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| Thread ID: 78043 | 2007-03-31 21:49:00 | Iran marines. | Cicero (40) | PC World Chat |
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| 537330 | 2007-04-01 06:43:00 | www.spiked-online.com Quote: "The affair shows Britain is the loudmouth of international affairs - it talks big, but it lacks the strength or coherence to back the talk up. "Despite the comments of a senior US commander, working alongside the British-led task force, that his men would have fired on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard rather than let themselves be taken hostage, it seems that the real questions raised by the seizure are less to do with the immediate military response than with the public diplomacy which has followed. |
Scouse (83) | ||
| 537331 | 2007-04-01 06:50:00 | Right, let's do that. All he would need to sort them out would be his sharp stick. To be honest T,I would,but even I am not that cruel. We must wait and see how the farce unfolds Scow. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 537332 | 2007-04-01 07:14:00 | If it had been John Wayne and American marines,they would have had the Iranians surrounded by now,what is wrong with the British? At least the Iranians have not done to the British soldiers what the British and the American military forces have done to their captors in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere. Anyhow, I think the British are doing the right thing. A diplomatic solution will win friends and admirers. A military one will only make more enemies. That lesson seems completely lost on the Americans. |
vinref (6194) | ||
| 537333 | 2007-04-01 08:06:00 | At least the Iranians have not done to the British soldiers what the British and the American military forces have done to their captors in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere. Anyhow, I think the British are doing the right thing. A diplomatic solution will win friends and admirers. A military one will only make more enemies. That lesson seems completely lost on the Americans. How do you know that Vin, I they you are a bit unfair with the stick.....You are only hearing the bad stuff of the allies, AFAIK the Brits werent even in Iranian sea space! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 537334 | 2007-04-01 08:26:00 | How do you know that Vin, I they you are a bit unfair with the stick.....You are only hearing the bad stuff of the allies, AFAIK the Brits werent even in Iranian sea space! Yes. It is not yet entirely clear to the rest of the world who was in the wrong. That is not my point though. The thing is, the Iranians have been scrupulously civilised in their treatment of the prisoners. None of the prisoners seemed to have been roughed up. They were even allowed to write to their loved ones. Compare and contrast that with the pics and tales from Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay. |
vinref (6194) | ||
| 537335 | 2007-04-01 08:47:00 | Just read the on-line papers to catch up with the latest news on this affair. The British servicemen and servicewoman are "hostages", not "prisoners", according to Western media. The Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay inmates are still "terrorists" although I read somewhere that the first conviction has just been recorded against a Guantanamo Bay inmate (despite the number of inmates and the length of incarceration) - David Hicks of Australia. This sounds like the rest of them were quite innocent... Bush has just entered the fray, by demanding to release the "innocent" hostages. |
vinref (6194) | ||
| 537336 | 2007-04-01 09:11:00 | While the world dithers, hostages are doing unpaid overtime. This is no time to be pussy-footing around with gunboats, we must act unilaterally. Parachute Jenny Shipley into downtown Tehran carrying a note declaring that failure to release the hostages will result in both Helen and Theresa being released in their city unmuzzled. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 537337 | 2007-04-01 21:59:00 | It's a wonder that there are any yanks still left with the amount of 'friendly fire' shootings they are renowned for. Thank god for accurate weapons or they could shoot innocent bystanders eh! | fnphoto (2434) | ||
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