23 March 2007

Not a good neighbor

Well. Iran is at it again. They snatched up 15 Brits.

The Royal Marines and ordinary naval officers were believed to have been apprehended by up to six ships from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy who claimed they had violated Iranian waters

Of course, it really does not look like they invaded anything.

I have to admit I was a little perturbed to pull up the CNN home page this morning and saw the pet food issue was placed more prominently on the page.

I hate this shit. The enemy we face is a pack of savages. All they understand is force. They can certainly read between the lines when we dither, vacillate and wring our hands over this sort of utterly unacceptable behavior.

The British military is very, very good. As is ours. Those 15 Sailors and Royal Marines need to be "recovered" with extreme predjudice. Like yesterday. To not do so sends a dangerous message.

Dangerous men in black are available and ought to be tasked to rectify this situation immediately. Playing the diplomatic game with this nest of vipers may be alright in regards to Iran's nuclear program, but the seizure of personnel belonging to our ally...that sort of behavior warrants a real response.