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part of this is probably an effort by iran to focus the media on this issue rather than on the larger issue of their continuing nuclear enrichment program. of course u.n. sanctions have been voted on and passed, this certainly won't help irans cause. the u.s. has no dog in this fight at this point, so not quite sure why our troop strengths were brought up. uk is an ally, and certainly we would support anything they try to do-manpower not being the only form that would take.
and yes, the brits would hammer iran if it came to that. but i think everyone needs to take this slowly, patience pays--the longer this drags on, the worse iran looks. supposedly iran has already started lessening their rhetoric--we'll see.