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<blockquote data-quote="PollyCranopolis" data-source="post: 2815154" data-attributes="member: 553423"><p>Iran took the British soldiers hostage because they knew the UK and the United States, and of course the United Nations would be weak and wouldn&#039;t do anything. They knew they could parade those soldiers on Al-Jazeera...make themselves look big and bad in the Arab world and embolden the insurgency. And it worked. Britain&#039;s response has been incredibly weak. The biggest consequence to Iran has been a public scolding. Now England has opened up direct diplomatic talks with Iran over the issue. There&#039;s also been a prisoner swap...that captured Iranian official that was in Iraq? He&#039;s been sent home. And what have the Brits gotten in return? Nothing. Zip. Zero. Nada. So what you&#039;re witnessing is appeasement in action. The British government is cowering in fear as the Islamofascists in Tehran push them around, making a mockery of their military might...or lack thereof. This is something you&#039;d expect out of the French...not the British. The proper response would be to start dropping bombs until the soldiers were returned. You know...like Margaret Thatcher...or Winston Churchill would do.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="PollyCranopolis, post: 2815154, member: 553423"] Iran took the British soldiers hostage because they knew the UK and the United States, and of course the United Nations would be weak and wouldn't do anything. They knew they could parade those soldiers on Al-Jazeera...make themselves look big and bad in the Arab world and embolden the insurgency. And it worked. Britain's response has been incredibly weak. The biggest consequence to Iran has been a public scolding. Now England has opened up direct diplomatic talks with Iran over the issue. There's also been a prisoner swap...that captured Iranian official that was in Iraq? He's been sent home. And what have the Brits gotten in return? Nothing. Zip. Zero. Nada. So what you're witnessing is appeasement in action. The British government is cowering in fear as the Islamofascists in Tehran push them around, making a mockery of their military might...or lack thereof. This is something you'd expect out of the French...not the British. The proper response would be to start dropping bombs until the soldiers were returned. You know...like Margaret Thatcher...or Winston Churchill would do. [/QUOTE]

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