Given a long history of false casus belli, including the non-incident in the Gulf of Tonkin, the non-WMD, the self-sunk Maine, US blood in then-Mexican territory, the un-Germans in Saint Domingue, the un-Soviets in Nicaragua, the supposedly threatened medical students in big mean Grenada, etc; the lack of information given regarding the incident (the only account comes from a fisherman who did not witness the event, the UK will not release last known coordinates of the sailors' location, no detailed maps have been released indicating where the disputed border is in relation to the sailors, the suspicious fact that the incident occurred when no Iranian officials could be reached because of the new year celebrations); and the well known interests of the US/UK administrations to regain control of Iran after the revolution, well given all these factors... does anyone know a good reason why we should not just believe Tehran and wait for them to act according to international law?
2007-03-27
01:30:40
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