Comments on: Standoff In The Persian Gulf

15 Soldiers Seized As Britons Inspected A Merchant Ship, Officials Say

[karlimhof]

Bushit announces:


Today, at 1500hrs the Islamic Republic of Iran, launched a sneak attack on coalition forces and so as Commander and Chief I have ordered Condi Rice to Tehran to mud wrestle Ahmadinejad.

[us_infidel]

Please don't give Duhhbya the idea that it is okay to go ahead and start it with yet another country!! Don't you think out troops are pushed hard enough as it is?
Posted by gramto11 at 10:37 AM : Mar 23, 2007

Nah....this one's on the Brits. We'll be the back up band! :)

[tuckerndfw]

tuckerndfw, When you catagorize US and UK troops as "enemy combatants" it makes it crystal clear were your loyalties lie.

Posted by notblue at 10:41 AM : Mar 23, 2007

I am not the one who invented the term, nor am I the one who supports the war criminals who use it to justify murdering, torturing or detaining "suspects."

My loyalties are to the US Constitution and rule of law. A concept unfamiliar to those supportive of murdering, torturing or detaining "suspects" without charges or trials.

The fact remains that under the "Bush doctrine," there are no legal principles upon which to claim anyone is violating the law.

[shingles1]

The Iranians must have been acting pre-emptively to deal with this "grave and gathering threat", after all, they wouldn't want "the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud".

Snark.

"or the bombs should start pouring down on them.
Posted by US_Infidel"

And then what, US_Infidel. What happens next? Pray tell.

[notblue]

tuckerndfw, When you catagorize US and UK troops as "enemy combatants" it makes it crystal clear were your loyalties lie. Please go back to Aghanistan, Pakistan or Iraq and help the side your on, they need all the help they can get and it could be perfect end and your compatriates just think of all the virgins waiting for you in the afterlife.

[karlimhof]

The British were in Iraqi waters. The Iranians are idiots...anybody that defends what they do
are in the same class.
The Iranians captured by the U.S. where operating in Iraq to help kill innocent Iraq's and U.S. military personnel.
Posted by theUSA1st

thanks for the "eye-witness" report sport! any other proven facts you want to share with us?

[gramto7]

or the bombs should start pouring down on them.
Posted by US_Infidel

Please don't give Duhhbya the idea that it is okay to go ahead and start it with yet another country!! Don't you think out troops are pushed hard enough as it is?

[tuckerndfw]

The US & UK illegally invaded a sovereign nation and are complaining of others acting illegally against the occupation forces?

According to international law and the rules established by the US & UK after WWII to try Nazi war criminals, all "coalition forces" are subject to being lawfully captured and detained pending their trials for war crimes. Or, killed in the process of attempting to detain them.

And, according to the "Bush doctrine," "enemy combatants" have no legal rights. Which would include US & UK forces.

So, which "law" is being broken by killing or detaining US or UK enemy combatants?

[us_infidel]

If they were captured in Iraqi or international waters, it's an act of war! They should be given 6 hours to have them back where they were along with a profound apology, or the bombs should start pouring down on them.

[shingles1]

"theUSA1st I am not defending their actions.
Posted by radiob"

Any comment that deviates from the Hugh Hewitt party line is anti-American, supports terrorism, and shall not be tolerated!

Even if you're just making an observation.

[tuckerndfw]

By invading and occupying Iraq, the US & UK established the principle that any nation has the right to do whatever they want, anytime they want.

Ironic that the two nations that invaded and are occupying a non-theatening nation are complaining about "illegal acts."

Perhaps these British criminals will be tried by a kangaroo court so they can receive justice.

[wayjan107]

Can you spell G-U-L-F of T-O-N-K-I-N?

[radiob-2009]

theUSA1st I am not defending their actions.

[theusa1st]

The Royal Navy sailors were assigned to a naval task force whose mission is to protect the Iraqi oil terminals and maintain security in Iraqi waters under the U.N. mandate of the Security Council resolutions on Iraq, the fleet said in a statement issued by its headquarters in Bahrain.
The British were in Iraqi waters. The Iranians are idiots...anybody that defends what they do
are in the same class.
The Iranians captured by the U.S. where operating in Iraq to help kill innocent Iraq's and U.S. military personnel.

[micma-2009]

Can you say Gulf of Tonkin Incident? Bush and Co. are absolutely salivating to attack Iran.

[waqahi]

"The British government is demanding". The British government can dictate to Dubai or Qatar or Riyadh or even Cairo. Not Tahran!!!
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'Caught by the wash for mistreating your parents'

[ripplebecker]

Iran is just yanking everyone's chains to get attention. I believe the Iranian's higher ups need to start acting like civilized educated people and help solve the problems at hand, instead of adding to them.

[radiob-2009]

Is this not what the Iranians said they would do in response to our detaining Iranians in Iraq? This is going back to the issue of Iran's nuclear development and the sanctions over their failure to comply with the UN. A good read on the Iranian nuclear program and proposals to resolve it are at: http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/pdf/research/mep/BPisraeliran.pdf