Indeed it does. However, I find it interesting that new information about the situation is coming out. Several things strike me as interesting.
#1. That the Captain would be stupid enough to make statements about intelligence gathering on camera. (yes, we all know it goes on, but to openly admit it on video) #2. That the British Government has denied the Intelligence gathering (so who is not being truthful the Captain or the British Government). #3. The fact that video was kept under wraps for the last two weeks. Hours after the captives were freed the video was released. I wonder how much control the British government has over the news. I also wonder if the US would have been able to stifle such a report until the crew was released. I am not saying the media and government working together, or the government or media exercising control (we don't know which if either happened) is good or bad. I just find it interesting. And wonder what would have happened here in our up to the minute, first to get and deliver the scoop atmosphere. #4. The timing of the British halting the missions that got their crew captured. Was there a deal? Is it for safety of their sailors? or does it have to do with the fact the the Iranians are still holding the only vessels used for such operations? It's all too soon. We will have to wait to hear from the captives. The British press is making a big deal out of the fact that they spent time in isolation, and paraded before cameras. As anyone seen how we treat prisoners? how about the photos we release of prisoners? It just seems like there is a little double standard here. But again we will have to wait for all the details. It just seems to me we are a little to quick to judge. Not that Iran is a great place or that their leaders are nice people or anything like that. However, it is possible that they are not guilty of everything. Remember the propaganda of the Cold War? I want to hear what the former captives have to say about their treatment and why the would admit to being in Iranian waters. I also wonder what they have been told in their debriefings and what they are allowed to say, what they are being told to emphasis etc... I love this stuff. G Money wrote: > Correct me if i'm wrong but....if they are in Iraqi waters, with permission, > does it really matter what they were doing? Doesn't the legality of their > actions (and the Iranians) depend almost solely on where the incident took > place? > > On 4/6/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> "Britain insisted the crew was on a routine operation when seized but >> Sky News reported Thursday that Royal Marine Capt. Chris Air said in an >> interview days before his capture that his crew was gathering >> intelligence on Iran during their patrols. Sky said it held the >> interview because it thought it could hamper the crew's release" >> >> >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232069 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
