IRANIAN SWAPSHOP....
Wonder what you make of Iran's suggestion that a deal be cut to exchange 15 Royal Navy personnel captured in the Gulf for five Iranians seized by American forces in Iraq? Glad to hear that State department spokesman Sean McCormack rejecting suggestions that a swap could be made.
The five, believed to be members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, were seized in January in the Iraqi city of Irbil. If we were so foolish as to enter this game, it would be ensure further tactical kidnappings. The Iranians soldiers were captured inside an Iraqi city, and they were caught out supplying Iraqi terrorists with weapons. In no way is there ANY comparison to British sailors carrying out a UN mandate in Iraq waters. But then again this is Iran we are deaing with and truth and reason have no place in the Mullah's thinking.
It's now a WEEK since the Iranian pirates kidnapped our sailors. Do you think we are any closer to getting them back? Do you think Iran has been put under pressure by the strategy favoured by the wise owls in Whitehall, the diplomatic way? I don't. I feel the failure to indicate any sort of military action is an encouragement to the Mullahs.
David Vance
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Blockade Iran and then hit their refinery.
The most worrying development in the face of our weakness is that the Iranians are considering putting our people on trial. Given the state of public opinion in Iran, this hints at the possibility of execution. And with no sanction forthcoming from Britain, who will stop them? Perhaps the threat will force our weak political leadership to offer the apology Ahmadinejad asked for yesterday.
What a shameful time to be British.
http://elliottjoseph.blogspot.com/2007/03/iran-crows-as-britain-cowers.html
Thanks for commenting and for visiting ATW. I like your site, enjoyed the Terry Jones story which I had missed, what a fool he is. Will link your blog to ATW and please comment further.