didn't they also mention that their ill treatment was justified by their jailers using gitmo as an example. i.e. the Iranianns said don't complain, people at gitmo have it much worse. The hikers seemed to want this to be known. Another good reason to let it drop.
On 10/12/2011, Doug Henwood <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Oct 12, 2011, at 10:59 AM, Jim Devine wrote: > >> One thing notable is the older issue of the hikers who were (to my >> mind, unfairly) jailed in Iran for their (idiotic) crossing of the >> border into Iran. What's interesting is that even though the two >> recently-freed prisoners complained about their ill-treatment in >> Iranian jails, the US government and media let the issue drop > > Actually, they also complained about U.S. policy towards Iran, but the only > thing the media reported were their complaints about the jail. They're not > politically pliant, so that may be why they let the issue drop. > > Doug > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
