Posted on 01/24/2016 8:58:27 PM PST by Olog-hai
"An act of God" was responsible for U.S. Navy sailors entering Iranian waters, leading to their arrest at gunpoint, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday told Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members who detained the Americans.
"Your job was excellent, interesting and timely and, in fact, we must consider this incident as an act of God, who brought Americans into our waters so they would be arrested through your timely action and in that manner with their hands held above their heads," Khamenei told the group in a face-to-face meeting, according to a report on the supreme leader's office website.
The site said Khamenei had "heaped praise" on the IRGC Navy personnel "who had courageously taken action against the entry of U.S. troops into the Islamic Republic of Iran's territorial waters by arresting the trespassers."
He said their brave action had been "inspired by faith." ...
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Yeah, sure, Mr. Ayatollah...and I have a bridge for sale....I’ll make you a great deal, all you have to do is close your eyes.
The paring of truth- is always, a meaningful lie.
My Act of God is better than your Act of God.
Abrahamic Insanity.
Still more credible that any of the Pentagon explanations of the reason for the incident.
Islam’s only allegedly Abrahamic. The Koran alleges that Abraham was a Muslim.
There is nothing divine about our traitor in chief. Maybe it was this Divine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_(performer)
Abraham? is islamic?
Please cite your source.
Thank You.
Cool. Thanks for your thoughtful response.
In retrospect now, I regret using the more popular transliteration of Moslem in post #10.
Good.
They believe everyone is muslim at birth... even if both parents are Christian.
So one man’s act of God is another’s poor rules of engagement?
While we laugh and recognize propaganda when we see it, occasionally, the Shia twelvers use that as evidence. It is a powerful illusion.
Like the illusions Ted Cruz’s dad said Castro used.. He said Castros soldiers would come into classrooms and tell the children to pray to God for candy.. They would turn around, no candy. Now pray to Castro for candy.. And it would appear. We may laugh, but some tactics work, at least long enough to change a culture forever.
“An act of God”.............
No, I believe it was on the orders of someone who THINKS he is God and that would be odumbo himself. That entire thing was planned for the get go.
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