Invavsion of Iran Postponed

Last week, I mentioned that Russian intelligence figured that the US would invade Iran on April 6th. Well, with the peaceful resolution of the "hostage crisis" between Iran and Britain, a possible catalyst has been diffused and the invasion has been put on pause . Here are a couple of interesting posts about:
- How Blair basically told Bush to back off
- How the MSM has reported on the aftermath of the situation vs. reality.

Hopefully there won't be another opportunity arising anytime soon that the US sees as an invitation to invade Iran.

A Perspective on Prisoner Treatment

Iranian prisoner treatment VS Brit and US prisoners

Turney may have been "forced to wear the hijab", as the Daily Mail noted with fury, but so far as we know she has not been forced into an orange jumpsuit. Her comrades have not been shackled, blindfolded, forced into excruciating physical contortions for long periods, or denied liquids and food. As far as we know they have not had the Bible spat on, torn up or urinated on in front of their faces. They have not had electrodes attached to their genitals or been set on by attack dogs.

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They have not been hung from a forklift truck and photographed for the amusement of their captors. They have not been pictured naked and smeared in their own excrement. They have not been bundled into a CIA-chartered plane and secretly "rendered" to a basement prison in a country where torturers are experienced and free to do their worst.

Iran & Britain - Putting the Hostage Situation In Perspective

The Western media and politicians are making a lot to-do out of this hostage situation. Let's put it in perspective regarding what is going on in the vicinity and the history between Britain and Iran:

Iran and the 15 captives: let's have a sense of proportion

by Bill Longstaff.