WTAS: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S "TONE DEAF" REFUSAL TO MENTION SAILORS CAPTURED BY IRAN

"Delusional" … "The Elephant In The Room" … "Wow"

Politico Headline: "White House: Obama Won't Mention Navy Sailors Seized By Iran" (Politico , 1/12/16)

National Review's Jim Geraghty: "Tonight, Of All Nights, As Iran Has Our Sailors, Obama Insists We're Stronger And Our Enemies Are Weaker." (Twitter.com, 1/12/16)

The Weekly Standard Headline: "Obama Touts Iran Nuke Deal, But Fails to Mention 10 Sailors Detained By Iran" ( The Weekly Standard , 1/12/16)

The Wall Street Journal's Mary Kissel Called President Obama's Inability To Mention The Captured Sailors "Delusional." Kissel Tweet: "Remarkable to hear Obama argue U.S. strength abroad on the day Iran seizes 10 U.S. sailors. Strike that--it's beyond remarkable. Delusional." (Twitter.com, 1/12/16)

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review's Salena Zito: "And Now You Know Why Obama Did Not Mention 10 Sailors 'The United States Of America Is Most Powerful Nation On Earth, It Isn't Even Close.'" (Twitter.com, 1/12/16)

Politico's Jeremy Herb: "Obama Talks Iran Deal, Not Detained U.S. Sailors In [State Of The Union]." (Twitter.com, 1/12/16)

Washington Examiner's Philip Klein: "Dear Pres Obama: Any Speech That Includes The Line 'As We Speak' & 'Iran' In The Same Sentence That Doesn't Mention The Sailors Is Tone Deaf." (Twitter.com, 1/12/16)

The Huffington Post's Matt Fuller: "The Iran Victory Lap Definitely Feels Weird, Seeing As, You Know, They Detained Two Navy Ships Today." (Twitter.com, 1/12/16)

The Guardian: "No Mention Of The Captive Boats, In The End, Indeed." ("State Of The Union 2016: President Obama Delivers Final Report To Congress," The Guardian, 1/12/16)

The Atlantic's Clare Foran: "The Elephant In The Room Is The Fact That Earlier Today Iran Took 10 U.S. Sailors Into Custody." "As Obama talks up U.S. efforts to 'prevent a nuclear-armed Iran' the elephant in the room is the fact that earlier today Iran took 10 U.S. sailors into custody." (The Atlantic, 1/12/16)

Washington Free Beacon's Adam Kredo: "WOW: Iran Arrests 10 US Sailors, But Obama SOTU Speech Not Rewritten To Acknowledge." (Twitter.com, 1/12/16)

The Washington Post's Karen DeYoung: "Obama Has Made No Mention Of Tuesday's News That 10 U.S. Sailors Were Being Held By Iran…" "Obama has made no mention of Tuesday's news that 10 U.S. sailors were being held by Iran after their two naval vessels strayed into Iranian waters in the Persian Gulf." (Karen DeYoung, "On Foreign Policy, Obama Restates His Bedrock Beliefs," The Washington Post , 1/12/16)

The Wall Street Journal's Damian Paletta: "Obama Didn't Mention The Delicate Situation In Iran Right Now, Where A Handful Of U.S. Sailors Are Detained By The Iranians." "Democrats and Republicans will disagree on exactly what happened - or what will happen - but it's worth noting that Obama didn't mention the delicate situation in Iran right now, where a handful of U.S. sailors are detained by the Iranians following some kind of confrontation in the Persian Gulf." ( The Wall Street Journal, 1/12/16)

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