Why grab some Brits (who really DON'T have any capacity to strike on their own)? Why not grab some Americans? I doubt very seriously we'd have waited as long as the Brits have been allowed to stew. Even the RATs probably would have demanded fast action. It's an election year. Shades of Jimmeh Cah-tah! Remember, HIS "Iran Crisis" caused the Reagan landslide.
I don’t believe America is ready at this time to launch an attack on Iran, but would be capable of handling Iran attacking us. If you consider the reports of Iranians at the Iraqi border attempting the same thing with U.S. Soldiers back in September then they already have attempted it and we did nothing.
Then again, maybe we’re just about ready to pound them regardless of what they do. Just some idle speculation.
>>>Why not grab some Americans?
To not awaken the sleeping tiger. That is why no new major attacks here, ala WTC. We are doing a great job of eroding political will all on our own, so they won’t hit us with big attack to raise the ire again.
It’s the international version of “Death By A Thousand Cuts.”