Why doesn't the "Coalition" just give back the 5 Iranians they are holding in trade for...

[NNN0LHI]

...for the 15 "Coalition" members that Iran is holding? Wouldn't that make sense? No harm no foul. I realize that this all depends on whether Bush and his minions were planning on hanging the Iranians right before the next election or something like they hang everyone else. A prisoner exchange kind of ruins that whole plan.

Don

[youthere]

1. I thought they tried to do that allready and Iran said no....

I could be wrong, but I swear I heard that buried in the news between the Anna Nicole and Pat Tillman.

[majorjohn]

2. Iran refuses to do that n/t

[Kelly Rupert]

3. We've tried, I believe.

This "crisis" is on the Iranians, not the Brits/US. Believe it or not, both sides enjoy rattling their sabres.

[cali]

4. What, no response to those who've pointed

out that this has been tried? I realize that you're eager to view this in black/white, casting the Iranians as the good guys and the Brits?US as the bad guys, but that's as simplistic as those on the other side.

[NNN0LHI]

5. What was the name of the Coalition official who made the offer to Iran?

I am kind of interested where this offer originated from. Thanks.

Don

[cali]

6. Sorry, the story I read, out of a British paper

didn't give names, and essentially it simply recapped an Iranian statement. Why don't you do a Google search? I'd like to add that there really isn't a Coalition, and that in any case, this isn't between the Coalition and Iran; it's between GB and Iran.

Here's a question for you: Why don't the Iranians simply provide proof that the brits were in Iranian waters, broadcast it to the world and release the brits with a "stern warning" to England? They are the ones that can de-escalate this matter.

[NNN0LHI]

7. You want me to Google to prove a negative? See ya n/t