I was in the Navy for eight years, 1988-1996. I'm very happy that the Sailors and Marines are safe but their conduct falls short. I would rather die than allow myself to be paraded around, and now I see video of them yukking it up in civilian clothes, shaking hands with Ahmadinijed and that girl still has that scarf on her head. As a military person, you know that you might be killed or tortured or treated more harshly than people in other professions and it's your duty to not make it easy on the enemy. Not a single mark on those kids. If they had resisted, Iran would have found it difficult to kill them all and explain it.
Knowing that Ahmadinijed is basically seeking attention, I would have refused the head scarf and forced them to beat me, then their video propaganda would have been ruined. Of course, the media is going along and treating the whole thing as a British blunder, caused by Americans in Iraq, and the brit Sailors and Marines aid Iran by acting happy on tape. The brits are wonderful allies but I'm sorry they allowed themselves to be used like that.