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  1. 01-13-2016, 10:56 #1
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    Default Iran detention of US Sailors

    I couldn't find a thread on this subject yet.

    I think you all know the headline by now. The sailors have been released, thankfully. However, I have to ask, how the hell did this happen?

    http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016...eing-detained/

    From these Iranian state media pictures, it looks like we had two Riverine Command Boats (or similar) captured by a bunch of Iranian center console fishing boats??? I know the US media reports are the sailors had mechanical issues, but on both boats at the same time? What are the odds of that? Reports are we got the boats back and they continued on their missions with new crews, so the mechanical issues couldn’t have been that serious. And if they weren’t that serious, why in the world would two of our baddass boats surrender to lame little Iranian boats? What up with that?

    Super glad we got our guys and gal back ok. I don’t envy them while they get “debriefed” about this situation.







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    At least we apologized
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    USN just living up to their motto "join the Navy and see the world" now includes Iran
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    We'll never know the truth, but here's my take. I don't think our sailors had mechanical issues nor did they drift off course. Those boats travel in pairs for a reason. And I'm sure they have the best nav available. Had a boat broken down, the other would have towed it long before they "drifted" into Iranian waters.

    I think our sailors were attacked by Iran. And WE apologized.
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    Barack Obama is officially Iran's bitch.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bailey Guns View Post
    Barack Obama is officially Iran's bitch.
    Yah he is.
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    Something isn't right about the "official" story.
    It just makes no sense.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hollohas View Post
    We'll never know the truth, but here's my take. I don't think our sailors had mechanical issues nor did they drift off course. Those boats travel in pairs for a reason. And I'm sure they have the best nav available. Had a boat broken down, the other would have towed it long before they "drifted" into Iranian waters.

    I think our sailors were attacked by Iran. And WE apologized.
    Not a bad theory, definitely something fishy going on, and I'm not even a tin foil type.
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    Bracken states what he thinks happened: https://westernrifleshooters.wordpre...acken-on-iran/
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