[kabar]

Who the hell is this jerk?

[dead]

They do appear more “Morris” than “Jack.”

[Dick Bachert]

[ryan71]

This event has certainly ruined my idea of what a Royal Marine is.

[P-Marlowe]

What an A$$#0LE.

[thinking]

I would say that the 3 men on the right, are not as happy, as the others appear to be...

[Levante]

Derbyshire is an a$$hole.

Was he there? Doesn’t this jerk know that the captain of the UK frigate was ordered NOT to interfere with the kidnapping of his men? Real easy to blame the victims, huh Derbyshire, you pr#ck.

[Alberta's Child]

Derbyshire and Peters are way out of line on this one. Both of them would be defecating in their pants for weeks if they were ever accosted — not even abducted — by a couple of hostile-looking teenagers on a New York City street corner.

[91B]

A lot of the responses here are critical of Derbyshire, but I think that if we are reminded of the kind of behavior that was once expected of soldiers we would be well served.

[sauropod]

review

[Christopher Lincoln]

I read Debyshire's article with a sort of despair. Is it possible that, after Vietnam (for starters), we still don't understand why our enemies make prisoners and hostages say bad things about their government and their cause? I will tell you why (not that I'm the first by a long way). They do it precisely in the hope that we will do what Derbyshire advocates. Actually, PISANO (post 27) is on to something when refers to the Code of Conduct; when the North Vietnamese tortured our soldiers and airmen, they were counting on America to punish the victims in accordance with the Code.

If you doubt this, watch the media in the coming days. Wonkette is on to the story already, headlining her account sarcastically "The Corner Supports Most of the Troops!". I'm sure this is just the beginning; soon, if not already, Derbyshire's article will be translated into Farsi and published in the (controlled) Iranian press. No doubt it will also get plenty of play in Great Britain's own moonbat media. Derbyshire is surely making the Iranian mullahs happy, although not as happy as they will be if - God help us - the British government actually follows his advice.