15 sailors to be released.

maybe getting bespoke suits for everyone was part of the reason they were held for so long.

I hear those things take a good 6-7 days to do - multiple fittings and all.

Law relaxed to allow sailors to sell their stories.

Sailors sell stories (some of them)

Law then tightened to stop sailors selling their stories.

PROPAGANDA.


Those sailors should have been prevented from whoring themselves to the media over this whole affair. Some news shows have been right to interview the parents of people killed the week previously to ask them how they feel about the whole situation ..... and what about the servicemen and women who DONT get captured and risk their lives every day. Do they get a hundred grands worth of pay off?

No they didnt.

If they DIDNT release them, there would be hell to pay. All they did was release them in a way that made them look good, and the UK look dumb.

Is it up to the west to decide which countries are allowed to advance themselves ..... or would you prefer that these arab nations just exist to supply the likes of us with oil - while they scratch around for a living?

.... people draw comparrisons with the rise of hitler and the like, and they are right to an extent. I dont support any of the rubbish he's said about the holocaust or israel. However, is it up to US to decide who has a military, or who has nuclear weapons?

.... Considering how we have royally fucked the Iranians over the past 60 years, im not surprised they hate us. They arent stupid tho - just like Pakistan and North Korea ..... they know the moment they try anything on with anyone they are as good as Afghanistan or Iraq.

im not saying i agree with how it came across - but from what i saw from the media, the UK did nothing but insist that they were inside iraq waters (which i personally am quite dubious about) while tony blair served up a few soundbites that basically amounted to nothing

.... then iran just released these people on seemingly their own terms (although im sure behind the scenes something happened) and it was publicised as a 'gift'. Tony blair looked more shocked than everyone else and i just felt it came across as badly handled.



... back on the other point though - yeah your right and i agree to an extent that things like nuclear capabilities should be monitored. But at the same time how do we achieve that while our own nations can just think of endless ways to destroy each other using the most advanced technology available ... and this goes UN-monitored?

Iran should invite people to inspect their nuclear powerplants - but i think this should be something they do to prove they arent pursuing a nuclear weapons programme .... and NOT because bush and blair have forced their way in.

Its a difficult situation. We cant spend this century doing the things we did last century or its game over for everyone.