Thoughts And Prayers Please

[woofgang]

or good vibes...anything you have got for the crew of the Stena Impero. I used to sail in and out of the Gulf with my husband many years ago and there was always a little unacknowledged feeling of relief when were finally in open waters again. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49053383

[New Judge]

It will be interesting to see how much involvement comes from our "European Partners" in all of this. It is the EU's (highly dubious) sanctions against the shipment of oil from Iran that seemingly kicked off this nonsense.

[teacake44]

As normal, it will be a good excuse to up the price of fuel, by Monday morning if not overnight.

[ichkeria]

Ah yes of course it’s all the EU’s fault.
How could we not see that.
The sanctions are on oil shipments TO Syria specifically, not FROM Iran

[New Judge]

Indeed. And under what international legislation are those sanctions enforced?

[Theland]

Latest reports say crews are safe and well.
Let's hope and pray it stays that way.

[woofgang]

Indeed Theland.

[10ClarionSt]

Thoughts, for sure. I don't do prayers.

[Spicerack]

Ol teabag must be feeling a right tit this morning.
Even by the dismal standards of AB her analysis couldn't have been much wronger.

[retrocop]

SR
You can't negotiate with these idiots. The only diplomacy they understand is Gunboat diplomacy.

//The Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, for example, was talking peace and sweet reason at the United Nations in New York only hours before the Revolutionary Guard grabbed the Stena Impero.

Either he is out of the loop making his peace overtures – or he was speaking with a forked tongue. Whatever the case, it means Iranian diplomats are not a channel to be trusted to get things resolved.//

Mark Almond. Director of Crisis Research Institute. Oxford

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7266841/Blinkered-Iranian-bullies-close-igniting-suicidal-conflict-seizing-British-tanker.html