美國人能把謊話編圓也不容易

２０１６年一月的兩艘美國海軍小艇和十個兵誤入伊朗水域並被伊軍俘獲的事件，明顯是奧巴馬為了改善美國和伊朗的關係，故意導演的幽默劇，卻被美國官方白話成船上的水兵們的失誤，還具體地羅列出了他們犯的一長串失誤，彷彿當事的那些水兵們都是白痴。

待遇最滑稽的是當班的副班長Eric Rasch，被俘事件發生后，先被獎勵式地破格提拔為營指導員，然後又再為平民憤把他撤職。　

當兵總是要被上級當棋子，這次Eric Rasch被安排當前台小丑算好的了，有些其他的兵在其它場合，可能被安排去當炮灰，臨死都不知道自己只是一件被上級用作設局的耗材。

當兵或在任何情況下工作，一定要能領會上級的意圖，不要讓自己那麼輕易地被上級利用，儘可能地不給別人當槍使，不當炮灰，不當一顆能被上級隨意亂擰到處亂扔的螺絲釘。　

像在這個事件里，如果我是當班的班長或副班長，在識別出上級要把我們當棋子出洋相的企圖后，我就偏偏不進入伊朗水域，更不讓自己被伊軍抓住，讓上級找其他人當棋子去，不要找我。

Navy officials believe that a navigational error, along with some baffling errors in judgment on the part of the crew, led to their capture. Officials have suggested that the crew may have been taking an unauthorized shortcut through Iranian waters to meet up with a U.S. Coast Guard vessel for refueling.

In February, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., threatened to subpoena the captured riverines if the Navy didn』t release the investigation findings promptly.

That sent Navy officials scrambling to Capitol Hill to brief the findings behind closed doors while the Navy continued its review process, according to sources familiar with the exchange

Other administration actions have been taken, but those will not be disclosed until the investigation of the incident is completed. Administration actions can range from verbal counseling to a letter of reprimand, he said.

A Navy investigation found that faulty navigation equipment did not indicate the craft's position in Iranian waters.

The report found that several factors may have contributed to the failure:

• The sailors had never made the trip before.

• They had been up most of the night before conducting maintenance on one of the boats that had broken down.

• They had to "cannibalize" parts from a third boat in order to have two working vessels.

• They then experienced problems with their satellite communications gear.

All of this led them to leaving port later than planned.

In addition, they did not conduct a standard operational briefing for themselves prior to setting sail, during which they would have fully reviewed their route and navigation plan.

As the sailors unknowingly approached the Iranian island, they had already missed one scheduled check-in phone call with their command center, and the command center for some reason did not notice that the tracking equipment on board had them headed for Iranian waters.