AN ACT OF WAR

The Iranian capture of 15 British subjects on the high seas is an Act of War. The question now is WTF is Great Britian and the free world going to do about it. Anything less than eyeball to eyeball confrontation is a win for the Iranians. Michael Leeden defines the situation with his usual understanding of the Mullas. Here's Leedens money statement:

It would be nice if someone in a position of power noted that the Iranians have committed an act of war on a NATO country, and that the other members of the alliance can be obliged to join in common action against the aggressor if the relevant terms of the treaty are invoked, as they should be. That should be the first move, showing the Iranians that the West is united and determined to act. It should be accompanied by the appearance of some vessels from what is left of Her Majesty’s Navy, buttressing our own warships and — shhhh! — the French carrier now in the area. If we have actionable intelligence from the recent wave of defectors/prisoners, we should step up the campaign against Iranian officials and agents in Iraq. And we should undertake the legitimate self-defense to which we are entitled, by moving against the terrorist training camps, and the improvised explosive device assembly lines and manufacturing sites inside the Islamic Republic.

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