MORE IRANIAN GOOD WILL – AT 10:53 A.M. ET:  Once again the Iranian leaders show how the nuclear agreement has turned them into old softies, filled with kindness.  From the Times of Israel:

Meeting with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy unit that took 10 US sailors captive when they strayed into Iranian waters on January 12, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hailed the “courage” and “strong faith” of the unit, semi-state Iranian news site Fars reported on Sunday.

“You did an excellent job,” Khamenei told them. “Certainly, it was the divine job that sent the Americans straying into our territorial waters only to be promptly captured with their hands behind their heads.”

Iranian political and military leaders have repeatedly castigated the US over the incident, gloating about ostensible American panic, cowardice and lack of professionalism. The incident coincided with the lifting of international sanctions on Iran in the wake of last summer’s nuclear deal, but Khamenei and other senior Iranian figures have repeatedly emphasized that the deal does not mark a warming of Iran’s attitude to the United States. On Saturday, at a meeting with the visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping, Khamenei remarked: “Americans pursue such (a) dishonest approach to all issues.”

COMMENT:  Some say we've been played for suckers.  I don't think so.  I think Obama did exactly what he wanted to do – weaken America and strengthen Iran.  The picture of those American sailors kneeling, with their hands behind their heads, shocked most Americans.  It didn't shock the leftist in the White House.

January 24,  2016