...but a great story. I'm glad we did this. Well, didn't expect anything less. For those of you without any military experience, or friends or family in the military, what you must understand is that the military of today is filled with some of the brightest and most capable people you'd ever meet. There is NO WAY a ship skipper would NOT rescue a ship is distress. Even an Iranian one. The carrier strike group commander put it succinctly when the press suggested that the U.S. was playing politics: "One of our obligations as mariners is to save lives at sea." Love it!
If you haven't heard, the U.S. Navy rescued 13 Iranian fishermen who'd been held hostage by Somail pirates for more than a month. I've included here a wonderful picture from the rescue. Poor fisherman is probably being interrogated by his government right now! But still, the feeling between rescued and rescuer is clear.
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