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[theweaselking]

US army storms Iranian consulate, arrests everyone inside, siezes papers and computers.

And yes, this *does* mean that US ground forces just invaded Iran, which is an act of war.

And yes, this *does* mean that the US just invaded the Iranian embassy and took hostages. That sounds so familiar. Where have I heard that before?

Comments

[scixual.livejournal.com]

So, what are we, in FOUR Middle-Eastern countries now?

Jeez, it's the Crusades all over again.

[torrain.livejournal.com]

Not a fair comparison. After all, the motivating parties are completely devoid of the religious trappings which were so heavily associated with the Crusades--

--damn, I couldn't even type that with a straight face.

[scixual.livejournal.com]

Hee hee, and here I had my "rebuttal" engines warming up! ^_^

[zenten.livejournal.com]

No, the Pope is against this.

[scixual.livejournal.com]

...does that make Dubya the new Anti-Pope?

[anivair.livejournal.com]

No, it makes him the old anti-pope. It's just nobody told the pope till now.

[chizzer.livejournal.com]

Did the Old Pope know?

[unnamed525.livejournal.com]

How could he have known?

[chizzer.livejournal.com]

That was a badly phrased joke... lol.

Old Anti-Pope... Old Pope...

fah, forget it.

[anivair.livejournal.com]

Odds are good. He was a bright guy.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

A consulate is not the same thing as an embassy. The extraterritorial rights are often not granted to a consulate, as i understand it.