That will be what our children ask in history class when they look back on this period.
NATANZ, Iran (AP) - Iran announced Monday that it has begun enriching uranium with 3,000 centrifuges, defiantly expanding a nuclear program that has drawn U.N. sanctions and condemnation from the West ( Read more... )

Now that the real story of the British hostages is out, will people change their minds about "poor, innocent" Iran?
ROYAL MARINE BASE CHIVENOR, England (AP) - British sailors and marines held for nearly two weeks in Iran were blindfolded, bound and threatened with prison if they did not say they had strayed into Iranian waters, a Royal Navy ( Read more... )

What is the world coming to?
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defused a growing confrontation with Britain, announcing the surprise release of 15 captive British sailors Wednesday and then gleefully accepting the crew's thanks and handshakes in what he called an Easter gift.
Now we say that criminal acts are "defused" when the ( Read more... )

In 1935 Adolf Hitler gambled that the French would not react when Germany moved military units into the Rhineland, an area that had been demilitarized as a result of the Versailles agreement that ended WWI ( Read more... )

Iranian diplomat detained in Iraq is released. Iran still holds 15 soldiers hostage.
LONDON (AP) - Britain called for direct talks with Iran to resolve a dispute over 15 captive Britons Tuesday after its first contact with the chief Iranian negotiator. The announcement followed the sudden release of an Iranian diplomat in Iraq that raised new hope ( Read more... )

Continuing to dart back and forth in the face of evidence that it is clearly in the wrong, Iran has once again made demands of Britain.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Iran's foreign minister said Wednesday that Britain must admit that its 15 sailors and marines entered Iranian waters in order to resolve a standoff over their capture by the Mideast ( Read more... )

Britain proves they were in Iraqi waters, Iran backs down.
LONDON (AP) - Iran said a female British sailor seized with 14 other crewmembers would be released Wednesday or Thursday, softening Tehran's position by suggesting their boats' alleged entry into Iranian waters may have been a mistake ( Read more... )

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 ( Read more... )

Nancy Pelosi: "Oops, never mind, we overplayed our hand."
WASHINGTON (AP) - Top House Democrats retreated Monday from an attempt to limit President Bush's authority for taking military action against Iran as the leadership concentrated on a looming confrontation with the White House over the Iraq war.
Backlash even from Democrats over taking away ( Read more... )

Please!

Someone needs to grow a spine.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. troops detained the eldest son of Iraq's most influential Shiite politician for nearly 12 hours Friday as he crossed back from Iran - the same route Washington believes is used to keep powerful Shiite militias flush with weapons and aid ( Read more... )