We learned from the hostage crisis in the 70s that you don’t blow out the coverage of these people. It actually puts them in more danger.
Let the Iranians realize they won’t get any publicity out of this, and they’ll be more likely to let the objects of no worth, go quicker.
Iran wants this to be an international incident. Let them play that game in a vacuum.
Iran has been looking for these sorts of events. In the last couple of years, they trumped up charges (as you would in any show trial) and then “pardoned” the guilty in absence of trial to show “how good natured” the Iranian nutjob is.
“We learned from the hostage crisis in the 70s that you don’t blow out the coverage of these people. It actually puts them in more danger”
Actually, just the opposite. The regime may hold onto them a bit longer, but they’re generally in less danger because the world is watching.
“Let the Iranians realize they won’t get any publicity out of this, and they’ll be more likely to let the objects of no worth, go quicker.”
Publicity is only part of why they like taking hostages. Western hostages are never objects of no worth. Iran always seems to get something for them - like getting back their IRGC members and supposed “diplomats” who were being held in Iraq.
At the very least, holding westerners gets them time and leverage behind the scenes.
“Iran wants this to be an international incident. “
Yes, that’s their preference.
“Let them play that game in a vacuum.”
No. The world needs to stop turning a blind eye to the “Terror Masters” and get sufficiently outraged and take them down.