Many years ago I witnessed an odd thing. A coupla neighborhood kids got into a scuffle. After a few minutes of the usual childish attempts at bluster and mayhem the\u00a0apparent\u00a0loser decided on\u00a0discretion and took off running. Over his shoulder he breathlessly yelled out, “if you catch me I’ll beat the shit out of you”?<\/p>\n
Fast forward…<\/p>\n
A few days ago Iran was threatening our Navy \u00a0over control of traffic through the Straights of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf.<\/p>\n
Today we have:\u00a0Iran thanks US for naval rescue operation<\/a><\/p>\n In a rare display of praise for the West, Iran on Saturday applauded the US’s rescue of 13 Iranians held hostage for weeks by pirates in the Arabian Sea, calling it a “humanitarian and positive” act.<\/p>\n The rescue operation took place on Thursday by the same US aircraft carrier group that Iran warned not to return <\/a>to the Gulf.<\/p>\n Speaking with Iran’s Arabic-language broadcaster Al-Alam, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said that\u00a0 “we consider the actions of the US forces in saving the lives of Iranian seamen to be a humanitarian and positive act and we welcome such behavior.”<\/p>\n “We think all nations should display such behavior,” AFP quoted him as saying.<\/strong><\/p>\n My emphasis added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"