"Fooled" Us Twice ...

Fool me once ... shame on you.

Fool me twice ... shame on me!

We were made a fool of by the Iranians 28 years ago when they stormed our Embassy in Iran and held 52 Americans for 444 days. During those 444 days the extremist Islamo-Fascist government of Iran repeatedly made a fool out of Jimmy Carter - and by extension - the United States. The Iranians finally released our folks in 1981 - only minutes after Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as President. Yeah, we tried negotiation - we tried "feeling their pain". But in the end - we looked like chumps and I'm not the only one that believes our impotent reaction of 28 years ago is what has caused most of the problems we're dealing with today in Iran and the Middle East.

Now the Iranians are determined to "remind" us of just how weak, impotent, and unwilling to take action we have always been. This time they've kidnapped British Sailors.

And we're reacting the same way Jimmy Carter did. And we're showing the Iranians again just how weak and impotent we still are.

Let's cut to the chase here ... and let me just state exactly how this should have been dealt with from the beginning.

The moment that Tony Blair was informed about the kidnapping of his Sailors - he should have immediately picked up the phone and consulted with George Bush. The two should have then agreed to do the following ...

1. Gather all the information PROVING that these Sailors were not in Iranian waters and release that evidence to the press - and I don't really care if Fat Ass Rosey O'Donnel doesn't believe it - just release it so that the people with a brain can see it.

2. Tony and George should have immediately released a joint statement. George should have gotten on plane to London - and the two should have gotten on a podium in front of the press somewhere and said the following ...

"The government of Iran has 12-hours to release the British Sailors they have kidnapped and are holding in violation of all commonly accepted international law.

If these hostages are not released within 12 hours - then Iran will have NO NAVY within 13 hours."

I would show the Iranian extremist Islamo-fascists exactly how long it would take us to sink their entire Navy. And I would tell them - any ship that moves during the 12 hour grace period - will automatically be destroyed.

Destroy their entire Navy in an hour - we can do it folks. First - they don't have a huge Navy to begin with - second - we have an awesome capability to tear stuff up. Destroy their Navy - the Iranians can completely avoid loss of life on their side by getting their Sailors off their ships. Not that they'll do that but it's a valid option.

Begin "negotiations" to free the British hostages by putting a very large chip on the table - the Iranian Navy.

And after the Navy is destroyed - then you can threaten to elevate to other things. For instance - bombing their nuclear sites. Blockading their coastline. Hell - be creative.

But show them you are serious at the outset - and take their entire Navy from them. Deprive them of the right to have one - ever. Make any Iranian warship KOS - "Kill On Sight".

But don't let them fool us twice.