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My comment was aimed at the people referring to the waterway, not specifically this incident.

But he cannot have been refering to the shatt as Iran has never claimed the whole of it and it couldn't possibly be termed international waters.

Posted late > And the big problem is ? :hmmm:

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However, since the US has a policy of always interpreting Iranian actions in the worse possible light, our press and our State Department often have to make bellicose statements, which the Iranian government ignores and release as they originally intended.

Parading the "captive invaders" in their news like they usually do doesn't help their cause either IMHO. They seem to view EVERYTHING as an attack against them. Even people on a drifting sailboat waiting for a tow was seen as a threat by them. Please.
If the US found a boat of Iranians disabled and drifting into our waters, they would not be rounded up, captured, interrogated, paraded down the streets and in the news as captured spies, etc...
More than likely, the coast guard would end up rendering asistance (Unless there was something VERY suspicious about them being there or say if they're carying drugs or weapons).

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More than likely, the coast guard would end up rendering asistance (Unless there was something VERY suspicious about them being there or say if they're carying drugs or weapons).

Hold on Blacklight, didn't the coastguard arrest that sailor and sink his boat.
You know the fella that was doing a solo crossing of the Atlantic in a row boat in an attempt to set a new world record.:rotfl2: