When Civilized Minds Try to Understand Barbarism

The BBC has a tortured analysis piece today trying to grasp Iranian intentions regarding the Iranian seizure of 15 British sailors and marines.

It's pitiful.

One commentator, Sayeed Laylaz, has drawn a parallel with President George W Bush's state of the nation address in January, which was followed immediately by a US attack on an Iranian office in Irbil in northern Iraq and the seizure of five Iranians who are still being held by the US.

Iran's leaders are hairy, uncivilized barbarians. Suits and ties don't change that. It's like trying to grasp the nuance and subtlety of a rabid dog's snarling.