If they threatened to rape or otherwise torture one of your brothers in arms/a guy would it make you submit to their using you for their propaganda? The problem is with your thinking. You justify the British soldiers placating the Iranians in order to save the woman’s ‘honor’, that indicates to me they could have found your weakness and exploited it to their advantage. As a woman, I wouldn’t want my brothers in arms to use me as an excuse to comply with that crap. Admiral Stockdale beat himself up when in the Hanoi Hilton so he could not be used in this kind of propaganda film. None of these soldiers appear to have thought of that, or any other way to resist...I’m sad for them.
Even sadder that Iran will probably never suffer any consequences for their actions in taking these sailors.
“Admiral Stockdale beat himself up when in the Hanoi Hilton so he could not be used in this kind of propaganda film.”
Injured himself so badly he nearly died.
Col. Bud Day was so badly tortured he could not perform the simplest task by himself.
Capt. Rocky Versace argued with his captors in French and Vietnamese, refusing to capitulate. He was executed because of his stubbornness.
All 3 earned the Medal of Honor.