Richard - I have no idea what you are talking about. A specific quote would help.

Anyway - It looks as though Iran has offerred Britain an easy way out. Obviously Iran knows how to compromise, lets see if Britain can do the same.

"The Foreign Office also confirmed it had replied to a letter from Iran's Foreign Ministry. The Iranian letter did not ask for an apology, only a future "guarantee" not to enter Iranian waters. The British reply was apparently aimed at seeing whether that might provide a window for a diplomatic solution."

http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/&articleid=303503

I think thats pretty generous, considering this bit of information:

"...Craig Murray, a former British diplomat and Foreign Office specialist on maritime affairs, said, "There is no agreed maritime boundary between Iraq and Iran in the Persian Gulf. Until the current mad propaganda exercise of the last week, nobody would have found that in the least a controversial statement."

"In postings on his Web site, www.craigmurray.co.uk, Mr. Murray referred to charts shown by the Royal Navy to reinforce its argument, saying: "The Iran-Iraq maritime boundary shown on the British government map does not exist. It has been drawn up by the British government."

Britain should have done the right thing and negotiated directly with Iran from the beginning. Instead Blair goes running to the U.N., the E.U. and big daddy in the U.S. He makes himself look very weak and totally inept as a leader.