This time, I believe the intent is to get back some Iranian agents that they believe to be captured and held by the U.S.
This one has a different flavor, and more chance of becoming more than a small incident.
The ball is in their court, as I am sure the diplomatic moves have been made by the Brit's.. I am waiting for the hammer to drop on the refusal to participate in a prisoner exchange, as i don't think these Iranian agents exist...(at least alive and kickin)
We shall see......But any war fought with Iran will not be fought with ground troops, and we are quite capable of bouncing them back into the stone age with what we have in the gulf at the present time. We have been preparing for this engagement, and if Iran does not back down, we may well stop negotiating, and start implementing a war plan.
We shall see, but I do hope Iran yields to the power. If they don't, it could get real dicey with the Shia.
If the Brits would start first the US would of course assist. We would not be the trigger but the gunpowder so to speak allowing us to not be the bad guy for once.
Great point. I completely forgot about the Iranian agents that have "vanished". That does make this somewhat dicier - especially if those agents have assumed room temperature.