I'm sure you don't mean to be offensive mate, but calling the British people cowards and weaklings when we are your ONLY friend willing to lose troops by your side is very disrespectful. Todays British troops are the ones who have won two Victoria crosses in Iraq and Afghanistan to add to numerous gallantry medals. They have also saved the lives of US troops.
http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/HistoryAndHonour/RoyalMarineReceivesConspicuousGallantryCross.htm
The British have a superb military record in the modern period. We also have never, and never will, compromise with those holding hostages.
MOST of us didn't react to the news that way. SOME of us are well aware that the UK was the ONLY country which stood with us and was shot at with us during all those longly years patrolling the Northern and Southern no-fly zones and allowing the Kurds to thrive and prosper under their own form of self rule - while many other countries were openly profiting from the Blood for Oil Vouchers scam.
The UK has always been our staunchest ally. Well, since the Revolutionary war. ALMOST always ;-)
Anyhow, the US has always been able to rely on the Brits, and at least until Hillary is elected in '08, the UK can rely on us in kind.
You tell everyone you have a chance to that if the left in both countries hadn't been engaging in double digit political posturing with their single digit IQ's, Iran probably would not have been emboldened to take this step, and the ONLY OTHER reason the Iranian government is doing it is to divert the Iranian public's attention from toppeling their evil regime.