Posted on 07/19/2019 11:41:25 AM PDT by detective
The British should threaten Iran with an Elton John tour.
“You have 24 hours to release the ship and crew or we will have Elton John start playing concerts in your country!”
“No! No! Anything but that! No Crocodile Rock!”
They have SAS, SBS, and Royal Marines.
Let the brits take care of their own problems.
Call an emergency vote in Congress.
The British tried to take down Trump in 2016.
F them.
With an opening large enough to charge a fortune for a few tankers to get through if they side with Iran and pony up. Could be the lead in to a war.
An unescorted ship in that region of the world constitutes a sacrifice in my book, especially after the previous threats made by Iran and the British actions leading up to the threats. The tanker was bait, and the Iranians took it, IMHO.
Well, great.
The 12th-ers must be fully in charge in Iran again.
The lunatic fanatics that believe that Armageddon will bring the 12th Imam up from the well and that the world will thereafter be completely under the control of the Shia Muslims.
Why doesn’t a 9th Circuit Court judge just rule against seizing oil tankers? They stop everything else that way!
From the North Atlantic Treaty:
Article 5The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence recognised by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.
Any such armed attack and all measures taken as a result thereof shall immediately be reported to the Security Council. Such measures shall be terminated when the Security Council has taken the measures necessary to restore and maintain international peace and security .
Article 6
For the purpose of Article 5, an armed attack on one or more of the Parties is deemed to include an armed attack:
- on the territory of any of the Parties in Europe or North America, on the Algerian Departments of France 2, on the territory of Turkey or on the Islands under the jurisdiction of any of the Parties in the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer;
- on the forces, vessels, or aircraft of any of the Parties, when in or over these territories or any other area in Europe in which occupation forces of any of the Parties were stationed on the date when the Treaty entered into force or the Mediterranean Sea or the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer.
Yes because lord knows their intelligence service supported us with the Trump dossier.
The American people are footing the bill for their defense. We don't owe them squat.
Although I still like the Queen !
“Although I still like the Queen!”
I am also fond of Prince Charles.
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Need I remind you that that was given at the behest of your own intelligence services colluding to stop Trump?
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