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Yeah, it's appreciated [img]smile.gif[/img]
From one of the earlier links I posted, it looks like the British ships were operating as part of an American taskforce in the gulf, so that may be why your ships are already there. Not sure whether we were directly under American command, but certainly doing a similar sort of mission.
I guess we're kindof in an unfortunate situation. If we attack Iran militarily we lose the ability to play 'good cop' in the negotiations with Iran over their nuclear programme. Also, Lebanon/Gaza will no doubt be fresh in the minds of policymakers to show that a military operation is pretty unlikely to be able to retrieve captured soldiers.
I suspect that diplomacy is the right way to handle this, if we don't mind losing face as a country. It's no bad thing to concentrate the mind with a show of force on their doorstep though, we don't want people taking liberties after all, which is why having an American fleet sitting there is pretty cool [img]smile.gif[/img]
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