British Forces Held By Iran

Bernie quoted-

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pointed humiliation of Britain,

It is well known that if a premiss is designed to arrive at a conclusion it generally does so. This, obviously, does not necessarily mean that the conclusion is valid except for those, maybe, who have squealing hinges in their brains.

i was surprised to see that the british sailors were reading from prepared statements this morning (as broadcast by BBC) .
i have to wonder if those statements were all prepared by the sailors themselves - without any coaching or censoring .
i've got a suspicious mind .
hbg

British diplomacy wins the day, well done you Brits, that's the way to go!

No imprisonment, no orange Jump Suits, no torture, allowed to contact their families and not locked in cages as per Guantanamo Bay.
Congratulations; President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad you demonstrated compassion and a civilized approach.

hamburger wrote:

i was surprised to see that the british sailors were reading from prepared statements this morning (as broadcast by BBC) .
i have to wonder if those statements were all prepared by the sailors themselves - without any coaching or censoring .
i've got a suspicious mind .
hbg

Do you believe thwey were more or less rehearsed than those issued, presumably from them, while they were captives?

Evidently the Stokholm syndrome can operate over long distances.

The fellow who writes those words is one of the mouth-frothy warmongers over here. I despise the fellow.

That's hardly fair George.

a classical overcompensating short guy, if there ever was one

hamburger wrote:
i was surprised to see that the british sailors were reading from prepared statements this morning (as broadcast by BBC) .
i have to wonder if those statements were all prepared by the sailors themselves - without any coaching or censoring .
i've got a suspicious mind .
hbg

george wrote :
Do you believe thwey were more or less rehearsed than those issued, presumably from them, while they were captives?

The notion that they (the Iranians)are somehow enhanced by their release of the captives is absurd.

george wrote :

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a classical overcompensating short guy, if there ever was one

is george deciding on who is good and who is evil by size this morning
hbg

hamburger wrote:

george wrote :

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a classical overcompensating short guy, if there ever was one

is george deciding on who is good and who is evil by size this morning
hbg

I didn't say he is evil. However, my experience of life has indeed taught me that authoritarian short guys are generally a bit worse than authoritarian tall ones.


Aminidajadababa is a prime example.

georgeob1 wrote:

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But, I've always been lead to believe that he's just a front man for the guys in the back. So why attach anything to his personality at all - if he isn't calling the shots?

Cycloptichorn

I don't think that either of us really knows the truth of that. In any event he adds a clear personal flavor to his actions that seems authentically his.

"For the moment, we have stopped (British) boarding operations. Coalition operations continue under U.K. command," said Adm. Jonathon Band, head of the Royal Navy. "Currently, our (operations) have been suspended while we do that review."

statement attributed to british naval chief :

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"For the moment, we have stopped (British) boarding operations. Coalition operations continue under U.K. command," said Adm. Jonathon Band, head of the Royal Navy. "Currently, our (operations) have been suspended while we do that review."

link to article :
BRITISH NAVY SUSPENDS BOARDING OPERATIONS

This could have been the aim of Iran the whole time. Who knows what kind of weapons or even people they have been trying to send into Iraq that they didn't want to send over the land border. I think we should watch Iran and Iraq a little bit more closely in the near future.

Baldimo wrote:

This could have been the aim of Iran the whole time. Who knows what kind of weapons or even people they have been trying to send into Iraq that they didn't want to send over the land border. I think we should watch Iran and Iraq a little bit more closely in the near future.

From the above quote:
"For the moment, we have stopped (British) boarding operations. Coalition operations continue under U.K. command."

Doesn't matter, since the British Navy isn't doing boarding parties any longer that makes less man power available. It still attains the aim of limiting the ability to detect contraband being shipped.[/quote

If that is really the case you know more than First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Jonathon Band.
He said, they continue to do so, only as "Coalition Forces" and not - as long as the military review of the circumstances is conducted - as "UK forces".

"For the moment, we have stopped (British) boarding operations. Coalition operations continue under U.K. command," said C. "Currently, our (operations) have been suspended while we do that review."

Doesn't matter, since the British Navy isn't doing boarding parties any longer that makes less man power available. It still attains the aim of limiting the ability to detect contraband being shipped

statement released by Adm. Jonathon Band, head of the Royal Navy .

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"For the moment, we have stopped (British) boarding operations. Coalition operations continue under U.K. command," said C. "Currently, our (operations) have been suspended while we do that review."

statement released by "baldimo" of a2k :

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Doesn't matter, since the British Navy isn't doing boarding parties any longer that makes less man power available. It still attains the aim of limiting the ability to detect contraband being shipped

better listen to the voice of experience and authority !
hbg