How many think that Britain will cave?

[Karnajj]

First of all let me say that this is not a Britain bashing post. Heck, I can trace 3/4 of my ancestry back to one or another of the isles. Have always had a lot of respect for the Brits, they have always been willing to back us when very few others would, but Tony Blair is no Thatcher and I think they will cave in to Iran's demands. Hope not but that's the way I feel. :sad:

Highly UNLIKELY that they will cave since Iran right now seems to be using the captured troops as bargining chips to get the sanctions agansit them lifted. That plus right now there are not one BUT 2 Nimtz class carrier battle groups in the gulf right now and that right there gives the U.S. and Britian enough striking power to basically wipe off any first strike weapons Iran has in the gulf.

Remember this about a Nimitz class carrier you are allowed to exist when one is in the area not because you can exist. Yes Iran has the largest standing army in the middle east however they are ****ies. Saudi Ararbia and Kuwaitt are both Sunni muslim and those 2 groups hate each other. So if Iran enters the war LOOK OUT.

[Karnajj]

I understand what you are saying but I don't believe that Britain has the political will to use military force in this situation.

[One]

Hmm, I think it would probably be a good idea to negotiate the release to the sailors and the 5 Iranian "diplomats" the US hold captive for months now while reaching an agreement on where whose waters end and a bufferzone.
Right now theres enough floating int the gulf to where you can walk straight across it...And then theres supertankers (kinfolk to truckers) that have to dodge these hot headed morons. Im for de-escalation if thats not evident

[ssoutlaw]

Hmm, I think it would probably be a good idea to negotiate the release to the sailors and the 5 Iranian "diplomats" the US hold captive for months now while reaching an agreement on where whose waters end and a bufferzone.
Right now theres enough floating int the gulf to where you can walk straight across it...And then theres supertankers (kinfolk to truckers) that have to dodge these hot headed morons. Im for de-escalation if thats not evident

You mean tuck tail and run!!!!

[Fozzy]

big difference in the "diplomats" caught in the active combat zone within a foreign country and the brits who were taken hostage on the sea where GPS coordinates have already proven to be in Iraqi waters...

I hope that Tony Blair takes more historical advice from Maggy than from the Goober farmer

[Blacksheep]

With the UK's growing muslim population it is likely they will do nothing, all the more reason to get a handle on the immagration problem.

[Fozzy]

With the UK's growing muslim population it is likely they will do nothing, all the more reason to get a handle on the immagration problem.

Muslims are not all immigrants... WE have plenty of generations of Muslims here who were born here.

[Blacksheep]

With the UK's growing muslim population it is likely they will do nothing, all the more reason to get a handle on the immagration problem.

Muslims are not all immigrants... WE have plenty of generations of Muslims here who were born here.

So what, lock down the borders.

[wot i life]

First of all let me say that this is not a Britain bashing post. Heck, I can trace 3/4 of my ancestry back to one or another of the isles. Have always had a lot of respect for the Brits, they have always been willing to back us when very few others would, but Tony Blair is no Thatcher and I think they will cave in to Iran's demands. Hope not but that's the way I feel. :sad:

Unfortunately, I think the U.K will be at war with Iran very soon. They are leaving us no other option. May God have mercy upon them.

[pepe4158]

First of all let me say that this is not a Britain bashing post. Heck, I can trace 3/4 of my ancestry back to one or another of the isles. Have always had a lot of respect for the Brits, they have always been willing to back us when very few others would, but Tony Blair is no Thatcher and I think they will cave in to Iran's demands. Hope not but that's the way I feel. :sad:

Unfortunately, I think the U.K will be at war with Iran very soon. They are leaving us no other option. May God have mercy upon them.

Hmmm couldnt happen to a nicer Iatolaha LOL

[Blacksheep]

First of all let me say that this is not a Britain bashing post. Heck, I can trace 3/4 of my ancestry back to one or another of the isles. Have always had a lot of respect for the Brits, they have always been willing to back us when very few others would, but Tony Blair is no Thatcher and I think they will cave in to Iran's demands. Hope not but that's the way I feel. :sad:

Unfortunately, I think the U.K will be at war with Iran very soon. They are leaving us no other option. May God have mercy upon them.

These people never paid retribution from the last two times they took hostages.
NUKE'EM back to the days before Christ, really would anybody miss that little crap hole of a country ?

[One]

Discussing politics in a trucking forum is pretty pointless since most are horribly ill-informed.

[Fozzy]

The morons in this country driving their land barges at 80+ down the highway will sure miss them...

[Blacksheep]

The morons in this country driving their land barges at 80+ down the highway will sure miss them...

Isn't their another country you would like to defect to comrade fozzy ?

[Fozzy]

The morons in this country driving their land barges at 80+ down the highway will sure miss them...

Isn't their another country you would like to defect to comrade fozzy ?

No, it's much more fun to listen to people here whine about the situations they create for themselves to complain about. Especially when I do not suffer from the same created messes that they seem to not be able to figure out. To be honest, if there were a way to make what I make and have a similar job, there are plenty of other places on this earth that would do nicely. I've lived in other countries and can accept the fact that there are other places without a lot of the problems we have here.

[One]

big difference in the "diplomats" caught in the active combat zone within a foreign country and the brits who were taken hostage on the sea where GPS coordinates have already proven to be in Iraqi waters...

I hope that Tony Blair takes more historical advice from Maggy than from the Goober farmer

You seem like the only one here thats read the news article about it, instead of getting their 'insight' off the caption at the bottom of Fox 'News'. Thanks!
However, theres some issues about the borders in the gulf. Iraq and Iran had a treaty outlining the waters, but Saddam called that treaty void around 1985 and declared a large section Iraqi... so now some waters patrolled by us and Britain are disputed by Iran. What surprise that one day they decide to snag some sailors....

[Mack2]

Nuff said.

[Fozzy]

big difference in the "diplomats" caught in the active combat zone within a foreign country and the brits who were taken hostage on the sea where GPS coordinates have already proven to be in Iraqi waters...

I hope that Tony Blair takes more historical advice from Maggy than from the Goober farmer

You seem like the only one here thats read the news article about it, instead of getting their 'insight' off the caption at the bottom of Fox 'News'. Thanks!
However, theres some issues about the borders in the gulf. Iraq and Iran had a treaty outlining the waters, but Saddam called that treaty void around 1985 and declared a large section Iraqi... so now some waters patrolled by us and Britain are disputed by Iran. What surprise that one day they decide to snag some sailors....

To be honest, the war should have started that day, when the ship sat there and watched their fellow soldiers be taken without doing anything it escalated things to this point, there should have been some smoking debris of the Iranians floating on the water and then worry about apologies later.

[Karnajj]

With the UK's growing muslim population it is likely they will do nothing, all the more reason to get a handle on the immagration problem.

Muslims are not all immigrants... WE have plenty of generations of Muslims here who were born here.

And very few of those have any loyalty at all to the USA.