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UK Looks at Options in Iran Standoff
LONDON -- Britain examined options Sunday for new dialogue with Tehran over the seized crew of 15 sailors and marines, as a poll suggested most Britons back the government's goal of resolving the standoff through diplomacy.Maybe this is part of the problem... Government and defense officials refused to discuss a report that claimed a Royal Navy captain or commodore would be sent to Tehran as a special envoy to negotiate the return of the personnel. Negotiate? Or beg? The official would deliver an assurance that British naval crews would never deliberately enter Iranian waters without permission, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported. They don't want "assurances". THEY WANT TO HUMILIATE YOU. Britain's Foreign Office and Ministry of Defense said they would not comment on negotiations, or on options being considered. "We will continue to conduct our diplomatic discussions in private," a Foreign Office spokesman said on the government's customary condition of anonymity. That way, the groveling will not appear quite so blatant... But Transport Minister Douglas Alexander said Britain was engaged in "exploring the potential for dialogue with the Iranians." That'll send a shiver down their spines, won't it? Yikes! "The responsible way forward is to continue the often unglamorous, but important and quiet diplomatic work to get our personnel home," Alexander told the British Broadcasting Corp.'s Sunday AM program. more mewling at link... Posted by: Dave D. 2007-04-01 |
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