They are playing a dangerous game. If those were American soldiers Iran was holding, we'd be really angry, and, likely, preparing for an attack. Are the British ready to go to war with Iran? If they go, no doubt we'll go too.
2007-03-25 17:39:46 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
We shouldn't forget that Isreal went to war over just TWO hostages last year.
2007-03-25 17:47:36 · update #1
The U.S. doesn't "swap" terrorists, nor negotiate their release, ever. Are they crazy??
2007-03-25 17:50:30 · update #2
Chi: I'm not following you. Border dispute? It's not like this is going to go to the World Court Chi. They'll either be released, or we all go to war. I just wonder how long before that happens?
2007-03-25 17:53:14 · update #3
This is not something that was unanticipated. The ball is in Iran's court, and they are playing with fire.
The western world will never tolerate another Iran hostage crisis.
2007-03-25 17:45:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Today Iran stated to the British that they will exchange the seamen for prisoners being held in Iraq (terrorist). Mr, Blaire is talking to the Iranian Embassy. I remember the Falklands and I don't think the Brits will let this go on too long. Iran needs to rethink this. They did it once before. Good question. There is usually nothing but childish name calling with no substance. I wonder sometimes if there is anyone over 12 here.
Additional: Less we forget the President of Iran was one of the hostage takers at the American Embassy when Komini was in power
2007-03-26 00:48:45 · answer #2 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well I have read about this leader, sorry I can't even spell his name, Ahmedinijad or whatever, and he thinks that he is the chosen one to pave the way for mohamed through war and chaos. Ultimately him and the Ayatollahs have been trying to start a war with the west for while.
2007-03-26 00:50:19 · answer #3 · answered by nicole 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
If they dont release them and put them on Trial more than likely at the least a military rescure operation.
2007-03-26 00:46:36 · answer #4 · answered by firetdriver_99 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is possible. If the Brits go, I have no doubt that we will go in with them. That's what friends do for friends. It depends on how far the Mullahs push things.
2007-03-26 00:47:14 · answer #5 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
No. They will release them eventually. They live in a theocracy which gives their president a podium, and little more.
My question: Is America going to cause a war in an attempt to tell another country what it can and can not do within their own borders?
2007-03-26 00:46:42 · answer #6 · answered by Chi Guy 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Iran is in a heap of trouble.....
Iran is dealing with two issues. First, Iran has captured 15 British sailors. Second, Iran has refused to cooperate with the U.N. regarding cessation of uranium enrichment.
Military confrontation may be on the horizon.
http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=3961
In addition to the British naval vessels at the Diego Garcia atoll in the Indian ocean, there is a multi-national force in the Persian Gulf. The British HMS Cornwall aircraft carrier strike group, the American aircraft carrier strike group Bremerton-based aircraft carrier CVN-74 John C. Stennis, the American aircraft carrier strike group USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the French nuclear carrier Charles de Gaulle and its task force are all in close appoximation in the Persian Gulf. The USS Nimitz may also be in the Persian Gulf as it was scheduled for its WESTPAC07 deployment to replace the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/batgru-68.htm
More details about military options can be found here:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iran-strikes.htm
Iran has elicited "confessions" from the 15 British sailors they captured and may put them on trial for espionage. The penalty for espionage in Iran is death.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1563877.ece
“If it is proven that they deliberately entered Iranian territory, they will be charged with espionage. If that is proven, they can expect a very serious penalty since according to Iranian law, espionage is one of the most serious offences.” Espionage carries a death sentence.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6493391.stm
Iran's detention of 15 Royal Navy personnel is "unjustified and wrong", Prime Minister Tony Blair has said. UK officials are waiting to be granted access to the HMS Cornwall staff, who were seized on Friday, and have not been told where the group are held.
"It simply is not true that they went into Iranian territorial waters and I hope the Iranian government understands how fundamental an issue this is for us," Mr Blair said.
"We have certainly sent the message back to them very clearly indeed. They should not be under any doubt at all about how seriously we regard this act, which is unjustified and wrong."
On March 23, 2007, U.S. and British officials said a boarding party from the frigate HMS Cornwall was seized about during a routine inspection of a merchant ship inside Iraqi territorial waters near the disputed Shatt al-Arab waterway.
The seizure of two Royal Navy inflatable boats took place just outside the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab waterway, a 125-mile channel dividing Iraq from Iran. Its name means Arab Coastline in Arabic, and Iranians call it Arvandrud - Persian for Arvand River. A 1975 treaty recognized the middle of the waterway as the border.
Iranians send arms to Iraqi extremists, including sophisticated roadside bombs. This week, two commanders of an Iraqi Shiite militia told The Associated Press in Baghdad that hundreds of Iraqi Shiites had crossed into Iran for training by the elite Quds force, a branch of Iran's Revolutionary Guard thought to have trained Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.
Regarding enrichment of uranium, Iranian President Mahmaoud Ahmadinejad abruptly cancelled his appearance before the U.N. security council and in his stead, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki Iran spoke. He indicated that Iran was willing to continue negotiations but without the precondition that uranium enrichment must be halted.
Mottaki said, "the world has two options to proceed on the nuclear issue: continued negotiations or confrontation. Choosing the path of confrontation ... will have its own consequences. "
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070325/D8O3E7J00.html
The U.N. security council unanimously voted to expand sanctions on March 24, 2007.
The new resolution 1747 calls on Iran to comply fully with all previous UN resolutions and join negotiations to reach agreement so as to restore international confidence in the peaceful nature of its nuclear program. Full transparency and cooperation with the IAEA are required. Suspension of Iran’s banned nuclear activities will elicit the parallel suspension of sanctions. The package of incentives offered Tehran last year for its cooperation remains on the table.
The full text of the draft of resolution 1747 appears at this website:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6455853.stm
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2007-03-26 02:27:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
they need a war to stay in power.
2007-03-26 00:49:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a good thing that jimmy carter isn't in charge!!
2007-03-26 00:52:04 · answer #9 · answered by followme 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Kick there butt Tony.
2007-03-26 01:03:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