Which AT article, yesterday’s or todays?
Did you see the map meme I just posted?
They had their passports because they were being transferred from one nation to another.
Riverine Squadrons are the mall security guards of the small boat world. They do the USCG job, and were invented when the USCG left the Persian Gulf.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3384777/posts
See #12, and the map meme. They were bushwhacked en route by the Iranians who knew the minute they left port, and were lying in wait, understanding their ROE would turn a Mexican Standoff into an American Surrender.
I read it all,now if I am understandin your point,you say there was no nefarious activity,
Amen Travis, and thanks. You are educating a lot of people on these particulars. I know I am learning more details than I knew before.
I think what you said in this post is the most likely scenario.
And, with this admin, I would not be surprised if they had inside intel about their route and their timing. I do not trust ANYTHING this administration spouts. They are treacherous, traitorous, liars.
The Iranians accomplished several things with their bushwhack:
1) The spat in the eye of the US Navy for propaganda purposes.
2) They were able to appear “magnanimous” by giving our people back with a small apology.
3) They ensured, amongst liberal, establishment types the they payment of their billions.
IMHO, for them, that is what this was all about.
For the treacherous, lying pols here in this admin, they:
1) Want to show how their diplomacy pays off.
2) Want to ensure that their Iranian Deal goes down while appearing to have helped change the Iranians.
3) Use this as propaganda for the upcoming election.
Problem is...it’s all a lie.
Second problem is, even if their story was true...which it is not...it would still be illegal and an act of war by Iran.
Taking any foreign warship on the high seas is illegal and an act of war.
Those vessels have an international right to innocent passage, and they have that right even if they accidentally and innocently stray into the territorial waters of another nation.
Anyhow, thanks for your stand on this and your comments which are getting air time all over.
Some are not portraying it correctly...as you are pointing out...but others are. I heard your one quote (unattributed) on Glenn Beck and on Savage on Friday. At least from what I heard, they were depicting it as they should... as something very, very wrong having happened and the US Admin and the Iranians being complicit in it.
Mexican standoff,
That’s about it!