BarneyFife
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I wonder what the ignorants on this board would say if Iranians were poking around the US coast and they were picked up by the US navy?
Originally posted by: ntdz
This REALLY pisses me off. Who the hell do they think they are that they can kidnap British marines? Are they out of their mind? There will be severe consequences for this if they don't release them soon.
Originally posted by: ntdz
This REALLY pisses me off. Who the hell do they think they are that they can kidnap British marines? Are they out of their mind? There will be severe consequences for this if they don't release them soon.
Originally posted by: Jaskalas
Originally posted by: ntdz
This REALLY pisses me off. Who the hell do they think they are that they can kidnap British marines? Are they out of their mind? There will be severe consequences for this if they don't release them soon.
Not if the Dems have their way, they're telling us the Brits deserve it.
Originally posted by: cliftonite
Originally posted by: ntdz
This REALLY pisses me off. Who the hell do they think they are that they can kidnap British marines? Are they out of their mind? There will be severe consequences for this if they don't release them soon.
And if the British marines were in Iranian territory?
Originally posted by: cliftonite
Originally posted by: ntdz
This REALLY pisses me off. Who the hell do they think they are that they can kidnap British marines? Are they out of their mind? There will be severe consequences for this if they don't release them soon.
And if the British marines were in Iranian territory?
Originally posted by: ntdz
Originally posted by: cliftonite
Originally posted by: ntdz
This REALLY pisses me off. Who the hell do they think they are that they can kidnap British marines? Are they out of their mind? There will be severe consequences for this if they don't release them soon.
And if the British marines were in Iranian territory?
Still pisses me off, how about informing them they're in the waters and tell them to leave, not kidnap them. (but I don't believe for a second they were in Iranian waters -- the British have said they weren't even close).
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: ntdz
Originally posted by: cliftonite
Originally posted by: ntdz
This REALLY pisses me off. Who the hell do they think they are that they can kidnap British marines? Are they out of their mind? There will be severe consequences for this if they don't release them soon.
And if the British marines were in Iranian territory?
Still pisses me off, how about informing them they're in the waters and tell them to leave, not kidnap them. (but I don't believe for a second they were in Iranian waters -- the British have said they weren't even close).
I agree with you 100%
They obviously deserve a warning.. honestly.. We will never know the official story.. but what Iran did defintely makes them easily look even worse to the whole western world
Why would they do it?
Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: ntdz
Originally posted by: cliftonite
Originally posted by: ntdz
This REALLY pisses me off. Who the hell do they think they are that they can kidnap British marines? Are they out of their mind? There will be severe consequences for this if they don't release them soon.
And if the British marines were in Iranian territory?
Still pisses me off, how about informing them they're in the waters and tell them to leave, not kidnap them. (but I don't believe for a second they were in Iranian waters -- the British have said they weren't even close).
I agree with you 100%
They obviously deserve a warning.. honestly.. We will never know the official story.. but what Iran did defintely makes them easily look even worse to the whole western world
Why would they do it?
To send a message.
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: ntdz
Originally posted by: cliftonite
Originally posted by: ntdz
This REALLY pisses me off. Who the hell do they think they are that they can kidnap British marines? Are they out of their mind? There will be severe consequences for this if they don't release them soon.
And if the British marines were in Iranian territory?
Still pisses me off, how about informing them they're in the waters and tell them to leave, not kidnap them. (but I don't believe for a second they were in Iranian waters -- the British have said they weren't even close).
I agree with you 100%
They obviously deserve a warning.. honestly.. We will never know the official story.. but what Iran did defintely makes them easily look even worse to the whole western world
Why would they do it?
To send a message.
I can see that.. but I think it is one they will regret. One of the problems is.. they export how much NG AND Petrol? << that keeps the world economy going...
Originally posted by: BarneyFife
So why are British Sailors on inflatable boats? Hmmm. I am guessing these sailors were spies and there is a lot more going on than is being reported.
That frankly has nothing whatsoever to do with the situation.Originally posted by: BarneyFife
I wonder what the ignorants on this board would say if Iranians were poking around the US coast and they were picked up by the US navy?
