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Posted on 03/30/2007 7:36:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The Security Council "statement" criticizing Iran's continued "detention" of 15 British Royal Navy sailors is only the first step in what may turn into a major diplomatic attack by London, say U.N. diplomats.
The watered-down statement, unexpectedly accepted by British Ambassador to the U.N. Sir Emyr Jones Parry late Thursday, while criticizing the Iranian move, only demanded immediate access to the soldiers by British consular officials.
It did not address the claims and counter-claims about whether the Royal Navy violated Iran's territorial waters.
However, on Monday, the UK assumes the monthly rotating presidency of the Security Council, followed by the United States in May.
During April, London will be able to control the Council's "program of work," putting itself in a central position to use the U.N. body to exert even more diplomatic pressure on Tehran.
The feeling among Council diplomats was that the Thursday statement on Iran was approved by the British not so much for what it said, but more for use as a "springboard" for harsher measures should they be needed while it chairs the U.N. body.
Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton again told Fox News on Friday that the U.N. "must move beyond press statements."
Bolton told FNC that a second video of a British sailor "admitting" trespassing into Iranian waters was yet "another example" of Iran's defiance of international laws.
While the issue of additional sanctions on the Islamic Republic has not yet been discussed inside the Security Council, it may, should the standoff continue well into April.
It is no secret that the White House intends to make Iran the number one issue if the crisis has not been resolved by May.
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It's also possible the Iranians are using the hostages to stave off an attack they knew was coming.
The cookie pushers will start throwing cookies..and maybe their purse also..
It is awful to watch, I'll grant you, but it seems necessary. I just hope the Brits take away the right lessons from this. If they want not to be pushed around in the future, they are going to have to change their ways.
This brings this quote from Gladiator to mind:
"Falco: I have been told of a certain sea snake which has a very unusual method of attracting its prey. It will lie at the bottom of the ocean as if wounded. Then its enemies will approach, and yet it will lie quite still. And then its enemies will take little bites of it, and yet it remains still.
Commodus: So, we will lie still, and let our enemies come to us and nibble."
Could this why we allow Iran to act as it has?
Well, technically...
The number three guy for that throne is going over there, and technically he is ranked as a lieutenent in their "calvary scout" troop...
He could "technically" pull rank, and lead the Brits on a rampage that might catch the goobers off guard...Technically...
Practically...Well, thats another story...
I'm not going to waste a bag of popcorn waiting for anything decisive to happen anytime soon...
It's the "weak sister" of a "nonbinding resolution."
"Diplomatic attack": a weenie oxymoron.
It's obvious that Iran is trying to get the west to attack them. What did they do, buy a couple nukes from Pakistan? Russia?
Ummmmm . . . . . . . . what?
No, seriously, . . . . . . . . . what!!??
Thatcher was the last true “Brit”.
What is the expected lethality of a diplomatic attack? Will it spare the infrastructure? Will it spread fallout? What is the maximum range? Kill radius?
"What on earth is a diplomatic attack?"
Bending farther over, French style.
It's the next step following "harsh words".
John Bolton again told Fox News on Friday that the U.N. "must move beyond press statements."
I lov ethat guy ...Sad day for the once mighty British .
It's a volley of incentive packages designed to bring the enemy to his knees laughing his ass off.
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Like the Boosh "virtual fence"
LOL!
It's metrosexual. Cover your eyes.
LMAO
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this should be over soon - those diplomatic attack always make the muslims shake in their shoes.
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