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2011-12-02 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Rome Summons Iran's Charge d'Affaires over Mission Attack

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Posted by Fred 2011-12-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 Back when the British Empire had teeth, they would generally have a violent, non-linear response to provocative attacks and violations of diplomatic missions by foreign powers. Their enemies found this to be very unnerving.

For example, In 1860, during the Second Opium War, two British envoys, a journalist for The Times and their small escort of British and Indian troopers met with the Royal Prince to negotiate. Instead they were confined and tortured, resulting in twenty deaths.

The British High Commissioner to China, Lord Elgin, retaliated by ordering the destruction of the Chinese Old Summer Palace, which was then carried out by French and British troops.

This cut to the bone, because it ignored any efforts by the Chinese nobility to blame it all on unauthorized lesser individuals, and hit them where they hurt.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-12-02 08:57|| 2011-12-02 08:57|| Front Page Top

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