Quote Originally Posted by Mad_Dog
Brits won't do anything. And I love the UK and its people.

Sad to say but their military has been weakened since the late 90's. I would venture to say Iran has a better equipped Army. PLUS the Brits do not like to fight anymore no matter what.

Someone blows up a Brit train? No harm no foul. fuck Margaret Thatcher.

Someone takes a Brit soldier? Oh its the Americans' fault

Someone attacks Brit interests? Oh its quite allright

Someone invades England and kills Brits......Why do they hate us so?

Europeans (and Americans are turning this way too) self-analyze themselves too much and try to understand the other guy.

The Brits will just sit there and take it like any other European nation. The fight has gone out of their spirits. The feminization of Europe is complete and America is not far behind.

We forgot how to be men.

I think Blair's government like it or loath it has shown in the recent past it is willing to use force to rescue British forces held prisonor if that is the best opption.

A few years ago the paras and the SAS went into Siera Lieon(spelt wrong I know) to rescue a group of Irish Rangers that were taken prisonor by local warlords.


As for trying to use military force to rescue our prisonors now,I think it would end in disaster unless there was excelent inteligents of where they were.
Even if the info was spot on it would probolly end in disaster with countless Britsh deaths.
You may not like it but the best way for our service men to get out of Iran alive is negotiation.


If you want to see how rescue missions can go tits up read the book Black Hawk Down or about the US rescue misson in the middle east in 1980.

A lot of people dont realise films like commando and Ramo are non-fiction and war in a lot different in real life.