Kidnapped British Soldiers

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Originally Posted by skippy3481

Why in the world does no one seem to care about this? 15 british soldiers are kidnapped by the iranian military, and no one bats an eye. This is an act of war. They refuse to release them are currently "talking to them to find out why they were near iranian waters? Why the hell aren't the british getting their people back? Honestly, is everyone that afraid of Iran...

It's interesting the BBC refers to them as captured and not victims of kidnapping. The UK and Iran have a history of similar incidents including the capture of a British ship and troops on the Shatt al-Arab River a few years ago when Britain admitted the ship had 'mistakenly' entered Iranian waters. The big difference is that the Iranian government then was pro-Western and now it is run by the Revolutionary Guard. The other important difference is that this happened in the Persian Gulf which is far more globally important than the Shatt al-Arab. Between the global importance of the Gulf, questionable British intentions, the new Iranian government and that government's desire to show resistance to the West it's a fairly interesting and very delicate situation. It's all about Iran demonstrating regional influence. It seems they're succeeding. It'll be interesting if the UK actually releases the coordinates of the ships track just to see how close they actually got and how much risk they took.