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all we can do is watch and pray.
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See my sig's bottom line quote from General Hanks.
Frankly, I disagree with Skybird. The UK should have given Iran a 24 hour ultimatum to return the 15 soldiers unharmed or else an explicitly named-in-advance relevant strategic/government/national Iranian target will be dust.
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Possibly. But then the retalliation that would follow must be severe enough to make them think really hard if it's worth it.
Whether the war ends now or later is up to Iran. There's is the burden of responsibility.
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To get information, we have to marry the devil or at least employ him. You have to deal.
- General Tommy Franks
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Let's put that in context:
Franks singles out White House Counter-terrorism Czar Richard Clarke as never providing him with "a single page of actionable intelligence" and of engaging in mostly wishful thinking. Franks also believes the U.S. invested too much in electronic spy surveillance and not enough in spies. "We can't send a Princeton-educated New York lawyer to infiltrate al-Qaeda. To get information, we have to marry the devil or at least employ him. You have to deal."
So, what does that Hanks quote have to do with the price of tea in China? Who said anything about not employing proper spywork and intelligence?