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Originally Posted by CptGrayWolf
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Originally Posted by The Avon Lady
The UK should have given Iran a 24 hour ultimatum to return the 15 soldiers unharmed or else an explictely named-in-advance relevant strategic/government/national Iranian target will be dust.
Repeat every 24 hours until the terms are met.
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 Avon Lady the great diplomat! |
That is only a strategy for a totally superior, invulnerable player (which the UK or the US or the West simply isn't). If you have Darth Vader and the deathstar in orbit around earth, you can do it like this, if you have open societies and several hundred million citizens scattered around and your military has been ordered into exposed positions and you are hanging at the bloodline controlled by friends of those you want to penalize, you better don't. First reduce your own vulnerabilities - and then start whipping the bad guy.
I wonder what kind of ROE the British have in the Gulf, some admrial was quoted saying "pretty much deescalatory". I also would like to know why vulnerable personnell in rubber boats is moving around outside the effective firing and combat range of it's home platform. That is something this novice i am does not get into his brain.
as a matter fo fact, options are limited. And this circumstance is selfmade - again.