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**HPD SRT** · 03-30-2007, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by BBunin

Sounds like SAS is going to get a chance to earn their pay, again...

Constantly earning their pay and we don't hear about it.

**eric_t12** · 03-30-2007, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by havoc1

By the way, I might be stepping outside my lane with this one, but...

Perhaps I'm an insensitive bastard, but let me ask a question. Am I the only one wondering what the hell is going on to have British Sailors and Marines doing video and written apologies for Iran to parade in the international news media? Is there a dude just out of the picture with electrodes clamped to their testicles or an AK trained on them? Is there no British equivalent of the Code of Conduct? Articles IV and V certainly come to mind. I remember reciting them to myself for hours and hours during a certain special portion of survival school...

Could be - but i know in Vietnam they had the infamous middle finger incident. they said everything the vietnamese wanted them to, but they were flippin them off the whole time.

I think it was another POW that was blinking in MORSE code that he meant none of what he was saying and they were a$$holes (don't quote me, just what i remember, it was on AFN, so it must have been true.)

AKM · 03-30-2007, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by havoc1

Man up and do your damned country proud instead of bleating like a bunch of friggin sissies.

You may notice that it is just 2 of the men and the woman that are speaking on camera. I'd bet the others are telling them to lick a pigs ass. And probably getting their ass kicked for it.
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**Hwkeye** · 03-30-2007, 06:31 PM

I agree AKM... they probably bribed them to talk on camera, telling them that they will let them go... and the others probably rejected....like they all should have done.... Its not like they are fooling anybody... its like, " I am here in some crappy iranian jail, and I am saying this on my own free will because I am so good natured..." yeah..

havoc1 · 03-30-2007, 08:27 PM

It just pisses me off. I've worked with some Brits, and they've been the absolute picture of professionalism. I'll bet there's some guys in the mother country gritting their teeth right about now.

Neocode · 03-30-2007, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by havoc1

By the way, I might be stepping outside my lane with this one, but...

Perhaps I'm an insensitive bastard, but let me ask a question. Am I the only one wondering what the hell is going on to have British Sailors and Marines doing video and written apologies for Iran to parade in the international news media? Is there a dude just out of the picture with electrodes clamped to their testicles or an AK trained on them? Is there no British equivalent of the Code of Conduct? Articles IV and V certainly come to mind. I remember reciting them to myself for hours and hours during a certain special portion of survival school...

I understand they're in a very uncomfortable and uncertain position, but come on guys. Man up and do your damned country proud instead of bleating like a bunch of friggin sissies. If it turns out I'm wrong and the scenario above is true, then I retract my statement and accept that I'm a miserable ass. If I'm not, upon repatriation that female and a couple of her male counterparts should be tried by courts martial for rendering aid and comfort to the enemy.

They may have withheld their tea and krumpets.... don't judge them!

So Flo · 03-30-2007, 08:38 PM

I have a neighbor saying "what are we going to do about this?"
My comment is that they are British sailors/soldiers...the Brits need to step up and get some!

I know that the US generally steps in and handles stuff like this, but damn, its time that someone else fights their own battles!

I agree with those that note that those troops should not be saying anything about anything other than name, rank, serial #, and DOB.

deepdiver · 03-30-2007, 08:45 PM

Who would have thought that with all the blood shed by England that they would forget the folly of Chamberlain's appeasement ....

Jettubby · 03-30-2007, 09:11 PM

Take a look at history folks and it will always reveal the answer. Iran is testing us and our allies to see what we'll do. They've been taunting us for a while now and they've just taken it to the next level. Look at what Hitler did leading up to WWII. He goes and attacks one small country after another to see what the world would do. How many times did Hitler lie by signing peace treaties or saying he was for peace and claiming he didn't want to invade anyone. IE: Poland. Churchill was right and knew what Hitler's intentions were. Ah but the British and many Americans just couldn'y believe that Hitler would do what he did.

Thus the massive protests against WWII. Just watch.

**DanTheEldest** · 03-30-2007, 09:21 PM

Over on one of the blogs I frequent (www.IMAO.us), one of the suggestions on what to do about Iran and the Brits was to just ask Jimmy Carter what he'd do, then do the opposite. Works for me.

03-30-2007, 06:31 PM	#24
Hwkeye XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: N. Kentucky Posts: 1,379	I agree AKM... they probably bribed them to talk on camera, telling them that they will let them go... and the others probably rejected....like they all should have done.... Its not like they are fooling anybody... its like, " I am here in some crappy iranian jail, and I am saying this on my own free will because I am so good natured..." yeah.. __________________ -Justin *Glock 23* Winchester 1200- Customized Winchester 22-02 (Antique Family Heirloom) *Remington Single Shot 20 gauge (Antique Family Heirloom)*

03-30-2007, 08:27 PM	#25
havoc1 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ft Bragg, NC Posts: 242	It just pisses me off. I've worked with some Brits, and they've been the absolute picture of professionalism. I'll bet there's some guys in the mother country gritting their teeth right about now. __________________ "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on to them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free". -Ronald Wilson Reagan

03-30-2007, 08:38 PM	#27
So Flo XDTalk 10K Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Wellington, Florida Posts: 13,017	I have a neighbor saying "what are we going to do about this?" My comment is that they are British sailors/soldiers...the Brits need to step up and get some! I know that the US generally steps in and handles stuff like this, but damn, its time that someone else fights their own battles! I agree with those that note that those troops should not be saying anything about anything other than name, rank, serial #, and DOB. __________________ No Guns, Know Crime. Know Guns, No Crime! http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member3984.png

03-30-2007, 09:11 PM	#29
Jettubby XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: "Blink...and you're mine!" Posts: 2,042	Take a look at history folks and it will always reveal the answer. Iran is testing us and our allies to see what we'll do. They've been taunting us for a while now and they've just taken it to the next level. Look at what Hitler did leading up to WWII. He goes and attacks one small country after another to see what the world would do. How many times did Hitler lie by signing peace treaties or saying he was for peace and claiming he didn't want to invade anyone. IE: Poland. Churchill was right and knew what Hitler's intentions were. Ah but the British and many Americans just couldn'y believe that Hitler would do what he did. Thus the massive protests against WWII. Just watch. __________________ T "You can come along peacefully or you don't have to come along at all". - Sonny Crockett "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." - Abraham Lincoln And Jesus said, “He that hath no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one.” (Luke, 22:36)

03-30-2007, 09:21 PM	#30
DanTheEldest XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 6,520	Over on one of the blogs I frequent (www.IMAO.us), one of the suggestions on what to do about Iran and the Brits was to just ask Jimmy Carter what he'd do, then do the opposite. Works for me. __________________ The only things more disturbing than the base ideologies of the new President are the lengths to which his supporters and apologists will go to try to convince themselves and the rest of us that he's not exactly who he says he is. Innocent life is cheap--a few hundred bucks for an abortion. Guilty life is expensive--a couple million for appeals, incarceration, and execution. How bass-ackwards is our society?

03-30-2007, 08:45 PM	#28
deepdiver XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: SE Missouri Posts: 1,585	Who would have thought that with all the blood shed by England that they would forget the folly of Chamberlain's appeasement ....

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