Iran Blinks
Published Wed, Apr 4 2007 8:09 AM
Technorati Tags: War on Terror
I just heard on the radio that Iran has released the 15 British captives "as a gift". It appears to be confirmed too. The BBC is reporting that they have been released.
The Iranian leader said no concessions had been made by the British government to secure the releases, but that Britain had pledged "that the incident would not be repeated".
So this leaves me with one question. Did Iran blink, or did Britain blink?
I guess you could interpret the British pledge in a few ways. Does this mean that Britain will pull it's troops and ships out of the gulf entirely so a similar incident can't be repeated? Or could it mean that next time Britain will find the resolve to do what they should have done in the first place?
I'd like to think it's the latter, but I fear it's the former.
Update: Rush is speculating that this is all a ploy by Ahmadinejad to disarm critics of his terrorist regime, and of him personally, against future rhetorical attacks. After all, how can the American public believe the administration when they call this "patient, peaceful" man a terrorist dictator?
How could anyone believe that he's threatened to wipe Israel off the map? How could anyone believe that he's sworn enmity against the West? After all, he magnanimously forgave those British sailors.
Don't be fooled.
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