Sunday, January 31, 2016

Iranian Supreme Leader awards medals to Generals in the IRGC Navy for capture of Riverines...

via CNN
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, on Sunday awarded Fath medals to five commanders of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps naval forces for the detention of 10 American sailors who trespassed into Iranian waters, according the official state news agency Press TV.
Two U.S. Navy crafts carrying 10 sailors reached three miles into the waters surrounding Iran's Farsi Island in the Persian Gulf on January 12 because of mechanical problems.
The boats had drifted off course, but one was also suffering engine trouble, making it impossible for the Americans to back off rapidly and return to international waters when armed Iranian naval boats approached them.
Iran said the Republic Guards detained the U.S. service members and questioned them about whether they were on an intelligence mission.
But an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps spokesman said afterward that the boats strayed into Iranian waters by accident. The sailors were later released to the American naval fleet in the Persian Gulf.

"The evidence suggests that they unintentionally entered the Iranian waters because of the failure of their navigational system," spokesman Ramazan Sharif said.
The Fath (Victory) medal is among the highest honors that Iran's supreme leader can bestow on a military leader. It is rarely awarded.
Khamenei praised the generals as "brave" and commended them for bringing the Americans ashore.

The capture of the U.S. sailors "was in fact an act of God, who brought the Americans into our waters so they would be arrested with their hands on their heads through your timely measure," Khamenei said, according to Press TV.
I can't wait to hear the excuses that will be made for this one.  When behavior is rewarded, that behavior will be repeated...Even if the Pentagon, State Dept and White House refuse to take note, I do.

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