Gina has already made a call. Quite a few, in fact. I'm confident that they are not the calls that the Iranians were hoping for, and probably not the one you are suggesting she ought to make. Gina is not terribly diplomatic - she's a hot redhead, and therefore one of the most dangerous people on Earth.
The "detainees" in question are all Iranian nationals.
None of them, exactly zero, were working for the CIA.
They are politically inconvenient prisoners. Iran saw an opportunity to get rid of them and at the same time try to give the US a black eye.
There will be no "rescue mission". The US unofficially does not care what Iran does to it's own citizens. Whatever it does will only strengthen our hand.
"Government" sanctioned piracy on the high seas is a very bad business. Publicly admitting it, and posting photos and videos of the piracy, is probably even a worse business. If one recalls, stealing people and boats that were not theirs to steal, in waters that were not theirs to patrol, is what got the Barbary Pirates in such dire straights in the early 19th century... and here we are again. Some folks just cannot learn from history.
The new Marine Corps Hymn may have to mention "to the shores of Te-he-ran" when they update it.
Don't watch this space - the action ain't gonna be here.
P.S. - The Iranians have NOT "penetrated the safe system" used for US clandestine communications. I am EXTREMELY confident that they cannot. Hell, they wouldn't even be able to decrypt my hard drive, much less a CIA communications system. There are ways to penetrate such, but not very far considering all the cut-outs and "firewalls" built in to the system. At most they could compromise one user by using rubber-hose interrogation techniques and beating a password out of him, but that is as far as they would be able to get.
Speaking of rubber-hose interrogations, look up an encryption system called "Rubber Hose". That system is now severely dated, but still works. The CIA has better than that.
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The "detainees" in question are all Iranian nationals.
None of them, exactly zero, were working for the CIA.
They are politically inconvenient prisoners. Iran saw an opportunity to get rid of them and at the same time try to give the US a black eye.
There will be no "rescue mission". The US unofficially does not care what Iran does to it's own citizens. Whatever it does will only strengthen our hand.
"Government" sanctioned piracy on the high seas is a very bad business. Publicly admitting it, and posting photos and videos of the piracy, is probably even a worse business. If one recalls, stealing people and boats that were not theirs to steal, in waters that were not theirs to patrol, is what got the Barbary Pirates in such dire straights in the early 19th century... and here we are again. Some folks just cannot learn from history.
The new Marine Corps Hymn may have to mention "to the shores of Te-he-ran" when they update it.
Don't watch this space - the action ain't gonna be here.
P.S. - The Iranians have NOT "penetrated the safe system" used for US clandestine communications. I am EXTREMELY confident that they cannot. Hell, they wouldn't even be able to decrypt my hard drive, much less a CIA communications system. There are ways to penetrate such, but not very far considering all the cut-outs and "firewalls" built in to the system. At most they could compromise one user by using rubber-hose interrogation techniques and beating a password out of him, but that is as far as they would be able to get.
Speaking of rubber-hose interrogations, look up an encryption system called "Rubber Hose". That system is now severely dated, but still works. The CIA has better than that.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’