Irony, Thy Name is Iran
Many years ago I witnessed an odd thing. A coupla neighborhood kids got into a scuffle. After a few minutes of the usual childish attempts at bluster and mayhem the apparent loser decided on discretion and took off running. Over his shoulder he breathlessly yelled out, “if you catch me I’ll beat the shit out of you”?
Fast forward…
A few days ago Iran was threatening our Navy over control of traffic through the Straights of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf.
Today we have: Iran thanks US for naval rescue operation
In a rare display of praise for the West, Iran on Saturday applauded the US’s rescue of 13 Iranians held hostage for weeks by pirates in the Arabian Sea, calling it a “humanitarian and positive” act.
The rescue operation took place on Thursday by the same US aircraft carrier group that Iran warned not to return to the Gulf.
Speaking with Iran’s Arabic-language broadcaster Al-Alam, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said that “we consider the actions of the US forces in saving the lives of Iranian seamen to be a humanitarian and positive act and we welcome such behavior.”
“We think all nations should display such behavior,” AFP quoted him as saying.
My emphasis added.
Category: Geezer Alert!, Military issues, Navy
That’s one in a row. . .
“State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told a news briefing that the United States was reviewing options for prosecuting the pirates”.
Tip for Victoria Nuland(State Department neophyte). If you’re really concerned about prosecution of the pirates in this case, just turn them over to Iran. I’m sure their pirate career would end, in very short order.
sink the pirates, let everybody drown. Win-win !
the sad part is, when those guys get home, they’ll go to prison or be killed.
Problem is? There is no problem….
“Iran’s hard-line Fars news agency had a different take, calling the rescue operation a Hollywood dramatization of a routine event.
The Fars report noted that attacks by Somali pirates in the region are common and said that Iran’s navy has itself freed many mariners held by pirates in recent years without seeking to highly publicize it”
Now they’re back-pedaling.
Here we go again again! Sticking our nose in someplace we don’t belong, doing things we shouldn’t be doing…I hope no pirate stubbed a toe or broke a fingernail or the liberal media will have a field day with this.
I would like to point out the Irony that Somalia is the epitome of the result of Terrorist tactics, and that Iranians needed to be saved from the very thing they use, but the very thing they desire to use against. . . so funny its sad.