‘Neocons Furious’: US-Iran Naval Incident Resolved in Less Than 24 Hours
SputnikNews.com
18:19 16.01.2016
Most in America were happy when Tehran promptly released ten US sailors, who were detained when their two boats drifted in Iran’s territorial waters on Tuesday; but US hardliners were furious.
“If you think about the [US] bases that surround Iran, you can understand why [the Islamic Republic] would be concerned when a heavily armed naval vessel ventures into Iranian territory,” political analyst Daniel McAdams asserted in the latest Liberty Report.
Yet the incident, which could potentially lead to a major crisis, lasted less than 24 hours because it was handled effectively by both sides, he added.
“You’d think that we would celebrate diplomacy. But the neocons and most of the presidential candidates won’t have it that way. They are furious,” he said.
Senator John McCain tried to present the unauthorized trespassing into Iranian waters as a violation of international law. Although US officials repeatedly stated that Iran was acting within its rights, the Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee remained defiant.
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