Iran Captures 15 Brits...Will this spark an Invasion?

Question

The United States is loading up outside the persian gulf. They have the most forces since before invading Iraq. Are they just waiting on something to happen to these Brits? If they do invade, will there be any resistance, or will they roll over like the iraqi's did?

Answer 1

These wars are killing our economy and nobody cares, there are thousands of homeless people in the US and thousands of orphan children who needs attention, but no one wants to spend tax payers money on these people, but yet they pay to fight wars.... go figure

Answer 2

Actually, our economy is doing surprisingly well all things considered. The stock market is still at record highs, and unemployment is waaayyy down as a whole.

In my opinion, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were to place the allies in a strategic position against Iran. If you look at a map, Iran is surrounded by Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Coincidence??

I don't know that the government necessarily means to invade, but I do think the Iranian President's pomp and arrogance has been a response to his dread. I do also think we are moving inexorably towards a confrontation with Iran, and that most of the world will in some way be involved.

The Iranians and Americans have been spoiling for a fight since the Iran Contra incident back in the 70's.

Answer 3

I think this may be the straw that broke the camels back because Britain has been such a staunch ally for us in the war on terror.Iran is acting irrational in the nuclear talks and all international relations. I think it's time to give them the spanking that they have been looking for. I believe that there will be alot of resistance if we start bombing their nuclear facilities. But that should not dissuade us from pulling the pin on this loose cannon of a regime.

Answer 4

The Iraqi's did not "roll over"...
They got "rolled over"...
I hope we see an aerial attack on Iran to destroy
their Air Force, Navy, Nuclear facilities and Command
& Control systems...

Answer 5

Scarily enough, wars have been started for less. And i wouldn't say the Iraqi's "rolled over", there's still a lot of violence there.

Answer 6

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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Answer 7

i hope they do better then the Iraqis, some roll over there.

Answer 8

We hope it sparks an invasion as we want to be liberated from our crazy leaders here in our country. We are sick and tired of being ruled by religious crackpots.

Answer 9

The bigger question is this:
Does something like this justify action against Iran?

This situation is very similar to what happened to Israeli soldiers, last summer.