Posted on 03/28/2007 4:23:24 PM PDT by UKrepublican
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Iran's foreign minister says Britain must admit that its 15 sailors and marines entered Iranian waters for the standoff to be resolved.
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Sit back and watch the British circus begin. We've already seen the American circus staring Murtha and Pelosi. Different country same retards!
Blair conversation to MI5..."But isnt it possible we are at fault??...I know what youve told me but I'm unsure as to how this will play out....Ok..how about if we change the data to show we were in the wrong so that we can just own up to it and get this thing behind us..??..but...but...Lets just cool down here, I will have no talk of action!....
Is it just me or is this a replay of the '79 hostage incident?
I think this is how it will be resolved. The Iranians don't simply want individual sailors to "confess" (as the woman did today). Iran did this once before and got the Brits to grovel in the person of individual sailors. But to them, seeing people grovel is like an addiction: you always need more. The first time, it was enough for the sailors to grovel. Now they want GB to grovel.
This was a propaganda stunt from the beginning. Ahmadinejab knew he was going to lose the sanctions vote and wanted an out so he wouldn't have to go to the UN - but he also wanted something that would make it look as if this came from a position of strength rather than weakness. So he picked a successful strategy that Iran had used before, and simply upped the ante. No biggie.
I do find this too hard to believe. It is likely the women will be released tommorow, but there will be no admission or apology.
Iranian mullahs want and need war. Been obvious since the hostage taking in 79. The west used the proxy Saddam to feed and tame the Iranian Mahdi wannabes, but Saddam got out of control and had to be eliminated. Iranians know that ground forces cannot enter Iran without suffering massive suicidal attacks. Would be comparable to the US invading Japan during WWII instead of just nuking a couple of cities and demanding and getting an unconditional surrender.
Not yet.
They said they would release them by the end of the week.
Did anyone here actually believe that? They will milk this for all its worth. demand after demand will be made.
Bump
Oh, HELL no.
Tony Blair will grovel at the feet of the Iranians. Britain is lost.
With friends like you....
Piss on Tehran. Britain has the means to nuke at least a couple dozen Iranian military targets, without breaking a sweat. Kidnapping those British service personnel from Iraqi waters was an act of war, plain and simple. Period. I doubt the Brits (or American politicians, unfortunately) have the balls to do it, but smoking a couple dozen Iranian military targets would probably put an end to this kind of '3rd-world-hostage-taking-terrorism' once and for all...
Do you honestly believe that?
With respect, I don't think you have listened to blair on this. There will be no aplogy.
Hello, My name is Bond, James Bond! Where are secret spies of yesteryear anyway?
She looks like she is holding back tears.
Amazing when you consider how many ships the British lost or sacrificed while retaking the Falklands.
Well, I'm glad they're upset! Thanks for posting these pix.
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