Iran vs US
A while ago, Iranian navy ships purposefully annoyed US warships. Shortly afterwards the Pentagon released a video of the encounter, with sound added to it separately. Here’s the video of the encounter:
Obviously, the “blow up” sentence sounds a bit awkward. It could very well be that this wasn’t said by someone in the boats, but by someone on land. That would obviously explain the quality difference, etc.
That explanation, however, doesn’t satisfy everyone, most notoriously Hooman Majd writing for the Huffington Post. Hooman accuses the Pentagon of faking the video and of lying to the American people and international community. Not just about the voice, but also about the entire nature of the encounter.
That’s a very serious allegation. The HuffPo should, obviously, be very careful before it publishes an article like that: it needs to be written by an impartial expert.
Well, not so in the case of Hooman. Hooman is born in Iran. Not only that, he’s far from an expert:
Hooman Majd has had a long career as an executive in the music and film businesses. He was Executive VP of Island Records, where he worked with a diverse group of artists including U2, The Cranberries, Tricky and Melissa Etheridge; and Head of Film and Music at Palm Pictures, where he executive-produced James Toback’s “Black and White” and Khyentse Norbu’s “The Cup” (Cannes 1999).
Michael Goldfarb deals with Majd’s drivel, and he’s supported by Stuart Koehl. Koehl and Goldfarb aren’t the only ones who take offense, though. Scott, who worked in the US navy once, also responds to Majd’s article and explains why the Iranian-American is wrong.
Cernig, meanwhile, agrees with Hooman Majd, seemingly believing that the US Navy would lie to the American people about something as serious as this, while the thugs in Tehran are seemingly considered to be more reliable.
I understand the questions about the voice, but the encounter seems to have been - this is clear - orchestrated by Iranian Revolutionary Guard members. Even without the voice, the intend of the Iranians is clear. As such, it would seem completely illogical to for the US to fake it.
What’s more, if I have to choose between the word of the US and that of Iran, I choose the US. Every time.
Proof that the video released by the Pentagon is a poor quality sloppy FAKE!!! See Iran’s high quality 5 minute video here: mms://217.218.67.244/presstv/080110/OUTPUT_11-10-00-Teh-Navy%20Patrol.wmv
Its also available here, just click on the video camera logo in the article: http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=38190§ionid=351020101
shame on bush .. more lies this reminds me of the movable weapons systems the iraqis had… when is the world gonna wake up and realise bush is taking us all for a ride.. I got off long ago..
BDS surges! And the KoolAid is grape-flavored today.
For now, I’m siding with the idea that the video is real. I do, however, have some serious questions about who is provoking who here. How would American’s feel if Iranian warships were right off of our coast in international waters? We’d consider that a provocation. I wrote a post about it yesterday.