It doesn't help that the Royal Navy announced a couple months ago the mothballing of literally half the fleet.
I'd forgotten that.
That's probably one of the signs of weakness that led the kidnapper cult in Teheran to rub their hands in glee and plan this little event.
Guys like Ahmadinejad don't change, do they? 27 years ago he was kidnapping American diplomats. He and his buddies did that because they knew Carter wouldn't do anything.
Everyone should recall that Khomeini released the hostages the day Reagan took office.