TEN U.S.
SAILORS CROSSED INTO IRANIAN WATERS AND THEY WERE DETAINED.
THEY WERE IN TWO BOATS.
THE IRANIAN NAVY WENT AND FOUND THEM.
THAT IS U.S.
SOLDIERS ON THEIR KNEES.
THAT IS AN UNCOMFORTABLE PICTURE TO LOOK AT IF YOU ARE AN
AMERICAN.
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE NUMBER ONE, SO OUR SOLDIERS
SHOULD NEVER BE DETAINED.
THEY OBVIOUSLY TURNED IN THEIR WEAPONS.
THEN THEY WERE BROUGHT IN AND GIVEN FOOD.
A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT THIS AND SAY OH, MY GOD THEY ARE
BEING HELD HOSTAGE.
NO, THAT IS HOW THEY EAT IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD.
LET ME SHOW YOU A VIDEO OF HOW THIS ALL WENT DOWN.
THEN I WILL TELL YOU THE OUTRAGE GOING ON AROUND THE COUNTRY.
THERE THEY ARE ON THEIR HANDS AND KNEES.
THE SHIP IS BOARDED.
IT TURNS OUT BOTH SIDES AGREE, WE AGREE, WE
WENT INTO IRANIAN WATERS WHERE WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE.
IF THEY CAME INTO OUR WATERS THEY WOULD ALSO BE DETAINED.
THEN THEY WERE FED, KEPT COMFORTABLE.
THEN THERE IS THE
QUESTION OF AN APOLOGY OR IF THIS SHOWS WEAKNESS.
REPUBLICANS ARE FURIOUS ABOUT THIS.
WHY DID OBAMA MAKE THOSE GUYS GO OFF COURSE IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE WATER?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO ABOUT IT.
THEY ARE ALREADY BACK.
THEY WERE IMMEDIATELY HANDED BACK TO US.
THERE IS NO ACTUAL ISSUE OR CONTROVERSY.
IN FACT, THIS IS ACTUALLY A GREAT SIGN OF DIPLOMACY WORKING.
LET'S GO TO JOE BIDEN WHO IS GOING TO BEGIN TO MAKE THAT
CASE.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHAT HAPPENED WAS ñ ONE OF THE
BOATS HAD ENGINE FAILURE AND DRIFTED INTO IRANIAN WATERS.
THE IRANIANS PICKED UP BOTH BOATS AS WE HAVE PICKED UP
IRANIAN BOATS THAT NEEDED TO BE RESCUED, AND TOOK THEM TO ñ
I'M NOT SURE WHERE, I DON'T WANT TO MISSPEAK HERE, AND WE
REALIZE THEY WERE THERE AND IN DISTRESS AND SAID THEY WERE
RELEASED LIKE ORDINARY NATIONS WOULD DO.
THAT IS THE WAY NATIONS SHOULD DEAL WITH THIS.
THAT IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE CHANNELS OPEN.
I THINK THAT IS RIGHT.
IF WE WERE IN A MORE STANDOFFISH ORGANIZATION WITH IRAN,
THEY MIGHT'VE KEPT THOSE GUYS.
THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.
IN 2007, WHEN BRITISH SOLDIERS WERE CAPTURED THEY WERE KEPT FOR
WEEKS.
AT THAT POINT THE BRITISH AND IRANIAN GOVERNMENT DO NOT
HAVE GOOD RELATIONS.
WHEN WE HAVE BETTER RELATIONSHIPS, BOOM,
THEY ARE IMMEDIATELY RELEASED.
DID WE APOLOGIZE TO THE IRANIANS?
NO, THERE WAS NO APOLOGY.
WHEN YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE BOAT, YOU APOLOGIZE YOU
HAD A PROBLEM?
NO.
THERE WAS NO LOOKING FOR ANY APOLOGY.
THIS WAS JUST STANDARD NAUTICAL PRACTICE.
OKAY.
THAT IS LARGELY TRUE.
NOW YOU WILL SEE A VIDEO OF THE FAILURES THAT WERE SHOWN ON
IRANIAN TV.
LET'S WATCH.
IT WAS A MISTAKE THAT WAS OUR FAULT AND WE APOLOGIZE FOR
OUR MISTAKE.
GPS ñ
I BELIEVE SO.
WAIT A MINUTE, OBAMA IS NOT IN COMMUNICATION WITH THAT SAILOR.
THEY ASKED IF YOU WOUND UP IN OUR WATERS?
AND HE SAID YES, MY MISTAKE, MY BAD.
DUDE, WE ARE NOT THERE WITH HIM.
HE HAS TAKEN BY IRANIANS, HE REALIZES HE IS IN THE WRONG
PLACE AND HE BASICALLY SAYS OH, MY GOD I AM TOTALLY,
TOTALLY, TOTALLY, TOTALLY SORRY FOR THAT.
BY THE WAY, IT IS TOTALLY OKAY TO SAY THAT.
NOW TO TOM COTTON.
THE TIMING IS COINCIDENTAL.
REALLY ARE THEY COINCIDENTAL
WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE AYATOLLAHS IN IRAN.
FIRST OFF, IT IS HUMILIATING TO BARACK OBAMA AND THEREFORE
THE UNITED STATES TO HAVE AMERICAN SAILORS HELD
HOSTAGE DURING HIS FINAL STATE OF THE UNION.
SECOND, THE NUCLEAR DEAL IS ABOUT TO BE IMPLEMENTED,
MAYBE AS EARLY AS THIS WEEK IN WHICH IRAN IS GOING TO GET OVER
100 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO CONTINUE HIS CAMPAIGN OF
TERROR AND AGGRESSION THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND AROUND THE WORLD.
