From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"Mark"  wrote in message
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> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
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>> "Phil Payne" 
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>>>> Rooting for? What an odd question. I believe that UK
Forces were within
>>>> Iraqi territorial waters.
>>>
>>> They boarded a moving ship and then got off.  Wanna bet they were in
>>> Iraqi/international waters when they got on, and in Iranian waters when
>>> they
>>> got off, which was when they were taken.
>>>
>>> Also wanna bet the Iranians have been very carefully watching their
>>> coastal
>>> radar for just such a combination of circumstances for months.
>>>
>>> They want their people back, and the coalition has not been co-operated.
>>> You
>>> sew the wind, you reap the whirlwind.
>>>
>>> I find it interesting that they snatched Britons.  That shows they're
>>> thinking - not giving Shrub any excuses.
>>>
>>>
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>> Phil, think about it. A hostile nation has just kidnapped and is holding
>> hostage 15 of our valiant war on terror allies. People who were in harms
>> way to help protect  our forces in Iraq. They have attacked the
>> Coalition. Sounds like an excellent excuse to me. If the Administration
>> wants an excuse they will find one (unfortunately)
>
> It's unfortunate that the administration will find an excuse? That seems
> bassakwards to me Bob, why don't you consider it unfortunate that the
> Iranians, who have already been provoking the world with multiple causis
> belli, have now added 15 more to the list? Yes causis belli, not excuses.
>
>

Well the Bushies can't use the WMD ploy again. Well we could shoot down an
unarmed Iranian passenger plane to provoke an incident - Oh wait - we've
already done that.  Take hostage from an embassy - Iranians have done that
- so have we now. There's more than enough blame to go around and one can
escalate conflict easily enough ( the only thing Bush appears to be good at
). It's winning a peace that's tough.

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