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Where have I seen this before

March 24, 2007 |

Britain’s crisis with Iran deepened last night after Tehran justified seizing 15 British servicemen by claiming that they had strayed into Iranian territorial waters “illegally”. times of london

The fracas last summer with Hezbollah, Iran’s catspaw in Lebanon, began in much the same way.

One can only hope that, in the event that Iran is crazy enough to hold the British Marines hostage, England will have the courage to respond “disproportionately”. A surge of British forces into Bushehr might suggest to Iran that the detention of Her Majesty’s Marines is an extremely bad idea.

Of course I would applaud such a surge even without the British captives simply to underscore the world’s disapproval of Iran’s nuclear program and its ongoing support for terrorism - Shi’ite and Sunni - throughout the region. But having such an easy pretext must be awfully tempting. There are, after all, three American carrier groups in striking distance and more than sufficient manpower to take the port.

Update: This means War.

The decision to kidnap the sailors was reached after a report submitted to Iran’s ground forces commander warned that information on the activities of the Revolutionary Guards and the “Al-Quds Force” in Iraq was being leaked to British and American intelligence agencies following the arrest of senior “Al-Quds Force” officers by US troops in northern Iraq. ynet

If this is true then there is little question that the Marine will either be returned of England, and America, will be at war with Iran.


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