Iran commits an act of war against the United Kingdom.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (
AP) - Naval forces of Iran's hardline Revolutionary Guards captured 15 British sailors and marines at gunpoint Friday in the Persian Gulf - a provocative move coming during heightened tensions between the West and Iran.
U.S. and British officials said a boarding party from the frigate HMS Cornwall was seized about 10:30 a.m. during a routine inspection of a merchant ship inside Iraqi territorial waters near the disputed Shatt al-Arab waterway.
The proper response to that kind of provocation is the sinking of a large number of Iranian vessels.
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Now they grovel and beg for the return of soldiers that have been kidnapped by a rogue nation.