An observation by gollum vis Iran/RN prisoners

I'm with Murray. The SAS has not been historically known for being very nice to those who mess with the Crown's loyal subjects. The western press is in an uproar since clearly, this would be a blatant violation of the Geneva Conventions. 2. A member of the armed forces of a Party to the conflict who, on behalf of that Party and in territory controlled by an adverse Party, gathers or attempts to gather information shall not be considered as engaging in espionage if, while so acting, he is in the uniform of his armed forces. /Sarcasm Neither the press, various UN committees nor even Saint Cindy Sheehan, has uttered a peep. We are obviously deal with a case of "living" conventions. They're pliable, and only to be used in the interest of furthering an agenda. Off the top of my head, I'm guessing that right around zero of the poor, mistreated guests at Guantanamo were in uniform, nor did most of them, as the convention also stipulates, "respect the laws and customs of war". You know, little things, like not setting off car bombs in markets full of civilians. The silence on Iran's latest idiocy is deafening. Good showing Ry!

This is economic blackmail. I was reading over at PJ media all the reports and several stuck out in the midst of all the hoopla about whether they were in Iranian territory or not, their interrogation, etc I'm gonna blog on it.

Okay, you read waaaay lots more than I do in a given day, Kat. That's a given. But what exactly makes you think it's predominately economic in nature? Sure, Iran, like Venezuela, benefits from high crude prices. But I'm seeing a lot of different and compelling reasons to do this(nuclear issue, sanctions, being obstructionist, the intraME struggle to be El Heffe between Iran and a few others, and that still leaves the possibility of bloated ideas of capabilities that leads to strategic mistakes ala Qaddafi and his line of death). What's the neon sign that points to economics as the predominate reason?