That Commander Xero would do this is entirely consistent with his anti-colonial character. Still, this is the part of Gohmert's story that gives me fits: This boat has twin propulsion systems. So how did it possible that it broke down so completely? How is it that a small boat that breaks down comes to the immediate attention of the President? Why would the Navy even bother to tell him when the standard procedure would be for the other boat to tow it back to the fleet?
I think bloggers, in trying to sensationalize the headlines and such to get clicks, are implying/reading more into what Gohmert said than what he actually meant.
I’m working on the theory now, in the light of hindsight, of course, that the mission of these nine men and one woman was TO GET CAPTURED BY THE IRANIANS!
Ophonybama and John Effing Kerry may have cooked up this scheme to provide some “Iranians are not all bad” publicity in advance of all the USA give-aways to Iran and the other shenanigans going on over there and in the hallways and offices of our LIEberal thug anti-American administration.
So, while we were focused on the drama of these two boats and 10 crewmembers, other, more damaging to the USA stuff was going on behind the scene.
Just a gut-level hunch.
Reminiscent of the theory developed during the Benghazi fiasco that the original opplan was for the Libyan “rebels” to capture Ambassador Stevens and then trade him for the “Blind Sheik.”
How did that work out for us?