Scorpions "Carterizing" Tony Blair

The mullahs following their proud tradition of win-win hostage-taking ploy are acting just like the proverbial scorpion. And the "America [read: Britain] can't do a damn thing", Khomeini's charming slogan during the US hostage crisis.

Compare this with the subdued British Navy's Admiral West talking about the rules of engament, "The rules are very much de-escalatory, because we don’t want wars starting. The reason we are there is to be a force for good."

Is Tony Belair being "Carterized"?

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Confessions, Iranian style

Harry's Place: If the 15 captured British sailors and marines really did confess to "aggression into the Islamic Republic of Iran's waters," it's probably safe to assume the confessions were obtained in roughly the same manner as those elicited from dissident Iranian journalists a couple of years ago.

And we can only shudder at what that might be.

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