It would have been possible that Iranians would have died at the hand of their own police in response to the distrubances. Seriously.
Does Britain want people alive or dead? It doesn't matter if these people are unarmed, they would have died anyway. Evacuating personnel sounds like a far better option. Sanctions have consequences. This is a reaction to something, tensions if nothing else.
...British Prime Minister David Cameron (click title to entry - thank you) said Tuesday Iran faces "serious consequences" for failing to defend the British compounds from Islamists who barged into them as police looked on. The protesters chanted "Death to Britain" as they smashed windows of the main embassy building, threw documents outside and set fire to a car. Another group of Iranians stormed a British diplomatic complex in northern Tehran. The assaults followed followed Britain's decision to impose new economic sanctions against Iran over its alleged nuclear weapons program....
It would appear sanctions are working. I would think this is activity to be expected when sanctions are imposed. Does Great Britain live in lulla land? Cause and effect. And then there are the trees. That was kinda lousy. I rather have living disgruntled people than dead citizens and further bloodshed. I think the world can handle the indignity of its own actions for the sake of saving lives. Last time there were protesters in the street and Iran sent out the police there was a notable death the young adults hang on to as a symbol of the violence they face when they oppose the government. That symbol was a young woman killed for no reason except she demonstrated. I think Great Britain has come away with a clean record at this point.
