Posted on 03/29/2007 11:02:02 AM PDT by UKrepublican
They should do that anyway. Giving the hostages back doesn't make this outrage Okay.
Very good point. I noticed that.
Maybe they just fel uncomfortable? Only natural given the circumstances.
To keep them from doing morse code with blinking.
Damn those Iranian pigs.
Probably. That Orientalism that Edward Said is always prattling about might not be all bunk.
Ooooh! Further Tension!
Iran must be really scared now!
"Now go away, or I will taunt you a second time!"
I thought the fact that she was smoking in the Iranian prison might have been a signal (perhaps she was really a nonsmoker). But then I saw the new video of the actual capture and she's smoking in the boat, during the capture!!!
"This sailor had better start giving unmistakable signs that things that she's saying are being said under duress. I don't know if Royal Navy recruits are given training in this but if I know of some ways to do it (having seen examples from North Vietnamese propaganda films) she should know some."
Nothing she says or writes in captivity matters and should be held against her.
When she gets out she can confirm/deny. Until then she needs to just hang on the best she can without thinking (or her family thinking) civilians like us are judging her based on 10 seconds of video or a letter she is forced to write.
And yes, I agree, there are POWs who stand tall and get signals out.
BUMP
"(1)Back-channel to Iran to release hostages in "X" time or your one and only refinery will be destroyed and then.."
I don't like the back-channel aspect.
After all Iran is attempting to embarrass the UK in the eyes of the world, why should they be given a chance to save face?
Wait wait wait - does this mean that Iran is essentially admitting it's a combatant in the Iraq war? Why would the STATE of Iran kidnap British soldiers with a demand that the British leave Iraq, unless it has inserted itself, officially, into the war? If so, this would be an act of war directly related to the War in Iraq, in which case, Britain, I believe, has a right to strike Iran in self-defense, i.e., the U.N. is irrelevant to the situation at hand.
Should we say sorry to get our sailors back? Yes or No
Apparently they summoned the Iranian ambassador.
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Are we sure that it wasn't a preemptive surrender?
True...but the film clip I saw of her the other day didn't indicate that she was putting much effort into sending that message to her fellow countrymen.
Didn't you guys hear?
The UN is going to gasp
SEND THEM A LETTER!
Yes 22.34% (2,100 votes)
No 77.65% (7,297 votes)
Total: 9,397
I though that was the purpose of the burqahs? :-) Sorry, couldn't resist, even in the midst of the this tense situation.
77% say no apology.
Iran is establishing the linkage that the MSM and wimpy Government leaders refuse to admit... If this keeps up, the obvious fact that WWIII is already underway will become impossible for anyone to ignore...
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