[BuffaloJack]

Two Navy 33 ft. heavily armed SWCC boats and crews get captured by an Iranian pleasure boat with an 80 HP Evinrude?
What’s wrong with this picture?
This whole thing doesn’t meet the smell test.

[Bob434]

[[Two Navy 33 ft. heavily armed SWCC boats and crews get captured by an Iranian pleasure boat with an 80 HP Evinrude?
What’s wrong with this picture?
This whole thing doesn’t meet the smell test.]]

Exactly- even if it was several warships- why the hell did they surrender? What would iran do? Kill the soldiers and risk their %150 BILLION the us is going to allow them to get? Risk an all out war with the US? But the fact that they surrendered to such a pathetic Iranian crew tells me this was planned so that dear leader would look good for his do nothing offensive policy of leading from behind- He now gets to tout his idiotic policy by claiming that being nice to them prevented an ugly incident-

It’s just disgusting- You’re right- something is very fishy here

[Girlene]

This whole thing doesn’t meet the smell test.

I agree. Who says they were in "Iranian" waters? Iran? Likely our ROE is what led to their capture. If so, will we ever hear the truth?

[PGR88]

This whole thing doesn’t meet the smell test.

I agree. Think about it. You are a ships captain, and you are in the Persian Gulf, but have strict (political) orders not to engage or antagonize any foreign combatants. So your heavily armed boats come across some Iranian bass-fishing boats - what do the sailors do? They surrender.

It all starts at the top.

[Sir_Ed]

SWCC? You mean they were SEALS??

Ed