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does not approve:

Hey I'm litter how did i do that

Someones been playing silly buggers

/not obscure

Reposting from another thread:

That's one way to up the ante: arrest them, provoke the Brits into doing something that will foment the concept of Iran vs The West. It's a variation of putting the victim on trial.

I'm sure this will end well

On the bright side, it's not exactly a "hostage crisis" this time around. It's just an arrest...

...by the same people that held the hostages last time.

Maybe we should call it a "hostage crisis with the legitimacy of government"?

This is an act of war is it not?

Oh man Iran is in trouble now. Jimmy Carter is going to blog so hard about this it isn't even funny.

I am sure the UN will send a sternly worder letter condemning them for this.

What kind of helicopter is the SAS using these days?

Gramma: does not approve:

I doubt they care any more this time than they did last time.

Where's Alucard when you need him?

globalwarmingpraiser: I am sure the UN will send a sternly worder letter condemning them for this.

Yeah, but this time I bet they use more vowels and semicolons. That will teach them a lesson.

OH NO DEY DINT!

Are these British citizens or Iranian nationals who work for the consulate?

FredaDeStilleto: Reposting from another thread:

That's one way to up the ante: arrest them, provoke the Brits into doing something that will foment the concept of Iran vs The West. It's a variation of putting the victim on trial.

and it'll work great, right up until the whole "glass parking lot" thing...

I hope I don't sound ignorant, but isn't this getting real close to being an act of war?

Brown's already up shiat creek and now he'll have to deal with this. fun

OneTimed: I hope I don't sound ignorant, but isn't this getting real close to being an act of war?

nope.

Kyosuke: Gramma: does not approve:

I doubt they care any more this time than they did last time.

I'm sure they care less this time, you know, with him being dead and all.

mutterfark: Are these British citizens or Iranian nationals who work for the consulate?

Iranian Nationals. Still is quite frowned upon by the international community.

My guess this is the first step is booting Britain from Iran.

mutterfark: Are these British citizens or Iranian nationals who work for the consulate?

FSNs -- Foreign Service Nationals. Iranian citizens that work for the brits.

I think if/when they actually seize the embassy then they'll have war on their hands. This, not so much....

Gramma: Kyosuke: Gramma: does not approve:

I doubt they care any more this time than they did last time.

I'm sure they care less this time, you know, with him being dead and all.

If they actually could care any less.

OneTimed: I hope I don't sound ignorant, but isn't this getting real close to being an act of war?

I was sort of thinking the same thing. In American embassies, my understanding is that, on the embassy grounds, you are on America soil. Period. This means that any sort of intrusion, certainly up to and including arresting anyone there, could almost be considered an invasion.

I don't know if other countries like say, England, take that same approach. But Iran is definitely provoking a serious issue.

WWIII is going to take place (or at least start) in the middle east. And North Korea is going to take a few popshots just so they don't feel left out.

Always hoped for a sequel.

I was a little kid in 1979. I was so scared by the nightly news. All the adults were so tense about the hostage situation. Really bad times.

well, i wouldn't want to be a Marine guard at the US Embassy right about now.

They'll probably be ordered not to fire in defense. Or have their ammunition taken away.

remus: globalwarmingpraiser: I am sure the UN will send a sternly worder letter condemning them for this.

Yeah, but this time I bet they use more vowels and semicolons. That will teach them a lesson.

If that doesn't work they add the words.....or else.

/yes that was a reference,
//No it is not obscure

TheShavingofOccam123: well, i wouldn't want to be a Marine guard at the US Embassy right about now.

They'll probably be ordered not to fire in defense. Or have their ammunition taken away.

Uh, WAT?

There is no US embassy in Iran.

They want a quarrel to distract and unify their slaves sorry, the Iranian Public.

Paging Jimmy Carter...

FatherDale: FSNs -- Foreign Service Nationals. Iranian citizens that work for the brits.


doesnt appear to specify that in this CNN article

OneTimed: I hope I don't sound ignorant, but isn't this getting real close to being an act of war?

technically iirc. but maybe they were arrested out of the embassy soil. fair game then

doglover: TheShavingofOccam123: well, i wouldn't want to be a Marine guard at the US Embassy right about now.

They'll probably be ordered not to fire in defense. Or have their ammunition taken away.

Uh, WAT?

