Iran Releases Humiliating Images of U.S. Sailors in Captivity

Washington Free Beacon ^ | January 13, 2016 | Morgan Chalfont

[detective]

Iran state television released images of the 10 U.S. sailors that the Iranian military held in custody overnight Tuesday.

ABC News first reported the photos, which appeared after the sailors were released by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps Wednesday morning.

[BenLurkin]

forced to cover her head...If that is to respect their beliefs, why is it not appropriate for all Muslims in America to remove head coverings in respect for our customs,

Spot on!

[kabar]

Why do you give Iran a pass? They certainly did not treat our sailors with respect. It was total humiliation.

Iranian videos of capture

[dfwgator]

There’s no proof we were ‘in their waters’... that’s just the Iranian claim and it’s highly unlikely.

Would you believe this administration if they said we weren't in their waters? I would trust the Iranians before this Administration any day.

[stephenjohnbanker]

“Screw it, I’d be willing to start a war over this. Unacceptable.”

You would have plenty of company right here.

[piasa]

The Iranians have done this before - each time they claimed the craft were in their waters, each time it turns out to be otherwise.

I’d believe the sailors.

[piasa]

That island
s an IRG base... the sailors would be aware of that long before setting out and steer clear.

[servantboy777]

Good grief! We surrendered? How many freaking days are left of this bozo in D.C.?

[Timpanagos1]

“Good grief! We surrendered?”

Probably not much of a choice being that their boat was inoperable and they were in Iranian waters.

[driftdiver]

The 6th image down on the link has a small boat in the background. Basically a fishing boat.

[PIF]

Where is the camera positioned? On the roof of one of the US boats?

[AU72]

Yesterday Iran said they had our aircraft carrier targeted, or ‘painted’. What’s the next provocation?

[Covenantor]

That’s what it appears to be, in the hands of one of the Iranian boarders. In one of the photos in the Daily Mail you can count nine of the ten US sailors, it also appears to be taken from approx. same position.

[PIF]

More questions: did the US guys have any ammo and if so was it live or dummy as they were on a ‘training’ mission?

If one boat was disabled, why wasn’t the other towing it? They could make reasonable speed maybe 15-20knts under tow.

Why would their superiors, with whom they had to in contact, advise them to surrender? Why would those same superiors not have sent aid earlier or at least a helicopter to watch over them?

Have the LBGTs taken the Navy over already?

[dfwgator]

Have the LBGTs taken the Navy over already?

They want you/They want you/They want you/As a new recruit...

[mcshot]

I don't think there is any question that they knew where they were as did we with our satellites, radar and etc.

[Leaning Right]

I don't think there is any question that they knew where they were...

True. I read somewhere that one of the Navy boats lost power, and drifted into Iranian waters. Which leads to this question: Why didn't the other boat take the disabled boat under tow?

[Timpanagos1]

The sailor’s in yesterday’s incident did not have much of a choice. Someone, somewhere in the Navy screwed-up and the boats ran out of fuel or otherwise broke down in Iranian waters.

[PIF]

Oh goody just what I need some new blood to let ... hahaha .. the joke’s on them as I’m well over 70 ...

[Roger Kaputnik]

And he’ll do it with a smile on his face.

[dfwgator]

Obama’s Navy in a nutshell.