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| UK Looks at Options in Iran Standoff |
| 2007-04-01 |
| 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. |
| #7 |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-04-01 20:23 |
| #6 Sadly, they will end up making a national apology by some proxy method, and skulk back into the mists of self-congratulatoy noise about dipomacy triumphant If Britain's |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-04-01 19:43 |
| #5 diplomacy triumphant... god I hate to mis-spell |
| Posted by: JustAboutEnough 2007-04-01 19:21 |
| #4 Sadly, they will end up making a national apology by some proxy method, and skulk back into the mists of self-congratulatoy noise about dipomacy trimphant, while the rest of the world sees them for the gutless cowards they have become. Yes, you probably should halve your navy, and don't run with scissors either, someone might get hurt. But realize this, the day is coming when the muzzies will demand much more, face-to-face, and you will have brought it on by running from this now. |
| Posted by: JustAboutEnough 2007-04-01 19:19 |
| #3 How about, instead of Tehran disappearing into the mist, it disappears with a bright flash and a mushrom cloud? |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2007-04-01 18:33 |
| #2 How about Iran agrees to deliver them within one hour or Tehran disappears into the mist. |
| Posted by: John 2007-04-01 17:28 |
| #1 I recommend a candygram. |
| Posted by: doc 2007-04-01 15:26 |