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"Britain Declares War on Iran"

Well hopefully it wont go that far and no I havent heard about the boy who cried wolf. How'd that story end anyway?

Didn't this happen a few years ago? I'm sure it did and they just let them all go. I wonder why it's taking so long this time. Why would Iran want to mess around like that? First they gave them the GPS proof and Iran said the position was somewhere else. Which turned out to still be in Iraqi waters, then they changed it again.

They were then going to release the one woman but now they've changed their minds because apparently the UK has an "incorrect attitude".

How do you see this all ending?

spoonbeast wrote:
> TBH i think we've just been badly humilitated. Iran has had a
> massive propaganda boost at the expense of our country. Our
> royal navy is looking like a joke, to the world we've looked
> weak and pathetic diplomatically (no doubt will affect future
> diplomatic powers and impression from other countries). Yeah
> nice to have the 15 sailors back and all, but it might have been
> too high of a price to pay.

15 sailors lives
vs
international pride and respect that hangs on a far broader range of issues than purely one incident in the Middle East (Iraq? Trade? many other issues?!). Everyone knows Iran is a tricky and difficult nation to deal with diplomatically, and the only PR coup gained will really be among those who like the Iranian government already.

So, er, no.

Revolver Ocelot wrote:
> Hedfix wrote:
> spoonbeast wrote:
> Yeah
> nice to have the 15 sailors back and all, but it might have
> been
> too high of a price to pay.
>
> Yeah we should refuse to take them then go in all guns blazing
> and get them ourselves. Give US a bloodless solution will
> they!?
> We'll show 'em!
>
> Yeah Spoonbeast, who cares? 15 less people die= good.

thats right we should. Now thats diplomacy. Renegade style!

I nearly collapsed when I read that.

It reminds me of a joke my friends always did when he sat across from you on a table, to break a silence.

".......well....." *Then in heavy accent*".....I SAY, WE BOMB RUSSIA."

We should threaten them with our nuclear arsenal that we lease from America and that's stored over in America, that'll learn 'em!

No country makes us look silly and gets away with it! Not since we paid back that WW2 loan!

Hedfix wrote:
> spoonbeast wrote:
> Yeah
> nice to have the 15 sailors back and all, but it might have
> been
> too high of a price to pay.
>
> Yeah we should refuse to take them then go in all guns blazing
> and get them ourselves. Give US a bloodless solution will they!?
> We'll show 'em!

Yeah Spoonbeast, who cares? 15 less people die= good.

spoonbeast wrote:
> Yeah
> nice to have the 15 sailors back and all, but it might have been
> too high of a price to pay.

Yeah we should refuse to take them then go in all guns blazing and get them ourselves. Give US a bloodless solution will they!? We'll show 'em!

TBH i think we've just been badly humilitated. Iran has had a massive propaganda boost at the expense of our country. Our royal navy is looking like a joke, to the world we've looked weak and pathetic diplomatically (no doubt will affect future diplomatic powers and impression from other countries). Yeah nice to have the 15 sailors back and all, but it might have been too high of a price to pay.

Iran goes 'ask nicely next time, here's your ball back'.

Well they're back home now but it can't have done Iran any favours on the world front, even after the president said he released them as a "favour".

I think if they do anything like this again it'll escalate into something more serious.

we could then counter act by declaring war, shelling some of its shore line and saying april fools afterwards :)