THIS IS THE AYATOLLAHS TRYING TO GET MAXIMUM LEVERAGE AND
INFLICT MAXIMUM HUMILIATION ON THE UNITED STATES AND ON
PRESIDENT OBAMA.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS THE STORY WE HAVE SEEN SINCE
THE NUCLEAR DEAL WAS SIGNED IN THE SUMMER AND IT IS WHAT
WE CAN EXPECT TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COMING MONTHS.
THEY WON'T BE THE FINAL HUMILIATION, IT IS JUST ONE MORE
SIP FROM THIS BITTER CUP THAT WILL BE OFFERED AGAIN AND AGAIN.
BUT IT'S FRUSTRATING TO HAVE ONE SIDE BY NONSTOP .
DID HE GET CALLED ON THAT?
NO WAY.
WE SAID WE ARE
GOING TO HOLD YOUR MONEY HOSTAGE UNLESS
YOU GIVE UP YOUR NUCLEAR PROGRAM.
THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM HAS BEEN DISMANTLED AND
THAT PEACE TREATY IS GOING INTO EFFECT THIS WEEK.
THEY HAVE ALREADY SHUT DOWN THE ARAK CENTER IN IRAN AND
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP ANY NUCLEAR ENERGY.
IF THE DEAL IS WORKING WE ARE GOING TO RELEASE THE
HOSTAGES WHICH IS NOT OUR MONEY, IRANIAN MONEY THAT WAS
SITTING IN FOREIGN BANKS.
THE WHOLE IDEA THAT IT IS NOT A COINCIDENCE.
DID THE AYATOLLAH BREAK OUR GPS AND THEREBY HAVE OUR SHIPS
GO INTO THEIR WATERS?
I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS THAT GOOD IN TECHNOLOGY.
NO, WE DID IT, IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.
BUT OF COURSE REPUBLICANS ARE ENORMOUS LIARS SO THEY WILL
LIE ABOUT IT.
THAT IS NOT WHAT HAPPENED AT ALL.
UNDERSTAND THAT JOHN KERRY HAS SAID THAT WHEN WE HAD WORD
ñ THEY HELPED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR NAVY GUYS BECAUSE THEY HAD
SOME MECHANICAL PROBLEMS.
AND WHEN OUR NAVY SHIPS HAVE PROBLEMS, WE DON'T CALL
IRAN, WE CALL THE REST OF THE NAVY.
WE CALL THE AIR FORCE, THE ARMY, THE MARINES, THE COAST GUARD.
WE DON'T CALL IRAN.
I GUESS IF YOU HAVE RELATIVES THAT HAVE WEDDINGS THAT
INVOLVE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN CHARGE IN IRAN, THEN MAYBE
YOU FEEL THAT COMFORTABLE.
WE SHOULD DEMAND THAT IRAN LET THESE PEOPLE GO.
OUR NAVY MEN AND WOMEN, WHATEVER THEY ARE, LET THEM GO OR WE
WILL START TAKING YOUR SHIPS OUT ONE AT A TIME.
WHY WOULD WE DO THAT?
FIRST OF ALL, WE DIDN'T CALL IRAN.
THEY ACCIDENTALLY WANDERED INTO IRANIAN WATERS.
THE IRANIAN SHIPS THAT WERE THERE SAID THEY ARE IN THE
WRONG PLACE, WE HAVE TO HOLD YOU UP.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WOULD DO IF WE WERE THEM, EXCEPT WE
MIGHT BLOW THEM OUT OF THE WATER.
GOMER'S IDEA IS STILL MAKE A PHONE CALL AND SAY HEY
THOSE ARE OUR GUYS.
INSTEAD, WE'RE GOING TO SICK ALL YOUR SHIPS.
YOU KNOW THAT HE WOULD'VE GOTTEN THOSE
POOR GUYS KILLED.
THIS GUY IS A US CONGRESSMAN BUT HE IS AN EMBARRASSMENT
TO THE WHOLE NATION.
SPEAKING OF EMBARRASSMENT, LET'S GO TO TED CRUZ.
DUDE, WE WERE IN THEIR WATERS.
IF ANYBODY COMES INTO OUR WATERS, TRUST ME, WE TAKE THEM.
THESE GUYS ARE UNBELIEVABLE LIARS.
I AM GOING TO GO TO ONE LESS CLIP HERE.
NANCY PELOSI MAKES A SIMILAR POINT HERE.
SUCH EARLY ON, CERTAINLY FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE
AYATOLLAHS, THIS IS PROOF OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S WEAKNESS.
THIS IS IRAN HUMILIATING THE U.S..
IT IS EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE.
THIS IS PROOF THAT BUILDING A DIPLOMATIC RELATIONSHIP
WITH IRAN, AT LEAST IN TERMS OF THE NUCLEAR TREATY HAS
SERVED US WELL IN RESOLVING THIS SO QUICKLY.
HOW SO?
THE FACT IS THAT THEY ARE FREE.
THEY ARE BACK.
IT HAPPENED QUICKLY AND I THINK THE DIPLOMACY INVOLVED IN THE
TREATY AND THE FACT THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION DAY IS IMMINENT
ALL WEIGHED IN TO MAKE THIS SOMETHING THAT WAS RESOLVED.
THEY DID NOT KILL THE GUYS.
THEY DIDN'T IMPRISON THE GUYS FOR WEEKS OR MONTHS.
WE MADE A PHONE CALL, THEY GIVE THE GUYS RIGHT BACK.
THAT IS A GREAT CASE SCENARIO.
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.