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2007-03-25 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Blair: Sailors Weren't in Iranian Waters

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Posted by Dave D. 2007-03-25 11:11|| || Front Page|| [11141 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 iran is just asking for an ass kickings aren't they

Posted by sinse 2007-03-25 11:28|| 2007-03-25 11:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah, easy and diplomatic way, that's the ticket. Watch out for Fleet Street Tony, you might be gone quicker than you think.

Posted by Shipman">Shipman 2007-03-25 11:41|| 2007-03-25 11:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Peter screw stability of the region, somebody anybody needs to slap Iran down so hard that Iman from the well will think 4 times before thinking of coming out.

Posted by djohn66 2007-03-25 11:43|| 2007-03-25 11:43|| Front Page Top

#4 "Diplomacy grows from the barrel of a gun" remember that quote Tony? USE IT, STOP TALKING AND START SHOOTING IF YOU EVER WANT TO SEE YOUR SAILORS AGAIN,

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-03-25 12:08|| 2007-03-25 12:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Seems to me there's some kind of clause in the NATO framework, that if one nation were attacked, it would be viewed as an attack on all NATO countries. I think it's time to implement that clause. Iran has perpetrated an act of war against Britain. All NATO countries, through the NATO commander, should issue an ultimatum that the British sailors be returned to Iraq within 24 hours, unharmed, or the NATO alliance will attack Iran and all its assets, regardless of where in the world they are. Then follow through.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-03-25 13:24|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-03-25 13:24|| Front Page Top

#6 I wonder if the Brits will declare their capture an act of piracy? If they do, it invokes all sorts of interesting international treaties and conventions.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-03-25 14:00|| 2007-03-25 14:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Seems to me there's some kind of clause in the NATO framework, that if one nation were attacked, it would be viewed as an attack on all NATO countries.

I recall that this only operates if the attack is on the NATO member's home territory.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2007-03-25 14:18|| 2007-03-25 14:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Out of curiousity: If they wanted to show the world - objectively, indisputably - that their boats weren't in Iranian waters, how would they do that? Satellite photo? UAV?

Posted by Geoffro 2007-03-25 14:57|| 2007-03-25 14:57|| Front Page Top

#9 Vice President Dick Cheney Allegedly Offers to Trade Jimmah Carter for British Hostages

(2007-03-25) A source close to Dick Cheney said today that the vice president has suggested freeing 15 British sailors and marines from Iranian captivity by trading former President Jimmy Carter for the hostages.
by Scott Ott

Posted by RD 2007-03-25 15:13|| 2007-03-25 15:13|| Front Page Top

#10 It'd be a dream come true RD

Posted by devilstoenail 2007-03-25 15:36|| 2007-03-25 15:36|| Front Page Top

#11 "Vice President Dick Cheney Allegedly Offers to Trade Jimmah Carter for British Hostages"

Terrific. Now I gotta find a cloth to wipe down my monitor...

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2007-03-25 15:38|| 2007-03-25 15:38|| Front Page Top

#12 Qatar's Peninsula News quotes an Iraqi fisherman who saw the incident as saying they were in Iraqi waters - as if it matters - this was an act of war

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-03-25 15:46|| 2007-03-25 15:46|| Front Page Top

#13 Blair: Sailors Weren't in Iranian Waters

Well, alrighty then, this makes Iran's actions and act of war now, doesn't it? What about it, Tony? Will you respond accordingly with respect to your own statements?

Blair has this one last chance to make good on the superb oration he put forth at the Global War on Terrorism's onset. His legacy is riding upon the outcome of this situation. Should he opt for negotiation, it will forever neuter his efficacy in such a role at all points in the future.

There are times when a statesman must lay aside all peaceful options knowing that they represent an inappropriate response to what confronts his nation. This is such an occasion and Blair's personal reputation must forever after be poisoned should he decline to answer with military force against Iran's thugs.

The safety of all British people, at home and abroad, hinge upon a swift and unmistakable military reply. Otherwise, through his inaction, Blair will have sewn a bulls-eye onto the back of every living Briton.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-03-25 15:54|| 2007-03-25 15:54|| Front Page Top

#14 Just so, Zenster, but it appears that Blair feels he can no longer walk the talk, and as a result is completely incapacitated.

Posted by regular joe 2007-03-25 16:03|| 2007-03-25 16:03|| Front Page Top

#15 Have the US and UK had enough time to round up or otherwise neutralize Hizballah cells --based on info provided by the recently defected iranian General?

This could be a desperate move by Iran to provoke war before most of their terrorist cells have been destroyed. Then possibly Tony Blair may be delaying military action until his domestic forces tell him they've neutered a sufficient number of cells.

Posted by Kalle (kafir forever) 2007-03-25 17:47|| 2007-03-25 17:47|| Front Page Top

#16 If Her Majesty's elected Ministers cannot defend the Realm - if Her armed forces cannot even defend themselves - it is time to dismiss Parliament and rule by Privy Council. Time to sweep out the stables.

First, all men and equipment to be returned within 24 hours. After that, they are to be declared missing and presumed dead and all Iranian shipping is to be designated as a pirate fleet. Escalating consequences up to an including a nuclear attack on Qom are to follow.

Second, all enemy aliens in the UK are to be interned and their property seized prior to deportation. As a short-hand, if you or any of your relations by birth are named "Mohammad" you are to be shown the door. Protesters are to be considered in a state of insurrection and to be shot on sight.

Third, all university arts and social science department faculty are to be fired. The BBC is to be closed pending privatization. All press are to be subject to war-time censorship.

None of this is going to happen in the short term, of course. But if once again our elected representatives fail us, our history, our civilization and all our sons and daughters to come after then the day I will sound reasonable to my fellow subjects will come all the sooner. I only hope that by the time Her Majesty or her grand-son realize they have no choice but to act it will not be too late. All I see now is a nation of slaves begging for the Moor's knife at their throats.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-03-25 17:51|| 2007-03-25 17:51|| Front Page Top

#17 If they weren't in Iranian waters, I presume they were in Iraqi waters (unless they were waaaaaay out to sea). So we have an act of war by Iran against Iraq. They could speed this process along, I think.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2007-03-25 21:39|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2007-03-25 21:39|| Front Page Top

#18 I believe ya, Tony, therefore as a worthwhile legacy use teeth to bite instead of wasting saliva in wimpish rethorics. According to a report, your own helicopter also witnessed this nighttime outrage.

Posted by Duh! 2007-03-25 23:17|| 2007-03-25 23:17|| Front Page Top

#19 Many Netters have used twangs from GPS Maps to International agreements to prove why the Brits' claims is the more correct, ergo doesn't matter to legalism-happy anti-US Lefties and Radicalists. THE LATTER HAVE ALL BUT DESTROYED ANY CLAIMS OF WANTING THE USA TO BE LIKE, AND TO ADOPT, EURO-SOCIALISTS/SOCIALISM.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-03-25 23:49|| 2007-03-25 23:49|| Front Page Top

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