Posted on 03/31/2007 6:08:22 PM PDT by do the dhue
CAMP DAVID, Maryland — President Bush on Saturday said Iran's capture of 15 British sailors and marines was "inexcusable" and called for their immediate, unconditional release.
Bush said Iran plucked the sailors out of Iraqi waters. Iran's president said Saturday they were in Iranian waters and called Britain and its allies "arrogant and selfish" for not apologizing for trespassing.
"Iran must give back the hostages," Bush said at the Camp David presidential retreat, where he was meeting with the president of Brazil. "They're innocent. They did nothing wrong."
It was the first time that Bush had commented publicly on the captured Britons. Washington has taken a low-key approach to avoid aggravating tensions over the incident and shaking international resolve to get Iran to give up its uranium enrichment program.
Bush did not answer a question about whether the United States would have reacted militarily if those captured had been Americans. The president said he supports British Prime Minister Tony Blair's efforts to find a diplomatic resolution to the crisis, now in its second week.
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we need to kill Ayatollah Khamenei
the next gathering of these mullahs ,
send the B-2's
thanks to us they are not speaking German today
It is time to take out Amadmanjihad's navy. A navy in the hands of this irrational fool will cause havoc in the Persian Gulf. With this act of piracy in Iraqi waters, this is proof enough that we have no assurance that oil shipments are safe. The coalition forces know this and are playing this Iranian nut job until appropriate action can be organized.
Don't forget 40,000 Americans are killed in auto accidents each year. Do you hear Dems crying for us to stop driving?
Syria is operating in concert with Iran. They are thinking that they will seduce Pelosi into thinking that all can be fixed with diplomacy from the Democrats. This is an inducement to divide America's resolve. While the Democrats are in this dream world, thinking that they can work their magic and make the Islamo Fascists love them, they are letting our enemies grow in jeopardy. While Pelosi thinks she is earning a nod for the Nobel Peace Prize, she is letting her nation fall into a trap. She is proving that the only nod she is earning is the name Damascus Nancy along with Hanoi Jane and Tokyo Rose.
We can't stand with the Brits when the Brits are on their knees
Blair and GB are acting like wimps now and he's afraid of pi$$ing off Mookie. Well la-dee-da, how very polite of him. So I say it's not our business until Tony grows a pair. Even then it's England's problem to get their sailors back, not ours. GB has the SAS, let them go in and get the hostages.
And that's that.
We can tell Iran that we are going to start bombing their
atomic facilities: one facility for every day that they hold the hostages, until they are released.
Or....you could just throw some truffles & acorns at some Iranian border "guards" and let the herds of swine stampede right at them.
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