BF2S Forums British ex-prisoners, part deux

hmmm. their country won't let them go public we hear, is this really the case ?

Hunter/Jumper wrote:

hmmm. their country won't let them go public we hear, is this really the case ?

No it's not the case. The rule about not talking to the media (which is standard practice) was waived in this instance, then the waiver was gotten rid of, because of immense criticism.

All a bit late though, because Faye Turney gave an interview to Trevor Macdonald.

Here's a clip:

If you sleep with the devil then prepare to get burned. Karma has a funny way of biting people on the ass. Not that their ordeal was anything as gruesome as that experienced by those incarcerated without charge or trial at Guantanamo Bay - the No. 1 shame of the western world and the thing that means that the west has ceded the moral high ground for as long as said abomination remains in operation. Whether or not the British were rightly or wrongly detained is immaterial in the context of the 'fair treatment' argument because the West is making quite a name for itself in debauched, immoral and unprincipled detainment...

Last edited by CameronPoe (2007-04-10 15:30:28)

CameronPoe wrote:

If you sleep with the devil then prepare to get burned. Karma has a funny way of biting people on the ass. Not that their ordeal was anything as gruesome as that experienced by those incarcerated without charge or trial at Guantanamo Bay - the No. 1 shame of the western world and the thing that means that the west has ceded the moral high ground for as long as said abomination remains in operation. Whether or not the British were rightly or wrongly detained is immaterial in the context of the 'fair treatment' argument because the West is making quite a name for itself in debauched, immoral and unprincipled detainment...

2 wrongs dont make a right.

R0lyP0ly wrote:

Reading my local paper found that the UK soldiers claimed their tesitmony was faked, and that they were threatened, blindfolded, etc. Now, all you pro-Iran/IranVictory/i-just-hate-UK/US 'ers, what do you think??

The testimony was faked?  NO WAI!?

They were threatened and blindfolded? NO FUCKIN WAI!?

I totally thought the confessions were made under no duress whatsoever and that they were treated like royalty by the Iranians.

NEXT!

Last edited by KEN-JENNINGS (2007-04-10 15:49:43)

R0lyP0ly wrote:

Reading my local paper found that the UK soldiers claimed their tesitmony was faked, and that they were threatened, blindfolded, etc. Now, all you pro-Iran/IranVictory/i-just-hate-UK/US 'ers, what do you think??

Ur in Iraqi waters, statin' tha obvious.

CameronPoe wrote:

R0lyP0ly wrote:

2 wrongs dont make a right.

That is true.

Interesting the way you've put "the west" instead of the US. The British have requested Gitmo be closed on several occasions.

fadedsteve wrote:

m3thod wrote:

Bertster7 wrote:

No it's not the case. The rule about not talking to the media (which is standard practice) was waived in this instance, then the waiver was gotten rid of, because of immense criticism.

All a bit late though, because Faye Turney gave an interview to Trevor Macdonald.

Here's a clip:

The ugly fat moo needs the money for a face lift and lots of lipo.

Thats nice to say about someone risking their life for your freedom. . . .

I bet your not making the cover of GQ anytime soon buddy boy. . . .

It wasn't exactly risked for his/our freedom, was it? The war in Iraq had nothing to do with British freedom. Saddam wasn't ever going to invade the UK.

But it does seem a bit of a mean thing to say about someone who has been held in unpleasant and terrifying conditions for some time. Even if she has got a big payoff and is a bit of a munter.

As for the cover of GQ, been there, done that.

Last edited by Bertster7 (2007-04-10 16:05:40)

CameronPoe wrote:

Bertster7 wrote:

Interesting the way you've put "the west" instead of the US. The British have requested Gitmo be closed on several occasions.

I don't think the Islamic world differentiates much between the nations of the developed world. We all get tarred with 'the West' brush I fear.

I know.
But it means us British maintain the right to bitch about it.