[4yearlurker]

Rosie said it was all a ruse to provoke Iran into a war with the USA. This article must be more American propaganda.

[doc1019]

Amazing how McCain et al survived years of things worse and yet somehow managed to maintained (for the most part) the military’s code of conduct.

[fso301]

As I understand it, the vessel the Brit’s were inspecting was some type of ocean going vessel. Why did the British officer order a retreat from the “high ground” to the undefendable zodiacs?

[Prokopton]

The information in the article is the same as the press conference. The captives were scared. However, in reality, there were no fake executions. There were no threats except trial and imprisonment. They were fed three times a day and given cigarettes. They were given clothes and slept on blankets. There certainly was nothing “brutal” about their treatment. The soldiers, and one must keep in mind they were soldiers, decided to roll over and cooperate with their captors almost immediately with little evidence of overt coercion.

I guess the code of military conduct must now be amended to include “being scared” as an allowable reason for cooperating with your captors as a POW.

[HeartlandOfAmerica]

"We did our utmost to de-escalate the situation but our words fell on deaf ears.

So while you were de-escalating, the enemy was escalating. Tell me who's going to win that confrontation.

They had come with a clear purpose and were never going to leave without us."

In other words, the enemy completed his objective and you didn't complete your objective. Tell me who's going to win that confrontation.

It's a good thing that the UK has a BIG reputation, but that's being squandered at a pretty rapid clip.

[gpapa]

The truth shall set you free?