Europe, Weak And Unwilling

Posted by Matt in March 31st, 2007

The Anglo-Iranian Hostage Situation Makes Europe’s Flaws Obvious

by Victor David Hanson

“It’s completely outrageous for any nation to go out and arrest the servicemen of another nation in waters that don’t belong to them.” So spoke Admiral Sir Alan West, former First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy, concerning the present Anglo-Iranian crisis over captured British soldiers. But if the attack was “outrageous,” it was apparently not quite outrageous enough for anything to have been done about it yet.

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