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Audacity of Truth
HuffPo advances idea that Iran harassment of US troops in the Gulf was “staged” by the US
BDS kicks into overdrive:
The Pentagon’s version of the encounter in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday morning, involving U.S. Navy warships and Iranian Revolutionary Guard patrol boats is, at the very least highly suspicious. On Tuesday, the Navy released video footage and an audiotape to back its claims that the Iranian boats acted in a threatening and provocative manner, but neither the video nor the audio are particularly convincing as proof that Iran had hostile intentions. The video, which shows what is claimed are Iranian boats speeding around U.S. ships, doesn’t show any of the boats hurtling directly towards any of the navy ships, nor does it show what the Pentagon claimed the Iranians then did, namely dropped “white boxes” in the water. (I would have opened fire at those, wouldn’t you?) The audio tape is even less convincing, mainly because the person speaking doesn’t have an Iranian accent and moreover, sounds more like Boris Karloff in a horror movie than a sailor in the elite branch of Iran’s military. (The tape is also separate from any video.) Any Iranian can immediately identify Persian-accented English, particularly if the speaker has had little contact with the West, as is the case with Revolutionary Guardsmen and sailors. Iranians, you see, have difficulty with two consonants such as “p” and “l” next to each other; even Iranians who have lived in America for years will often pronounce “please” as “peh-leeze”, or in this case, “explode” as “exp-eh-lode”. On the tape, “explode” is pronounced perfectly, albeit as if the speaker was a villain addressing a superhero. Further, it is unimaginable, given what is known about the Revolutionary Guards (and I have met many), that one of its corps would speak in a such a manner, even if the accent were correctly Persian.
The fact that the Iranian foreign ministry downplayed the encounter as routine and minor, and that the Revolutionary Guards, not known for their moderation, actually denied the U.S. version of events, is curious. Iran, which is usually keen to exploit its image as a fearless foe of the U.S., would ordinarily relish the opportunity to show that it can be a menace to the great superpower, particularly if, as the encounter shows, the U.S. does little to counter that menace.
Iran says it, so they believe it.
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I believed I called this one a couple of threads ago. Including the left taking up on Irans side.
They’re so predictable it’s scary.
Oh, Yea! We is in control of what Pres. Tom orders the Rev Guards to do1 Why, just the orther day I tolds Pres Iwanajihad to get me some pomegranets. And he hopped right on it!
What a bunch of leftarded morons.
Liberalism IS MENTAL ILLNESS!
Well, once the evil Bush cabal is thrown out, there will be no more of this international pussyfooting and faux incident manufacturing. Everything will be open and aboveboard, and we’ll know neither Iran nor North Korea are trying to get nukes because Jimmy Carter will assure us that it’s so. Plus, all the Europeans will like us again.
Also, there will be rainbow unicorns shitting free health care for everyone! Well, probably not for Republicans because they can all choke and die.
It’ll be a brave new world, I tell you! Filled with peace and love, except for those vile Republicans who can all shoot themselves with the guns they fetishize.
How’d that look? Believable moonbat? I can never tell if I go over the top. But neither can they, so I guess that’s nothing to worry about.
I have to wonder if they actually believe the garbage they write or is it just a matter of throwing everything against the wall to see what sticks.
Iran admitted the icident…..as part of routine occurrences or something. Then the video comes out, and they yell fabrication.
Huffpo idiots are just mind boggling.
My wife was born in Iran and did not leave until she was 18. She does not have trouble pronouncing “please” or “explode”. I would like to know if the person who wrote this piece was Iranian…me thinks not!
Just the typical crazy, blame America first, left. It is so sad and to think these people actually have a chance at winning this next election.