Two small U.S. Navy ships were seized and 10 sailors arrested by Iran, and the White House is trying to downplay it, while the evidence seems to be getting worse and worse.
Administration officials tell @jimsciutto Iran's move "not a hostile action," releasing sailors at night would be "unsafe."
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) January 12, 2016
CNN is reporting that they were arrested by hard-liners who don’t want the Iran Deal to go through:
Officials say Iran taking U.S. sailors into custody was not an overtly hostile act https://t.co/C7LZTthHTy https://t.co/BrgYUZs6Nb
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 12, 2016
Defense and White House sources say it wasn’t an “overtly hostile act” but the Iranian press seems to be saying the opposite. And the Navy seems to disagree:
CNN: #Iran took communication from 10 Sailors (9 men, 1 woman). US Navy considers this "Hostile", is "unhappy" about pic.twitter.com/fDEMwGHcLy
— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) January 12, 2016
Administration officials tell @jimsciutto Iran's move "not a hostile action," releasing sailors at night would be "unsafe."
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) January 12, 2016
SO it’s safer for military members to be in the hands of the Iranian guard? How much more full of crap could this statement be?
.@SenTomCotton: “Senior members of Barack Obama’s administration are apologizing” for Iran https://t.co/C7LZTthHTy https://t.co/Tl47C3Ma1l
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 12, 2016
I guess it’s a coincidence that they seized our sailors just a few days before the deal is to be implemented.
10 U.S. sailors are in Iranian custody https://t.co/C7LZTthHTy https://t.co/4UeDF9vZLl
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 12, 2016
This looks like it can get a lot worse, and that the White House is just trying to downplay it in order to protect Obama and the Iran Deal.