Originally posted by: Aegeon
That frankly has nothing whatsoever to do with the situation.Originally posted by: BarneyFife
I wonder what the ignorants on this board would say if Iranians were poking around the US coast and they were picked up by the US navy?
By all accounts we're talking about what was clearly not Iranian waters by international standards.
Even if it turns out the British somehow actually were barely in Iranian waters by mistake, we're talking about an area where the Iraqi coast and Iraqi waters and the Iranian coast and Iranian waters are extremely close together. Obviously no-one is going to cross the Atlantic by mistake and end up in US territorial waters, (at least if we're talking about ships with engines) but accidentally ending up barely in Iranian territorial waters is quite possible.
The appropriate response for two inflatable boats barely in Iranian waters in the area would have been to firmly escort them out of their territory and then issue a diplomatic protest of the violation of their territorial integrity. (Obviously a country could do even less, but this is accounting for how Iran would realistically have approached this situation with more reasonable behavior.)
The only reason they didn't open fire is the British sailors agreed to surrender without a fight given the threat of superior Iranian forces surrounding them!Originally posted by: sandorski
They certainly could have done things differently, but what they did do was very reasonable. If they had opened fire on the British this would be a whole different matter.
Originally posted by: Aegeon
The only reason they didn't open fire is the British sailors agreed to surrender without a fight given the threat of superior Iranian forces surrounding them!Originally posted by: sandorski
They certainly could have done things differently, but what they did do was very reasonable. If they had opened fire on the British this would be a whole different matter.
We're talking about Iranian invading Iraqi territorial waters and taking British sailors hostage by all appearances.
This is a grossly unreasonable act an a gross provocation by any reasonable measure. As I noted a reasonable response if they were barely in Iranian territorial waters, in two inflatable boats so they were not a serious threat, would be to escort them out of your waters and then file an immediate protest.
We're talking about what can be considered an outright act of war here based on the evidence.
Originally posted by: Aegeon
The only reason they didn't open fire is the British sailors agreed to surrender without a fight given the threat of superior Iranian forces surrounding them!Originally posted by: sandorski
They certainly could have done things differently, but what they did do was very reasonable. If they had opened fire on the British this would be a whole different matter.
We're talking about Iranian invading Iraqi territorial waters and taking British sailors hostage by all appearances.
This is a grossly unreasonable act an a gross provocation by any reasonable measure. As I noted a reasonable response if they were barely in Iranian territorial waters, in two inflatable boats so they were not a serious threat, would be to escort them out of your waters and then file an immediate protest.
We're talking about what can be considered an outright act of war here based on the evidence.
Originally posted by: JD50
Originally posted by: Turkish
Originally posted by: JD50
Originally posted by: 5to1baby1in5
Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Originally posted by: BrownTown
why the hell do you people want ANOTHER d@mn war?
They are psychopathic imbeciles who will be playing with their nuts thousands of miles away as the deaths of others help to strum their fears.
Loyal Bushies
The noises from under their beds sound like they might be in a foreign language, maybe even Farsi, and disturb their somnambulism.
The Sheeple
These are the folk whose sexual impotence manifests as a need for vicarious violence to give them any sense of being alive.
The Religous Right
They are the worms that wriggle at the smell of a corpse.
Employees Of The War Machine
Translated into layman's terms for those that don't understand big words.
And where exactly are all these people that are calling for war? Did you women even read the other posts, or did you just ASSume that this thread was going to be filled with people calling for war?
Nice try at using "women" to degrade his credibility. I am sure women have a wonderful place in your heart :roll:
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Originally posted by: Orignal Earl
The same thing they did when the US *kidnapped* them Iranians in Iraq a month ago
Originally posted by: Orignal Earl
The same thing they did when the US *kidnapped* them Iranians in Iraq a month ago
QFT.Originally posted by: Socio
Originally posted by: Orignal Earl
The same thing they did when the US *kidnapped* them Iranians in Iraq a month ago
Big difference this was armed Iranian military caught well inside Iraq and they were not there by mistake.
The sailors were in Iraqi water according to the UK
Hence the armed Iranian military were captured the sailors were kidnapped
