With the 15 British sailors free the pundits are wondering what this means for the West and Middle East. Some are asking what really made Iran release the sailors?

Robert Farley at "Lawyers, Guns, and Money" thinks that the comments of the right about Iran displays a "300" fantasy.

David Frum proposes targeted sanctions to put Iran in its place.

Tom Englehardt of TomDispatch.com asks why an Iranian diplomat was mysteriously freed at the same time as the 15 Brits.

Englehardt also offers us a piece by Noam Chomsky arguing that the best thing the U.S. can do to stop Iran is strengthen democracy at home.

Victor Davis Hanson says that either the EU completely stops all trade with Iran or an air strike is inevitable.

Hooman Majd says Iran's actions can be explained by the Arab street.

Charles Krauthammer says that the U.N. and EU only make the Iran situation more difficult.

Geoffrey Wheatcraft says that to understand how Blair botched the Iran hostage crisis we should look at how he handled the lead up to the Iraq war.

The Washington Post says that we shouldn't take Iran's release of the British sailors as friendly pragmatism.