[antivenom]

NOPE...it is for real...what they have done is a clean distraction...they have distracted the media from the NUKES and uranium and have turned this to HOSTAGES. As long as they have a distraction that they can manipulate...they control the news, and pull the strings and have a made for tv puppet show with the Tony Blair being the main puppet.

Next turn of events...Iran will cut off supplies of oil to the US by gumming up the Straights of Hormuz (sp) and will sell there product over land to China, India etc. So the US if were to EVER bomb the oil supplies in Iran, it will be perceived as a strike on the world, not just Iran.

Officially touch and go...this capture has 15 lives in limbo...they certainly have been gaining good knowledge about our technology they keep kidnapping with the boats...and some day and maybe soon...don't be surprised when a British boat approaches a US vessel and we then find out that suicide rag heads made a surprise visit to our troops and they actually use our bombed vessel to clog the water ways.

The next war or terror will be on the water ways...if the terrorists can sink enough ships, in major waterways, they will have a bigger desvasting impact on the world then a war fought on land...they can control the flow of oil.

[maquiladora]

Iran "gumming up" the free flow of oil through the Gulf would be pure suicidal. They may as well launch a missile strike on Qatar. Both would generate the same reply.

If they wanted to launch a military conflict they would do so in such a way as to maximise their inital advantage as long as possible. Cutting off oil offers no advantage whatsoever and only sets themselves up for instant retaliation.

[clilly54]

We do not buy any oil from Iran, not since the embassy takeover, from what I understand.

[JasonC]

Just grab all their ships tomorrow, and keep them. Simple.