So, if one engine has a problem, you just sit there? Two boats? With an aircraft carrier group 45 miles away?
And no one can talk to the sailors now?
Lies.....lies.....lies.
That’s all the Democrats know how to do.
Well, no. You normally wouldn't. You'd either start towing one boat with the other, or call for assistance. But that apparently didn't happen.
The question is, why? And that begs the question of why they were off course and in Iranian waters at all. Folks can come up with all the conspiracy stuff they want, but I can't think of a conspiracy theory that could hold together at all.
As I said, my guess is a complete screw-up. Someone was not paying attention, they ended up where they shouldn't be, and panicked when approached by the Iranians. Perhaps there was a minor mechanical problem, or perhaps that was just the only lame-ass excuse the OIC could come up with on short notice when they got busted.
Sounds to me that they put the wrong coordinates for the refueling into the GPS and were off course by miles before they realized the mistake. It was just a routine trip so they were skylarking and not alert in the navigation. Shooting up the Iranians would just have made things worse. The OinC is going down along with the senior enlisted. I was the xo and navigator of a navy ship and can well imagine a routine passage gone wrong due to multiple human and mechanical problems.