Iran frees sailors. Interesting to watch...

I'm sure many of us have been shocked to hear, out of the blue, that everyone's best friend, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad freed the British sailors that they captured nearly two weeks ago. It was something that just blew me away!

However, I believe that this was a very interesting move from the Iranian government. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad played his cards very well. Why do I believe this? Firstly, the Iranian government is not North Korea. North Korea has no diplomatic relations, and any member of the American or British government would have themselves captured, without warning. Iran, on the other hand, has some diplomatic relations with the UK, and a better relationship with the UK than the US. Had these sailors been American, this standoff would've gone on for a much longer time.

I also believe that Mahmoud played his cards well because of the fact that he held these sailors for 13 days, and the UK was powerless to do anything. If they tried adding sanctions, Iran would've held the sailors for a longer time, and maybe deny oil to the West as well as other goods that the West needs. Iran played their game very well, and there seems to be no real issue that the families have with Iran or the government.

I don't think that this had anything to do with the uranium enrichment thing. I think this was just to show that Iran has power, and they will use it against anyone that should go against them. Great show Iran!

The way that the American media handled this was of course, the way they would handle it with any of their enemies. What they did was interview the former hostages of the American embassy siege. Times have changed since then and Westerners aren't looked in a bad light anymore. If you're a visiting Westerner, with blond hair and blue eyes in Iran (Even if you're from Israel), you're taken in with open arms. You will feel welcome in the country from wherever you're from now. The dark days of the revolution are over, the people want to get on with life, the governments don't!