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Old April 4th 07, 03:12 PM posted to rec.aviation.military.naval
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Default Brit 'prisoners', held by Iran

On Apr 1, 3:20 pm, "DominicSantini"
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"Al G" wrote in message

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Iranian TV, considering they are not really threatened in any way??


Where did you get this? What makes you think they weren't threatened?


Would you make a tape like that without some, shall we say

"encouragement"?

Nope, me neither.


Al G


Just wondering, at what point is the "threshold"
of tolerance violated (in terms of their capture)
being classified as an "act of war", and Iran, as
a state is treated as an enemy subject to military
retribution ?

That dumbass Jimmy Carter (we won't go into naming
a submarine after him), allowed the Iranians to
humiliate & torture US citizens for an obscenely
long time.

Let's hope the Brit's don't take Carter's lead.

Wasn't there a report that a UK destroyer in the
area was told not to engage the kidnappers during
the time the sailors were forcibly abducted ?

They "shoulda" blown the Iranians out of the water
right then & there. If I was CO of a DDG and some
sand monkeys were abducting my sailors, i'd be damned
if I'd let them get away with it!


Agree, it would be worth standing in front of the long green table.