Posted by
Steve on Monday, April 02, 2007 2:30:07 PM
The British government has been transfixed by this dilemma. They have had 15 sailors captured by Iran. These sailors are being put on television "admitting" to all sorts of things. The "admissions" are obviously under duress. But the fact remains that Britain has done nothing substantial since this episode has begun. There was a time when doing something like this to Britain would have not occurred to any foreign government. The British Bulldog has been reduced to the British Poodle.
England has to do something to get its reputation back. The action has to be daring and bold. But, most of all, it has to be successful. They can do it with US help. That is OK. They have to take the lead and show that they are not a paper tiger.
I would hope that the British government is planning something under the radar. There is a news story out of Russia that the US will be ready on April 6. That would be a particularly interesting day to attack a Muslim country, on the birth date of Jesus Christ. But the attack has to be made. My thoughts are taken from Newt Gingrich that we should take out the gasoline ability. Take Kharg Island and eliminate the gasoline refinery. That would put the Iranians back into the 10th century where their politics are located. The news report out of Russia said that we would take out the nuclear facilities. Whatever it is, we need to do it soon.
We need to let Iran that this will not be allowed to stand. They obviously took the British sailors thinking that nothing will happen to them. We have to prove them wrong. By we, I mean England and America. England is our number one ally. We have to support them in any way that we can. We cannot count on any other nations to help us in this situation. We should not rely on any other nations for security reasons. The fewer people that know what is going on, the better.
This targeted attack will probably mean that there will be war with Iran. That is something that Iran wants. They have been trying to get us to attack them for some time. This is their best ploy yet. It will probably work. Then they can claim that we attacked them without provocation. That, of course, would be a lie. But, Iran does not deal with the truth. They only deal with lies. I do not want a war with Iran, but if we have one, we should play to win.