Posted on 09/25/2011 4:47:05 PM PDT by paltz
Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, the now freed American hikers who were held in an Iranian prison after being convicted for espionage, appeared before cameras and reporters in New York on Sunday and gave prepared statements about their detentions in Iran.
Bauer, a freelance journalist, along with Sarah Shourd, a teacher and womens rights activist, and Fattal, an environmentalist, were arrested July 31, 2009 while hiking in Iraqi Kurdistan. Shourd was released last year. Bauer's and Fattal's remarks were critical of American foreign policy towards Iran as well as the Iranian government's treatment of it's own people.
"The only explanation for our prolonged detention is the 32 years of mutual hostility between American and Iran. The irony is Sarah Josh and I oppose U.S. policies towards Iran which perpetuate this hostility. We were convicted of espionage, because we are American," said Bauer. He continued, "Its that simple. No evidence was ever presented against us. That it because there is no evidence and because we are completely innocent."
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Their choices are limited. Mo, Larry, and Curly are dead.
And Obama said their release was wonderful news. I suppose Obama gave the Iranian fruitcake a big hug at the UN.
Good work OW; I continue to believe that Iran is right about this trio. They are agitators that do Obama proud.
Those three were never innocent hikers. They were peace activists that were trying to infiltrate Iran to support internal revolution. They may or may not have been under Hillary’s control for the Arab spring. I don’t think anyone with two brain cells to rub together actually believes those three were hiking in the middle of a war zone.
Can you provide some background on that pic? Where did it come from?
Thank you. You are the first person I have heard anywhere that has called this what
it really is - RANSOM. All I’ve heard until now is the word “bail”.
Bail implies that they would have to go back for a trial. Of course Obama might
have them arrested and sent back.
I wish I could take credit ES but FReeper Dallas 59 posted this info earlier on another thread.
The enemies of our Nation are being pumped out of our colleges yearly. These little ba*tards are proof of what is being ‘taught’. Disgusting...
I would guess these morons are typical of most libs who graduate from college today. You could hardly find anything more stupid to do than hike along the Iraqi-Iran border and expect nothing bad to happen to you. You can inoculate people against physical diseases, but unfortunately you can’t inoculate someone from the mental disease of leftism.
A buddy of mine was working in northern Iran in 1979. He was captured by the Iranians and we weren't sure what his fate was. About a month later, I saw his picture on the front page of the London Times. He had been released and was in Hong Kong. Those of us who knew him well were convinced that the Iranians paid US to take him off their hands.
The same Sean Penn who purportedly accomplished what Presidente Obama and Madame Hillary Clintoon were unable to do despite their lofty positions in the world hierarchy?
We are watching a three-ring circus playing out on the world stage with Obama and his administration's appointees and hirees as the pathetic troupe of clowns somersaulting around while playing their roles as our governors.
Leni
On the bright side, at least they are`nt drooling all over obama for rescuing them. Because they are`nt, maybe obama now wishes the ingrates were never let go.
Send em back and let em rot.
Amen.
The truth of a matter is not determined by how many people believe it.
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