The crew of the two US Navy ships captured by the Iranians have been in Bahrain being debriefed for two days now. That means that the Navy knows what happened for sure. It means that the White House knows what happened for sure. Congress is still in the dark according to the members of the relevant committees; no one has told them the facts. The American people are also in the dark.
This may not seem like much, but president Obama is about to send over $100 billion to the Iranians as part of the nuclear bomb deal. Any details of what happened with the Navy ships might put pressure on Obama to hold up sending all that cash. So there remains a whole slew of questions.
1. How did two ships go so far off course? Each ship had navigation instruments that should have told the crew exactly where they were. Even if one of the two ships had instrument problems, it is extremely unlikely that both had such problems at the same time.
2. Why did the ships lose communications with the rest of the fleet? Again, one ship might have radio problems, but not both of them at the same time. This is totally incomprehensible.
3. Why did the captains surrender their ships to an Iranian boarding party? This is something that no captain would be likely to do, so how did it happen to both?
We need to hear what actually happened. We need to hear it fast. Silence is not enough.
This may not seem like much, but president Obama is about to send over $100 billion to the Iranians as part of the nuclear bomb deal. Any details of what happened with the Navy ships might put pressure on Obama to hold up sending all that cash. So there remains a whole slew of questions.
1. How did two ships go so far off course? Each ship had navigation instruments that should have told the crew exactly where they were. Even if one of the two ships had instrument problems, it is extremely unlikely that both had such problems at the same time.
2. Why did the ships lose communications with the rest of the fleet? Again, one ship might have radio problems, but not both of them at the same time. This is totally incomprehensible.
3. Why did the captains surrender their ships to an Iranian boarding party? This is something that no captain would be likely to do, so how did it happen to both?
We need to hear what actually happened. We need to hear it fast. Silence is not enough.
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