Friday, March 30, 2007

Iran and the Hostages?

It has come to something when Iran can kidnap 15 Members of the British Armed Forces and the government cant even get the UN to really take a hard view of this action, we have to but up with the economic interest of Russia getting in the way. In international Politics as in Life you have to take a stand, if Iran acts like this when it comes to this issue what will they be like when we have to force them to back down over their nuclear development. The USA, UK in the end will have to take action or Israel will over the perceived threat from Iran, no this is not a call to send in the SAS to get out people out not yet, there are many economic sanctions we can take, lets really hurt Iran if they don't release our troops with 48 hours, lets cut their life blood, cut their oil, block their ports, freeze their air travel in other words order them stop using military or public transport by air, show them what the door to hell can really be, make them think what the next step might be, sometimes an enemy might take action that they think might be in their interest but lets change the board, lets make it our justification to take harsh military action if and I stress if our troops are not returned.


An interesting problem we face in the UK is if you watched the BBC Question Time is that we are perceived to have no backbone, that we will allow third rate powers to act as pirates of the international community. The Question Time is question recalled the one done after 9/11. The BBC had to say sorry for that, same vain, it explains the appeasement of the 1930s. If it was recorded and wathched in Iran one would get the idea that we are weak with no backbone and we like our troops be taken without a shot being fired in defence. This is harsh but it is time the BBC and the rest of the left wing media and the FCO smelled the Coffee. Iran is a major threat and it will have to be take care of sooner or later, lets not be 1939 again, the cost for surrender in the 1930s was to high, firm and strong action is needed before we all say, " WE SHOULD HAVE DOEN SOMETHING, AGAIN! "

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