Comments on: Lessons from British/Iran Hostage Crisis http://themoderatevoice.com/11971/lessons-from-britishiran-hostage-crisis/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:08:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: liberalhawk http://themoderatevoice.com/11971/lessons-from-britishiran-hostage-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-70408 liberalhawk Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:13:14 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media/blogging/11971/lessons-from-britishiran-hostage-crisis/#comment-70408 "The successful resolution of the British/Iranian naval hostage crisis once again highlights the need for tactful diplomacy to solve problems that may appear intractable." I am flabbergasted at how many people seem to know exactly what happened behind the scenes. Tony Blair says he didnt negotiate. Is he lying? Or did Iran give in to, you know, pressure and the implicit threat of war? Or, OTOH, did UK make concessions that are not public yet - IE they ransomed the hostages home - they surrendered? Or did Ahmadinajad just decide hed squeezed all the could out of the crisis, and so it wasnt worth continuing? A hostage crisis is hardly a blueprint for resolving nuclear proliferation. Even if we knew what really happened here, which we dont. “The successful resolution of the British/Iranian naval hostage crisis once again highlights the need for tactful diplomacy to solve problems that may appear intractable.”

I am flabbergasted at how many people seem to know exactly what happened behind the scenes. Tony Blair says he didnt negotiate. Is he lying? Or did Iran give in to, you know, pressure and the implicit threat of war? Or, OTOH, did UK make concessions that are not public yet – IE they ransomed the hostages home – they surrendered? Or did Ahmadinajad just decide hed squeezed all the could out of the crisis, and so it wasnt worth continuing?

A hostage crisis is hardly a blueprint for resolving nuclear proliferation. Even if we knew what really happened here, which we dont.

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