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I wouldn't sweat any potshots if I were you, UKR. Everyone seems to be more upset by Blair's seeming meekness than by the actual incident. Until the Iranians showed Faye in the head scarf...

I've got my own ideas on this, but they actually come more from my kids and their cousins. The Iranian population is absolutely BS over the movie, 300. You should see the Internet movie websites, it is at first amusing and then pretty chilling to think that the entire country has hurt feelings over a movie that they cannot even see. Iranian posters have been putting up what amounts to a doctoral thesis trying to defend Persian masculinity. I've only seen one news article about this phenomena posted here at FR, but it essentially said that the 300 movie was serving to reconcile the masses with Cantspellhisname's government. The movie is banned by the gov't and the mullahs, so they must be relying on Internet bootlegs but they sure do know about it and they are mightily p!ssed. This may seem like a stupid notion, until you recall the day of Ayatollah Khomeini's funeral, when the huge mobs convulsed so badly that they actually tipped the glass coffin over and the evil old carcass fell on the ground. They are very strange people that way. It's one idea, anyway.

As for your Navy prisoners, my prayers are with them and their families. For the British people, and the reason I answered your post, I think some of us here haven't gotten over the sting of our own drubbing by these whackos. We don't want to see you people go through that, and you better push your leaders not to let it happen. Their President, Cantspellhisname, was one of the leaders who took over our embassy. So, chin up and all that...Good luck to you and your countrymen, FRiend.

"...until you recall the day of Ayatollah Khomeini's funeral, when the huge mobs convulsed so badly that they actually tipped the glass coffin over and the evil old carcass fell on the ground..."

I remember seeing that. I wondered what-the-hell was going on. The goons were treating it like a pineta at some kids birthday party.

Then I found out that it was supposed to be a funeral. Funny-as-hell .......... FRegards