' war so they could say "See? SEE? This is why TRUMP will be our next President!!11!"
Give me the quote where it says the US was within 12nm? As pointed out, Iran considers their territorial waters to be MORE than 12nm, which is the Internationally recognized boundary. (It does NOT state (12nm) that in the article. Fail...but keep those opinions coming.US Navy Sailors Held by Iran Are Released With Their Boats | Military.com
The sailors were within territorial waters. The reason was explained to the Iranians. The Iranians let them go. America thanked them.
Leave it to hacks to find an anti-America reason to whine about it.
Right here;Give me the quote where it says the US was within 12nm?