Iran makes its hostage demands

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[bjs1779]

That was when we weren't a strong enough superpower to defeat North Korea and China together.

I don't know why not. Neither of them had an atomic bomb at the time : )

[LibLieSlayer]

"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..."


YEAH BUDDY!!!!!!!

LLS

[justa-hairyape]

What action, military or otherwise?

Carter okayed an ill-fated attempt to rescue the hostages with military assets. Some of the planes crashed in a desert staging area when helicopters kicked up sand and the landing planes could not properly identify the landing zone. Because of the accidents, the rescue attempt was canceled. Not a John Wayne or Ronald Reagan type of military action, but a military action by a pacifist President nonetheless. This time I don't think a coming Hillary Clinton Presidency will be enough to scare the Mullahs into submission. Although I have heard that Hillary can be quite a scary sight when she is throwing an ash tray your way.

[LibLieSlayer]

We can destroy iran as a country without ever stepping foot on their soil... except for Specops intel.

No nation building and not one dime of help after!

LLS

[Who is John Galt?]

I would gladly pay $10 a gallon for 5 years to see Ahmadinejad locked behind bars for the rest of his life.

I would pay $10.01 to see that fool lose his head on the official French government head-remover - think they might come around to our way of thinking? The French have a remarkable heritage to fall back on, if they ever choose to do so...

[RatPak]

http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2007&m=March&x=20070328170659esnamfuak0.1377222&chanlid=washfile

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

I was speaking in the persona of a British politician. "We" being the spokesperson of the British state, the Prime Minister, Parliament, the Queen, or Red Ken. Red Ken might be a good choice to say this because I'm sure he wants to and you can proclaim that he is an insane socialist and immediately disavow whatever he says once the Iranians release the Marines.

[livius]

It may be cartoonish, but it works. And that's why they keep nudging it a bit further every time. These people are in a different world from the rest of us.

[Who is John Galt?]

Amen, Compadre...

[livius]

What's he doing? Watering the Peace Tree? Trying to grow Magic Beans?

[bjs1779]

Carter okayed an ill-fated attempt to rescue the hostages with military assets. Some of the planes crashed in a desert staging area when helicopters kicked up sand and the landing planes could not properly identify the landing zone. Because of the accidents, the rescue attempt was canceled. Not a John Wayne or Ronald Reagan type of military action, but a military action by a pacifist President nonetheless.

Without a lengthly response, what did Iran do the when Reagan was sworn in as president on the first day?

[trebb]

I do believe the proper response should be something like, "Send them back, healthy and well, in the next 24 hours, or you will no longer have enough infrastructure left to worry about nuclear aspirations. Hell, it will be 20 years before you have enough cars to worry about more than one gas station in the whole country. You now have 23 hours and 58 minutes..."

[Deo volente]

[backinthefold]

guess its time to pull out my old 45 lp of "Bomb bomb bomb Iran"

[tarator]

Capturing 15 and releasing 1 is showing good faith?

[jimt]

Thanks !

[PA-RIVER]

"I would pay $10.01 to see that fool lose his head"

Margaret Thatcher would have put a boot up his arse yesterday. Oil prices would be falling a week after the Mullahs and Amedinjad were in their graves.

Destroy their navy and Air force now, then chase the mullahs down with cruise missiles. Lets be done with this crap.

[Who is John Galt?]

"Lets be done with this crap."

Amen...

[zipper]

Carter okayed an ill-fated attempt to rescue the hostages with military assets. Some of the planes crashed in a desert staging area when helicopters kicked up sand and the landing planes could not properly identify the landing zone. Because of the accidents, the rescue attempt was canceled

None of the planes crashed; a helicopter careened into a C-130 in the desert though, as the heliopter was repositioning.

[TexasGunLover]

UK to Iran: NUTS