Iran swiftly releases detained US Navy sailors

What admirable “diplomatic” objective was served by forcing our sailors to their knees at gunpoint, and then publicly releasing the video thereof?

The sailors were later taken ashore by US Navy aircraft, while other sailors took charge of the boats and headed towards Bahrain, which was their original destination. We now must fully investigate Iran for possible violations of the Geneva Convention and ensure these sailors were treated properly.

That video showed the sailors in camouflage trousers and beige shirts kneeling with their backs to the camera.

The video showed weapons and ammunition confiscated from the sailors, who were seen eating food provided by the Iranians. Obama Administration officials are insisting that the apology is not a formal apology from the US. “We have concluded that passage of Americans in our territorial waters was not a hostile passage or for espionage or similar acts”, he told state television.

Speaking at a campaign stop in New Hampshire, Christie said on Wednesday that “this is why the American people are so nervous, why they are scared and anxiety-ridden over our place in the world and what it means for the goal our own safety and the safety of our fellow citizens”.

“Secretary Kerry’s aggressive and early engagement in this, and open channel that he had and he has with his foreign minister counterpart, is important”, McDonough said Wednesday.

According to The Washington Post, a senior defense official in Washington said the soldiers were unharmed in the incident.

“They’re going through what always happens in these cases, they’ll get a medical evaluation, and there will be a debriefing”.

The officials were not authorized to discuss the sensitive incident publicly so spoke on condition of anonymity.

– Lolita C. Baldor in Washington. Still images of the two boats were also shown by state television.

“American sailors, on their knees, hands behind their head, a female sailor forced to wear a headscarf, penned up in a jail cell”.

Controversy is exploding over the release of photos and videos showing the arrests of 10 USA sailors by the Iranian military.

The Persian Gulf is a sensitive stretch of waters and prone to incidents like the recent one. “President Obama completely omitted this latest example of Iran’s provocative behaviour so as not to interfere with his delusional talking points about his risky nuclear deal”, said Senator John McCain. “We haven’t been able to fully debrief the sailors”, the official said.

The Americans’ small Riverine boats were sailing between Kuwait and Bahrain on a training mission when the USA lost contact.

Iranians also inspected the equipment and electronics on the two Swedish-made CB-90 fast attack boats.

He said: “There’s nothing to apologise for”.

“When you have a problem with the boat, (do) you apologize the boat had a problem?” No, and there was no looking for any apology. The US boats were intercepted at sea and the nine men and one woman on board taken into custody on the island. Iran eventually freed the sailors on Wednesday after holding them overnight. The tiny outpost has been used as a base for Revolutionary Guard speedboats as far back as the 1980s.

However, a spokesman for the Navy’s Fifth Fleet told ABC News that an ongoing investigation will determine what led the boats to enter Iranian waters off of Farsi Island.

The quick resolution stood in contrast to Iran’s March 2007 seizure of 15 British sailors and marines who were searching for a merchant ship in the Persian Gulf.

The U.S. and Iran have avoided what could have been a major worldwide incident.