I bet. It's frustrating when your terrorist pals ruin your propaganda on their behalf.
When Iranian officials released footage of 10 U.S. sailors being taken captive, it made John Kerry "very, very frustrated," the secretary of state told CNN on Monday.
"Frustrated". That's how a PR flack feels when his boss undermines him.
But after U.S. Navy vessels "regrettably, inadvertently" drifted into Iranian waters, per Kerry, and the 10 sailors were taken by Iranians last Tuesday, Iran's military released footage of the troops with their hands behind their heads at gunpoint.
Though the sailors were released within 24 hours, the footage was inflammatory.
"I was very angry. I was very, very frustrated and angry that that was released," Kerry told John Berman on CNN's "New Day.""I raised it immediately with the Iranians. It was not put out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the government directly, it was put out I think by the military over there, the (Revolutionary Guard), who is opposed to what we are doing."
The IRGC runs Iran more than any ministry does, so that's about right. Now, Kerry isn't saying he was angry that Americans were captured at gunpoint and degraded. He was angry that Americans saw it.