It would be much easier to put a secret prisoner on a government Gulfstream jet and fly it to an Iranian airstrip than to putt-putt around in a couple boats for hours to deliver them to some Revolutionary Guard loons on an isolated island.
Fewer witnesses too.
I disagree. Much easier to claim our Navy is a bunch of idiots floating around in the Persian Gulf, with no idea where they were.
Now I could be wrong and I have looked and can’t find any mention. But when this was first breaking news I thought it was mentioned that on these boats there were several middle easterners (I forget where they were from) also onboard, which was mentioned that they were “advisors.” Possibly this was from another story and I got it confused or they were referring to something else.