Nothing makes my blood boil faster than smug governments and naive politicians.
This morning, Iran decided to make a 'gift' of the 15 British marines and sailors to the British people; Syria - Iran's satellite country - also laid claim to helping and therefore, Nancy Pelosi can claim some credit, too.
How is it that the British Navy's GPS navigation shows the group in Iraqi waters and the personal GPS navigation of the the people involved shows them in Iranian waters? How is it that Syria is asked by Pelosi to use its influence with Iran to free the hostages and Iran obliges?
How is it that Iran can steal foreign armed forces off the high seas and still come out the good guys?
It infuriates me that the West allowed this to happen. HMS Cornwall was close enough to fire across a few bows, warning the Iranians off. Yes, it would have caused a diplomatic incident, but instead, the Brits have been humiliated and the Iranians gained valuable kudos within the region. It's something they've done before, in 2004.
If Iran is looking for the affirmation of allies in a coming stand-off, they succeeded. If the West was looking to obtain a reasonable solution, they succeeded in the short term, and failed in the long term. And that's the difference.
Arabic countries have long memories; they actively seek long term plans. The West does not; it seeks short term solutions to immediate problems. The West also has a 'sophisticated' outlook - read 'sympathetic, politically correct appeasement' policy that is going to bite them in the butt big time.
It sickens me to think that Pelosi will now return to America, surfing the wave of success when the earthquake that caused the wave is still rumbling behind her. By telling the Syrians there's a new power in America - the Democrats - Pelosi has undermined American power and policy, turning it into a milquetoast; wanting everyone to like the Americans no matter what, or why.
She appears to be the kind of politician who will bend over backwards not to engage in any military enterprises and she, and the West, are gonna get f***** while the Democrats aren't looking. It's admirable to have such flexibility, but eventually... something's going to break. I can only hope it's not American fortitude.
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The Democrats (as usual) interpret the people's vote according to their own agenda, and not what it really was. I only hope we survive the consequences long enough to correct them.
Fear not. The Dems will self-destruct in the next presidential election. We aren't ready for a female president, and even if a black could get elected it wouldn't be someone as inexperienced as Obama -- he's no JFK. They only regained power because people punished the Republican leadership for their hypocrisy by voting them out.
It's a sad commentary on our two party system when all the electorate can do is punish the party in power, because when elections come around, there is little to choose between them.
I wish the fear would go away. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear the Democrats are thinking about how their decisions affect the rest of the world; only America.
The HMS Cornwall somehow did not realise what was happening until it was too late , so they could hardly fight back . The Marines themselves didn't have enough fire power to even attempt themselves to fight back . The British (in my opinion) did everything in their power to retrieve the soldiers .
Yet , the thing that was most worrying is that the EU and the UN did not help the UK as much as they could have . No unilateral agreement in the EU and UN , just 2 watered down agreements that left Iran looking strong .
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