From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"George Sherwood"  wrote in message
news:pan.2007.03.26.17.44.00{at}beernabeer.com...
> On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:25:33 -0400, Rich Gauszka wrote:
>
>> "George Sherwood"  wrote in message
>> news:pan.2007.03.26.16.44.59{at}beernabeer.com...
>>> On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:08:17 -0400, Rich Gauszka wrote:
>>>
>>> Take hostage from an embassy - Iranians have
>>>> done that - so have we now.
>>>
>>> Rich,
>>>   Can you explain where we have done that?  Those Iranians taken in
>>>   Iraq
>>> were neither accredited diplomats or in an Embassy. Unless you are
>>> talking about some other situation.
>>>
>>> George
>>
>>
>> Semantics aside even the Kurds have stated the Iranians were in the
>> process of establishing a consulate and were angered by the raid
>>
>
> If there is anything I have learned here in the last 12 months it is that
> diplomacy is all about semantics.  The facts are that the Iranians that
> were detained that were accredited diplomats were turned over to the
> Iraqi government and those that were not diplomats have been arrested.
> And even your short of statements are a long way from taking hostages
> from an Embassy. A very long way.  Read Mark Bowden's book, Guests of the
> Ayatollah if you want to see what taking hostages from an Embassy looks
> like.
>
>
 >
> It was not a consulate accredited by the Iraqi Government. Any one can
> make a statement.
>
> George
>

I wasn't by any means attempting to justify the taking of hostages in the
US embassy. Just stating that there are enough grievances to go around to
make it easy for any side to start a conflict. Some of this can be
attributed to that  Ahmadinejad is in trouble at home and like all
politicians throughout the ages what better way to douse the opposition
then stoke the fires of patriotism.  ( worked for Bush )

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