Posted on 08/03/2009 5:45:26 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Longtime readers know my point of view on this: whether you are American or not, a “journalist” or not, if you go to Iran or North Korea, you knew the likely consequences, you assumed the risk, and I couldn’t care less about you. I care far more about those held in these totalitarian states against their will, not dumb, left-wing Americans who went there willingly.
We have enough looming and present foreign and domestic policy problems to worry about. We don’t need to add people like Laura Ling and Roxana Saberi . . . and now, three “hikers” who are really left-wing, pro-Syrian, anti-Israel “activist” “journalists” from Berkeley–two of whom chose to leave America and live in the Arab Muslim Mid-East. They knew the risks when they went “hiking” on the Iranian border. (Hint: It’s not like vacationing in South Beach, and I don’t think they were really hiking.) Two of them chose to live in the Middle East. Tough luck that they got caught.
Oh, and if you think I believe the “they were just hiking” story, think again. Here’s a little bit of info about these far-left “hikers.” It seems that an Iranian prison might be a great place for them to spend some time.
* Sarah Shourd is an anti-Israel “journalist” who lives in the Middle East(probably in Damascus, Syria, from which she’s written some of her articles), writes sympathetic pieces about terrorist-host state Syria, attacking Israel, and taking her Syrian patrons’ false point of view that Israel’s Golan Heights is “occupied territory.” She also writes about how Israel oppresses the Syrians. Hilarious. dissidents, let’s concentrate on blaming the Jews.
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with their ideology, they should feel right at home, and maybe, even, think about staying. Feel free, you guys!
don’t care don’t care don’t care don’t care don’t care don’t care don’t care ad infinitum
Talk about reaping what you sow. Those three have sided with the enemies of their own country, and now they are going to find out how unpleasant their friends the Iranians are. We should not lift a finger to get them out.
Obama will hear their cries. He is one of them.
Awesome ‘covers’ for spooks. Sounds like a perfect fit for going into Iran.
I would tell the Iranians they are of Jewish decent. That ought to stoke up the fire.
Excellent opportunity to put those skills to work.
Stupid Libtards
Hey Iran...
You can keep em as we don’t want them back.
Sincerely,
The citizens of the USA.
I would bet that if, after a month in an Iranian prison, they were given the option to serve out the remainder of their sentence in an Israeli prison, they would catch the first flight out to Jerusalem.
Not one of our precious soldiers lives for this self serving pos. They believed what they did and they dealt from the wrong hand. As an old Marine friend of mine says,
“Sympathy is in the dictionary between sh@t and syphilis”.
This was a thoughtless act against thier country.
I'll wager that they really smell bad.......even before their incarceration.
I just had a thought....I wonder if since two of them speak Arabic they thought they would enter Iran and get interviews so they could write sympathic articles only to realize too late they they don’t speak Arabic they speak Farsi?
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