Posted on 03/28/2007 3:42:33 AM PDT by maquiladora
What say you Amnesty International? Where's the outrage from the International Red Cross? (sound of crickets chirping)
If the UK proves its case enough and explains enough to the Iranian leaders, I'm sure that the Iranian leaders will see reason and make amends. [A little irony and sarcasm there.] But maybe the British public will eventually be desensitized by the endless speech and stop caring enough.
That link wasn't working for me.
Let me post this one here and thanks for this thread.
http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/ModBriefingShowsRoyalNavyPersonnelWereInIraqiWaters.htm
They must have changed the link, thanks.
The idea of Iranian troops being in Iraqi waters is suspiciously absent from any media discussion.
Going to be difficult for the Iranians to dispute this especially since there is a third party involved. The Indian flagged merchant vessel.
Could you please update the link to this artile with the link posted by Cindy as it appears the MOD have changed the URL. Thank you.
I wish that we would take this opportunity to take out Iran's mad leadership, we are going to have to do it sooner or later- why not now?
These Iranians will not stop until they have a nuclear bomb that they can use to blow up Israel and threaten anyone trying to stop them from establishing an Islamic "utopia". It is up to the USA to make sure that doesn't happen. No one else has the guts. They only understand strong physical responses.
Let's quit pussyfooting around these bullies and give them a bloody nose and multiple limb amputations.
Does the British public care at all? I asked this on an earlier thread, but nobody has responded - it seems to me that there is very little outcry over this in Britain. Maybe one of the reasons Blair has been proceeding in such an apparently sluggish way is simply that there's no popular support for doing anything else.
Not that that's going to matter in the long run. But I am puzzled that it doesn't seem (from here, at any rate), that the British public is particularly upset about this. Correct me if I'm wrong.
1. The Iranians know.
2. The Iranians don't care.
3. The British (like Americans) are foolish to try to win a debate on reality instead of just taking out the regime militarily before it becomes a nuclear power.
"""Does the British public care at all? I asked this on an earlier thread, but nobody has responded - it seems to me that there is very little outcry over this in Britain. Maybe one of the reasons Blair has been proceeding in such an apparently sluggish way is simply that there's no popular support for doing anything else.
Not that that's going to matter in the long run. But I am puzzled that it doesn't seem (from here, at any rate), that the British public is particularly upset about this. Correct me if I'm wrong."""
You are wong, and I'm correcting you. Right now I am listening to a British phone in radio station where this is the top subject. Most Brits on the show are angry and want something done.
Trying to argue with the Iranians over this in a legalistic way just adds legitimacy to the Iranians taking these prisoners if they can say it was just a mistake.
The mistake was to think they can take Western soldiers prisoner and get away with it. They MUST NOT get away with it or they will just be further emboldened.
You would think we learned our lesson of trying to use diplomacy with the Iranians.
I suspect that you're correct. ...much cynicism and negativity over there. I also suspect that Iran is running a propaganda ruse regarding Israel and is planning to go for a country in western Europe after building nukes.
The should have killed the Iranians, but then their orders prevented them from protecting themselves.
This is not what Rosie says. Have they consulted her yet?
Do the Brits appear to want an immediate military strike or a sharply-worded written reprimand with threats of future actions against Iran?
So do the callers think their government is dragging their feet?
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