Huckabee warns Iranian sailors: 'The next thing you will see is the gates of Hell'  Iran dominated the Republican debate last night in South Carolina, where presidential candidate Mike Huckabee went so far as to warn Iranian sailors to be prepared to face "the gates of Hell."
Asked whether American officers made the right decision not to attack Iranian ships after receiving what they thought were threats from the boats, Huckabee said: "Be prepared, first, to put your sights on the American vessel. And then be prepared that the next thing you see will be the gates of Hell, because that is exactly what you will see after that."
"I think one more step and they would have been introduced to those virgins that they're looking forward to seeing," added flagging candidate and onetime Law and Order star Fred Thompson.
According to the London Times, "The crowd cheered," even though Thompson had apparently confused Iranian sailors with Al Qaeda terrorists.
After loudly announcing that five Iranian Revolutionary Guard ships had threatened US naval vessels, the Pentagon revealed Thursday that the apparent radio threat may not have even come from Iranian ships at all.
"The Pentagon said yesterday that the apparent radio threat to bomb U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf last weekend may not have come from the five Iranian Revolutionary Guard speedboats that approached them -- and may not even have been intended against U.S. targets," the Washington Post reported Friday. "The communication Sunday was made on radio channel 16, a common marine frequency used by ships and others in the region. 'It could have been a threat aimed at some other nation or a myriad of other things,' said Rear Adm. Frank Thorp IV, a spokesman for the Navy."
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