There is no US embassy in Iran.

oops. sorry. drinking last night, just woke up this morning. lethal combination.

/well, if we had a US embassy in Iran, I wouldn't want to be a Marine guard there right about now.
/now I understand why the hate was shifted from the US to Britain. The brits have an embassy there.

TheShavingofOccam123: well, i wouldn't want to be a Marine guard at the US Embassy right about now.

They'll probably be ordered not to fire in defense. Or have their ammunition taken away.

Oh look. That actually took longer than I thought it would.

I think these people were arrested on the way to the embassy, so they may be Iranians who work there (but they could be Brits). They were not arrested at the embassy though.

Wouldn't it be nice to see another country just pop a nuke on Tehran? That would get the US off the whipping post, and give the Ayatollahs something new to worry about.

"I'm Carrot Top, and this is Nightline..."

remus: globalwarmingpraiser: I am sure the UN will send a sternly worder letter condemning them for this.

Yeah, but this time I bet they use more vowels and semicolons. That will teach them a lesson.

Not if the semicolons are used for winkie faces!

bwohlgemuth: mutterfark: Are these British citizens or Iranian nationals who work for the consulate?

Iranian Nationals. Still is quite frowned upon by the international community.

My guess this is the first step is booting Britain from Iran.

So not exactly an act of war, but a very provocative act. I'm sure "confessons" of spying for the UK and fomenting civil war will follow.
Not a lot of variety in the ol' dictator shuffle.

atomic-age: I was a little kid in 1979. I was so scared by the nightly news. All the adults were so tense about the hostage situation. Really bad times.

I was an antiterrorist that year,
I felt bertayed by my own commander in chief.
We had a no hostage policy.
That meant we do not accept hostages as barganing chips.
If someone puts a gun to your owm mother's head and demands your weapon, shoot them. Do not bargan with them. If your mother dies, then you have sent a clear message to the next not yet dead terrorist.
But Nooooooooooooooooo.
We gave them a leash.
Not a noose.

Kyosuke: TheShavingofOccam123: well, i wouldn't want to be a Marine guard at the US Embassy right about now.

They'll probably be ordered not to fire in defense. Or have their ammunition taken away.

Oh look. That actually took longer than I thought it would.

I apologized. I said I had been drinking and that I just got out of bed.

I think most people have been there and done that. See, I made nice.

vudukungfu: We had a no hostage policy.
That meant we do not accept hostages as barganing chips.

lol wut?

I can only blame myself since I held off on changing my Twitter avatar green for two days. Now I'll forever be beset with doubt over whether I could have prevented this.

durbnpoisn: OneTimed: I hope I don't sound ignorant, but isn't this getting real close to being an act of war?

I was sort of thinking the same thing. In American embassies, my understanding is that, on the embassy grounds, you are on America soil. Period. This means that any sort of intrusion, certainly up to and including arresting anyone there, could almost be considered an invasion.

I don't know if other countries like say, England, take that same approach. But Iran is definitely provoking a serious issue.

WWIII is going to take place (or at least start) in the middle east. And North Korea is going to take a few popshots just so they don't feel left out.

Now I'm in Australia! America! Australia! America! Australia! Americ-*punch*
Here in America, we don't take that kind of crap, sir!

vudukungfu: atomic-age: I was a little kid in 1979. I was so scared by the nightly news. All the adults were so tense about the hostage situation. Really bad times.

I was an antiterrorist that year,
I felt bertayed by my own commander in chief.
We had a no hostage policy.
That meant we do not accept hostages as barganing chips.
If someone puts a gun to your owm mother's head and demands your weapon, shoot them. Do not bargan with them. If your mother dies, then you have sent a clear message to the next not yet dead terrorist.
But Nooooooooooooooooo.
We gave them a leash.
Not a noose.

Shoot the hostage. Take them out of the equation.

colatf:
Shoot the hostage. Take them out of the equation.

If need be, yes.
But they are still not hostages.
They don't get shot.
They are barriers that are neutralized.

Ender's:

lol wut?

You hadn't learned to aim your pecker when this wen down back then, so STFU, n00b.

Uh oh. Is this because #iranelection isn't first in Twitter anymore? We better get on that.

/pfft. whatever.
//In all seriousness, this is all serious. I'd offer a sound bite of a solution if I had one, but really, this is a clusterfark that is not going to get better any time soon.