What would Bush have done

I'm sure many of you have been hearing or reading about the saga of the 15 British sailors that were detained in Iran. I marvel at the outcome and the process the Britished used to get their people out. They used quiet diplomacy. They didn't threaten. They didn't make a show of force. Bascially all the exact opposite of what the Bush administration would have done. I recall former UN embassador John Bolton saying you had to go and use the military because that was the only thing they respected and that it was the only way to prevent this from happening again.

But what did the Brits do? Even when the Iranians were talking all kinds of crap, they stayed polite. Even after they sailors were released, what did Tony Blair say? That he bore the Iranians no ill will. Was he telling the truth? Probably not. I'm sure he's seething inside and that paybacks will be hell. The Brits got a long memory. But they got their people back safely and he was willing to let the Iranians save face in public.

The Bush administration could learn a lot from how the Brits do things internationally.