http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php ... an#p172069... John Kerry had no need to apologise to Iran since the commander of the US Navy boats rightly did that. The Iranians tweaked the nose of the USA during the President's State of the Union address due to errors by US service personnel. When compared to apologies that those in the chain of command will have to make to their superiors at the Pentagon those made to Iran will pale into insignificance.
Now there's the truth AND the consequence -
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/navy-fires- ... d-in-iran/
Knowing us, the limey commander is probably in line for a campaign medal and a quiet promotion when it's all been forgotten that our failure was first and worse.