07-30-2019, 12:32 PM
(07-30-2019, 12:14 PM)Dill Wrote: If Iran seizes a ship in response to Britain seizing a ship because the US has re-imposed sanctions despite Iran holding to the Iran deal, then this "piracy," which would not have occurred were the sanctions not reimposed, does have something to do with the reimposed sanctions.
The UK seized a ship that was violating existing EU sanctions as it was bound for Syria. This had nothing to do with the Iran deal and I literally pointed that out in the post you just quoted. Please actually read what is written instead of immediately vomiting up a response as constantly reiterating the same points to you is annoying.
Quote:I am not the only one asking pedantic questions like I'm being clever.
Well, at least you finally admitted your intent.
Quote:This distancing of Britain from the US is a subject of great interest in the foreign policy community. And I re-asked the question about that distancing to keep the discussion on the track of my original post, and away from personal judgments about my motivation and moral assessments of Iran.
Your questions have been answered. As usual you don't like the answer so you ask the same question apparently hoping for a different one. I'll make it bare bones simple for you.
The UK wants to preserve the Iran deal. They realize that direct cooperation with the US Navy would further jeopardize said deal as the US is publicly against the deal. Hence to save face and adequately respond to Iran's state sanctioned act of piracy they are assembling a joint military mission with other nations; excluding the US intentionally so as not to further worsen chances of the Iran deal staying intact. This is the absolutely only reason for this course of action. The UK can do nothing and look weak(er), the UK can cooperate with the US Navy and likely destroy the Iran deal completely, or they can choose the middle road as they did. You want to read more into it because it fits your world view of "Trump is destroying our old alliances". In some cases this argument could be made, this is not one of them. Kindly read this entire post before responding as I will be ignoring any question you reiterate that has already been addressed. Thank you.
