Iran, You're Not Exactly Helping Yourself Here...

Not the kind of news one likes to wake up to on a quiet Friday morning. From the AP: "Iranian naval vessels on Friday seized 15 British sailors and marines who had boarded a merchant ship in Iraqi waters of the Persian Gulf, British and U.S. officials said. Britain immediately protested the detentions, which come at a time of high tension between the West and Iran."

The report adds some historic background behind this, noting among other things that "The U.S. Navy said the incident occurred just outside a long-disputed waterway called the Shatt al-Arab dividing Iraq and Iran." A volatile situation, obviously.

Let's see how the man who rules the media's world is handling this delicate situation-



(Yikes! Red font = serious! Mr. Drudge is getting sloppy, though, he forgot the siren.)

Yes, this is definitely a volatible situation... and Mr. Drudge and his ilk couldn't be happier.

[UPDATE 5:30pm: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has cancelled his visit to the United Nations.]