Twitter apology by sailor
The apology could possibly violate the military code of conduct regulations. It is not known if the apology might have been forced by the Iranian captors.
“It was a mistake, that was our fault, and we apologize, for our mistake,” said the sailor.
When asked about the video by the Washington Times, Chris Harner, a former naval officer and analyst for the Institute for the Study of War, said “the substance of [the] problem here is the U.S. Navy looks extraordinarily incompetent. . . in its ability to transit boats without violating Iranian waters, they look incompetent to know how to deal with a mechanical malfunction, and now that they’ve been taken into custody, they’re apologizing.”
According to the Code of Conduct for Members of the Armed Forces, when military personnel are captured they are “required to give name, rank, service number and date of birth. . . evade answering further questions to the utmost of [their] ability” and “make no oral or written statements disloyal to [the] country and its allies or harmful to their cause.”
The United States says there was no official apology. However, the antagonism that the Obama administration has for the military is well-known, so the retribution for this non-official “apology” or explanation is yet to be determined.
Source: dailycaller.com
Iran state TV has been airing video of a U.S. sailor saying, “We apologize for our mistake.” (h/t @abasinfo) pic.twitter.com/PZVUKW3eKl
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) January 13, 2016
I thought when detained you only told them your name and rank.
Leave this sailor alone & file charges against Hillary!!!
We dont know what he may have been threatened with to say that. We all know what they do to prisoners there and we all know he spoke a b******t apology to get out. If apologizing meant my son or husband came home then do it. Folks would rather they were all slaughtered? ? In war these days…there are no rules. Do what you have to…then move on.
This is a B******t story
no charges for this navy man obama and kerry yes charges too many to list o dont forget liar no three h clinton our service men and women know no one has their backs like it should poor young men trying to protect us
all an obama set up to try to make iran look good