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British Navy Crew Says Iran Imposed Constant Psychological Pressure
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| Friday, April 06, 2007
| AP
Posted on 04/06/2007 9:58:49 AM PDT by Lucky9teen
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Hmmm...
To: Lucky9teen
The 15 British sailors and marines seized by Iran said Friday they were blindfolded, kept in isolation and warned that if they didn't admit being in Iranian waters they faced up to seven years in jail. Well, maybe John McCain should make the rounds on British military bases and remind these soldiers there are worse things than spending 7 yrs in an Iranian prison: defaming your country and sullying your own uniform with cowardice.
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posted on
04/06/2007 10:04:37 AM PDT
by
Tamar1973
(Every Thread a BYJ Thread (http://www.byj.co.kr/))
To: Lucky9teen
I’m sure their “explanations” will be completely accepted by their ship mates .... especially down at the VFW having a few pints with some WWII vets .... yeah.
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posted on
04/06/2007 10:05:04 AM PDT
by
MaDeuce
(Do it to them, before they do it to you! (MaDeuce = John Browning's gift to freedom))
To: Lucky9teen
They were tortured.
How many Bibles were thrown in toilets?
To: Lucky9teen
“Oooh, they made me nervous, so I HAD to embarrass my country!”
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posted on
04/06/2007 10:06:11 AM PDT
by
Pukin Dog
(Sans Reproache)
To: Lucky9teen
Kind of weird that within 12 days they pretty much came to a conclusion that their wimpy government wouldn’t get them so they gave a false confession.
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posted on
04/06/2007 10:06:27 AM PDT
by
tobyhill
(only wimps believe in retreat in defeat)
To: Lucky9teen
I’m sure the ACLU will notify the BCLU lawyers and file a lawsuit because of Iran violating the sailors’ Geneva Convention rights...
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posted on
04/06/2007 10:07:00 AM PDT
by
Doctor Raoul
(What's the difference between the CIA and the Free Clinic? The Free Clinic knows how to stop leaks.)
To: Lucky9teen
“We were subjected to numerous Wet Williams’.”
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posted on
04/06/2007 10:08:23 AM PDT
by
Ieatfrijoles
(Incinerate Riyadh Now.(Request shot splash))
To: Lucky9teen
they were blindfolded, kept in isolation and warned that if they didn't admit being in Iranian waters they faced up to seven years in jail.![Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/b4its2late/funny/ShockedMonkey.jpg)
How can this be? The wonderful Amajedanut allowed this to happen?
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posted on
04/06/2007 10:08:32 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(Liberalism is a mental disorder.)
To: Lucky9teen
I was never in the service, so I’m not going to judge. But somehow I can’t imagine US Marines acting the same way in such a situation.
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posted on
04/06/2007 10:09:56 AM PDT
by
Maceman
(Scratch a progressive, find a misanthrope.)
To: Lucky9teen
“Hey, man, y’all think I’m gonna spend 7 years in some f***ing prison just to keep my g**d*** country from being embarassed? Wha you smoken, man? I got better things ta do than spend 7 f***ing years in some h*** hole just because I was stupid enough to sign up for the f***ing navy! I don’t give one f*** about my country and whether or not some big wig might get his shorts in a knot! I do my job, see, and as soon as I can git outta this here f***ing navy I’m goin home to ma girl and ma kid, an we even may git married, man. No way I’m gonna stand still and be no hero. What a piece of s*** and waste of time that is! No way, man!”
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posted on
04/06/2007 10:15:01 AM PDT
by
hardworking
(Elect the Clintoons and re-experience explaining 'oral sex' to another batch of little kids.)
To: Lucky9teen
Stunning that they let this small group of sailors in an inflatable boat operate outside of the Cruiser’s scope of protection. Some serious court-martialing needs to go on.
To: Lucky9teen
"...They used... sarcasm.They knew all the tricks, dramatic irony, metaphor, bathos, puns, parody, litotes and... satire!"
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posted on
04/06/2007 10:17:07 AM PDT
by
denydenydeny
("We have always been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France"--Wellington)
To: Maceman
I cant imagine US Marines acting the same way in such a situation.
Picture the surviving Iranians treading water.
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posted on
04/06/2007 10:21:02 AM PDT
by
Thrownatbirth
(.....when the sidewalks are safe for the little guy.)
To: Lucky9teen
I think I'm put off at the way the hostages embraced the option of capitulating to their captors by smiling so big and waving. I remember this POW from the initial Iraq invasion, making signals with her eyes, focusing on someone off camera, as if to say, "there's a guy there making me say this."
To: GOP_Party_Animal
I think that’s a key that sometimes gets lost in people arguing whether or not the sailors and Marines acted appropriately. They should never have been captured in the first place, because as soon as the Iranians left their territorial waters and made a move toward the inflatables, they should have been blown to meet Allah. And as soon as they were grabbed, there should have been bombs falling on the Iranian Navy immediately.
Whoever set the Cornwall’s policy to be that passive, and hung those out that close to the Iranian border with no backup (or with backup that had its hands tied because of restrictive ROE), THOSE are the heads that should roll. No matter how high it goes, clear into the MoD if need be.
}:-)4
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posted on
04/06/2007 10:25:10 AM PDT
by
Moose4
(I don't speed in Durham--if I get pulled for 65 in a 55, Mike Nifong'll have me doing 15 to life.)
To: Moose4
"And as soon as they were grabbed, there should have been bombs falling on the Iranian Navy immediately." Not knowing the full circumstances, I'll refrain from stating my personal opinions on the matter of the hostages' behavior. Besides that, the fact that the Iranian Navy remains afloat following their release, pretty much says everything.
To: mikethevike
Always remember the look in those POWs eyes—then compare to what we saw on video from this incident. Not at all alike, or even similar. Fear shows up in the eyes.
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posted on
04/06/2007 10:34:55 AM PDT
by
MizSterious
(Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
To: hardworking
To: Lucky9teen
Prediction - These marines will be receiving white fathers in the mail
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posted on
04/06/2007 10:35:24 AM PDT
by
Lexington Green
(Every American killed by a Mexican truck is a homicide committed by our leaders..)
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