# US Navy rescues 13 Iranian hostages **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 7, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-navy-rescues-13-iranian-hostages/608722 "2012-01-07T12:09:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hilary\_Algar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilary_algar/32/4282_2.png) [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-navy-rescues-13-iranian-hostages/608722/1 "2012-01-07T12:09:38Z")
The US Navy has rescued 13 Iranian hostages from Somali pirates. [http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7394208n](http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7394208n) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-navy-rescues-13-iranian-hostages/608722/2 "2012-01-07T17:00:29Z")
Good job! Pirates are vermin. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-navy-rescues-13-iranian-hostages/608722/3 "2012-01-07T17:11:00Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Good job! > > Pirates are vermin. Yes, and yes. Handy wee bit of politics too. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-navy-rescues-13-iranian-hostages/608722/4 "2012-01-07T17:12:51Z")
I had flashbacks to The Cole incident. > **[USS Cole bombing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cole_bombing)** > > The USS Cole bombing was a suicide attack by the terrorist group al-Qaeda against USS Cole, a guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, on 12 October 2000, while she was being refueled in Yemen's Aden harbor. > Seventeen U.S. Navy sailors were killed and thirty-seven injured in the deadliest attack against a United States naval vessel since the USS Stark incident in 1987. > Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack against the United States. A U.S. judge has held Sudan liable for ... Luring us in to offer help rescue someone from pirates would be an easy trap. I’m thankful it worked out ok. We got a chance to help when it was needed. I recall around 99 or maybe 2000 there was a serious earthquake in Iran. We sent some aid workers in and helped them. Maybe someday the message will get through that we don’t have cloven feet, tails, and horns. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-navy-rescues-13-iranian-hostages/608722/5 "2012-01-07T17:15:32Z")
For shits and giggles, they should drop off the pirates in Iran. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-navy-rescues-13-iranian-hostages/608722/6 "2012-01-07T18:00:35Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > For shits and giggles, they should drop off the pirates in Iran. Where do they take them? Actually, dropping them off in Iran makes sense. They committed a crime against Iranian citizens. If you don’t want to be tried in a country with a draconian justice system, don’t commit crimes against that country. ETA: [Here’s a post article](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/us-picks-up-iranian-hostages-with-good-timing/2012/01/06/gIQAI56YfP_blog.html?hpid=z2). Good job Navy. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-navy-rescues-13-iranian-hostages/608722/7 "2012-01-07T18:46:39Z")
If we took the hostages back to Iran, they haven’t been rescued yet. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-navy-rescues-13-iranian-hostages/608722/8 "2012-01-08T00:18:24Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > If we took the hostages back to Iran, they haven’t been rescued yet. I believe the fishermen got back on their boat and (presumably) sailed home. I suppose if any had asked for asylum we would have entertained the request, but why would they? This is Iran, not North Korea. The place needs serious political reform, but it’s as possible to lead a happy and productive life there as it is in many other places