I should of known England would start the war with Iran Duh?

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I wonder if Americans know the Luisitania was blown by the British when they packed it with dynamite in the hull then blew it up. Blamed it on the Germans in order to get the US to help them in WWI. The same technique as Japanese soldiers would dress up like Chineese soldiers and go tearing around japan blowing up railroads and making sure they were seen. The British are just trying to start the war on purpose and pull the US in. I geuss that is why Bush is related to the Queen and Clinton was educated in England.I wonder what else the British control in America that no one knows about???????? They just could not stand to lose all that tax money from the colonies could they?

Answer 1

yours is the best explanation of this incident yet.

Answer 2

Two world wars have sad memories. Europe has been wise enough to bury the past. Experience has proved that in war even winner is looser.
Iran is a nation of 70 million people. Please check the facts about Iran before making any comment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
Rich in oil resources, a stable political system and united people are its main strength. No country including USA will like to start a war with Iran. American approach is clear.

Answer 3

What a frickin idiot, there is nothing worse than someone coming on here and talking a lot of crap, your one of these Lee Harvey Oswald conspirators arent you, get a life dickwad. Oh and by the way, its not England, its Great Britian, England doesnt have a Navy, Air Force or Army, its all British.

Answer 4

Really? England started a war with Iran? When did this happen? You would think it would be in the papers by now. Where are they fighting it? How many people have been killed?

Knee-jerk reactions make me fear for the future of the human race.

Answer 5

u have an excellent question but a lousy long story un-related to the first subject, if you permit me to say so. back to your question Iran vs. u.k. we are a long shot from "war" situation. it is an every day affair how actions from both parts evolve. so far -- not a very clever move from Iran. let's hope u.k. will have a more diplomatic stand. hope it helps. it will take a long shot diplomacy to resolve.

Answer 6

Not quite that way. Iran is playing games and the rest of the world is jousting along with them.

Answer 7

as usual you know nothing

Answer 8

Lusitania
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Lusitania, liner under British registration, sunk off the Irish coast by a German submarine on May 7, 1915. In the sinking, 1,198 persons lost their lives, 128 of whom were U.S. citizens. A warning to Americans against taking passage on British vessels, signed by the Imperial German Embassy, appeared in morning papers on the day the vessel was scheduled to sail from New York, but too late to accomplish its purpose. The vessel was unarmed, though the Germans made a point of the fact that it carried munitions for the Allies. The considerable sympathy for Germany that had previously existed in the United States to a large extent disappeared after the disaster, and there were demands from many for an immediate declaration of war. President Wilson chose the course of diplomacy and sent Germany a strong note asking for "reparation so far as reparation is possible." Germany refused to accept responsibility for the act in an argumentative reply, but issued secret orders to submarine commanders not to attack passenger ships without warning. After prolonged negotiations, Germany finally conceded its liability for the sinking of the Lusitania and agreed to make reparations and to discontinue sinking passenger ships without warning. The immediate crisis between the United States and Germany subsided. The incident, however, contributed to the rise of American sentiment for the entry of the United States into World War I, with recruitment posters two years later urging potential enlistees to "Remember the Lusitania!"
See studies by A. and M. Hoehling (1956), C. L. Droste (1972), C. Simpson (1973), T. Bailey (1975), D. Ramsay (2001), and D. Preston (2002).




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President Wilson before Congress, announcing the break in official relations with Germany on February 3, 1917The United States so far had pursued a policy of isolation, avoiding participation in the conflict whilst trying to broker a peace. This resulted in an increase in tensions with both Berlin and London. When a German U-boat sank the British liner Lusitania in 1915, a large passenger liner with 128 Americans aboard, the United States President Woodrow Wilson vowed "America was too proud to fight", and demanded an end to attacks on passenger ships. Germany complied. Wilson unsuccessfully tried to mediate a compromise settlement. Wilson also repeatedly warned that America would not tolerate unrestricted submarine warfare, as it was in violation to American ideas of human rights. Wilson was under great pressure from former president Teddy Roosevelt, who denounced German "piracy" and Wilson's cowardice. In January 1917, the Germans announced they would resume unrestricted submarine warfare. Berlin's proposal to Mexico to join the war as Germany's ally against the U.S. was exposed in February, angering American opinion. (see Zimmermann Telegram). After German submarines attacked several American merchant ships, sinking three, Wilson requested that Congress declare war on Germany, which it did on April 6, 1917.[10] The U.S. House of Representatives approved the war resolution 373-50, the U.S. Senate 82-6, with opposition coming especially from German American districts such as Wisconsin. The U.S. declared war on Austria-Hungary in December 1917.

The United States was never formally a member of the Allies but an "Associated Power". Significant numbers of fresh American troops arrived in Europe in the summer of 1918, arriving at the rate of around 10,000 men per day. Germany miscalculated that it would be many more months before large numbers of American troops could be sent to Europe, and that, in any event, the U-boat offensive would prevent their arrival. In fact, not a single American infantryman lost his life due to German U-boat activity[citation needed].

The United States Navy sent a battleship group to Scapa Flow to join with the British Grand Fleet, several destroyers to Queenstown, Ireland, and several submarines to the Azores and to Bantry Bay, Ireland, to help guard convoys. Several regiments of U.S. Marines were also dispatched to France. However, it would be some time before the United States would be able to contribute significant personnel to the Western and Italian fronts.

The British and French wanted the United States to send its infantry to reinforce their troops already on the battle lines, and not waste scarce shipping on bringing over supplies. Because of this, the Americans primarily used British and French artillery, aircraft and tanks. However, General John J. Pershing, American Expeditionary Force (AEF) commander, refused to break up American units to be used as reinforcements for British Empire and French units (though he did allow African American combat units to be used by the French). Pershing ordered the use of frontal assaults, which had been discarded by that time by British Empire and French commanders because of the large loss of life sustained throughout the war.

This may help you to catch up on Current Events.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Iranian_seizure_of_Royal_Navy_personnel

Answer 9

The only part of what you say that I agree with is the "Duh".