Today is Iran Hostage Crisis Day #11

From Today's Independent. Couldn't have said it better myself.

The War of Humiliation

The Independent

April 2, 2007

Our Marines are hostages. Two more were shown on Iranian TV. Petrol bombs burst behind the walls of the British embassy in Tehran.

But it's definitely not the war on terror. It's the war of humiliation. The humiliation of Britain, the humiliation of Tony Blair, of the British military, of George Bush and the whole Iraqi shooting match.

And the master of humiliation - even if Tony Blair doesn't realise it - is Iran, a nation which feels itself forever humiliated by the West.

Today is Iran Hostage Crisis Day #10

Take hostages - check

Have oil prices go up - check

Nice. Very nice.

You think the NAR gamed the system? Nothing like the mullahs in Iran. The NAR are amateurs versus these guys.

Until the West gets some balls.

Think those far-flung exurb houses can drop any farther in value? I think $4 gas has gotta suck, especially when their ARMs are resetting and they can no longer re-fi.