On Mon, 16 Apr 2007, Brian Loe wrote: > On 4/16/07, David Lodge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What I found interesting about this situation - is that nobody agrees with > > UK on it: the Americans think we should have attacked the Iranians (and > > sparked off a massive, pointless conflict); > > I don't think the UK should have attacked the Iranians - and most > others don't either. However, I do believe those seaman and marines > should have defended themselves.
They were in an inflatable boat. Have you ever sat in an inflatable boat with a bunch of people pointing guns at your boat? Would you start a shooting war at that point? It wouldn't last long. > I have no doubt in the UK's soldiers > being able to handle themselves, if they try. Sometimes when you're ambushed in a hopeless situation, you just have to accept defeat. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
