A thread of enormous relief over our returned sailors

[UTUSN]

I was having dread flashing back to the '70s/hostages and that this would turn into the sliming of the President's final year.


Leave it to shipmates to have clean socks.

[karynnj]

1. Relief here too, but I never was as concerned because the first account I read spoke of

Kerry and Zarif saying it would soon be resolved. (There have also been things like Iran attending the Vienna Syria talks and the various accounts of Kerry speaking to both SA and Iran to calm things down after the execution of the cleric and burning of the embassy -- with some results.)

I was even less worried after Barbara Boxer spoke on MSNBC after the SOTU, saying that she caught Kerry's eye across the room and mouthed a question, that he responded to with a thumbs up. (She spoke of having known and worked with JK for so long, that kind of long distance communication was normal and easy between them.)

[UTUSN]

4. 1) KERRY has a string of accomplishments as SoS. 2) The billions Iran is expecting

had a lot to do with it, too.

[Kingofalldems]

2. Repubs not liking this one bit.

Some were even hoping for the sailors to be killed so they could get political advantage.

[UTUSN]

3. Yip, their "patriotism" is something else. n/t