Iran and Its Hostage Taking History
Well, well, well, Iran is up to their old tricks again. That is taking hostages for either money, influence, puffed power, or blackmail. This time instead of American hostages taken from the Embassy and held by students sanctioned by the Iranian government, now we have Iranian military police taking British hostages.
Iran seems to simply be adding fuel to the fire when it comes to world opinion and now they have stepped up the stakes in an effort to draw attention away from their nuclear strategy and growing internal dissatisfaction with the regime.
You will definitely want to visit this link to read what the political pundits say now about Iran's strategy and why their taking of British hostages is a strategic move.
I personally think that this is a blackmail attempt to push Bush and Blair into a corner given the distaste for the Iraqi war and growing international conflicts in both national populations. However, it is a very dangerous game that the Mullahs and Ahmedinijad are playing with the stakes growing every day.
Iran seems to simply be adding fuel to the fire when it comes to world opinion and now they have stepped up the stakes in an effort to draw attention away from their nuclear strategy and growing internal dissatisfaction with the regime.
You will definitely want to visit this link to read what the political pundits say now about Iran's strategy and why their taking of British hostages is a strategic move.
I personally think that this is a blackmail attempt to push Bush and Blair into a corner given the distaste for the Iraqi war and growing international conflicts in both national populations. However, it is a very dangerous game that the Mullahs and Ahmedinijad are playing with the stakes growing every day.
