Possibly.
But if that is the case, they should state it NOW.
If they will not even come clean about that being the prime motivator in their quick capitulation to become Lord Haw Haws for Iranian television, then they deserve even more contempt. It would be more PC grist for the mill.
Someone should have told Faye Turney that denouncing her government in "Dear Mum and Dad" letters wasn't the smartest thing to do.
The Iranians are now more emboldened than ever - and the British hostages behavior contributed to this.
As for the officers who were at that press conference, they should have released a statement saying: "Valor is a casualty of war."
The sign on the left misspells "aggressors" and the sign on the right doesn't make sense: "Crush of the Authority"
What is that supposed to mean? The Palestinian Authority is endorsing Orange Crush?