Regis Philbin
Apr 8th, 2007, 10:59 PM
I don't think active duty military personnel should be allowed to sell their stories, same goes for police officers. But that's just me.
Am I the only one that thinks these Brits were a little...uh-hem..."wimpy" in the way they reacted to this whole Iranian capture thing??? :scratch:
Has "global warming" done something to the testosterone levels in men these days? I don't mean to downgrade what they went through which, if true, was horrible. But, for the love of Pete, don't they train them how to deal with these types of things in the military? And if you're really upset at the idea of being captured maybe you shouldn't be in the military...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=4VDC1B2VIJLD5QFIQMFCFGGAVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2007/04/09/nhostages09.xml
Outcry as sailors sell stories
By Brendan Carlin, Martin Beckford and Nicole Martin
Last Updated: 1:59am BST 09/04/2007
A tide of condemnation engulfed the Government last night after it allowed the 15 hostages released by Iran to sell their stories.
Relatives of servicemen killed in Iraq joined military figures and Opposition politicians to denounce the decision.
Faye Turney interviewed on Tonight with Trevor McDonald
"Shameful" was the verdict of some bereaved families while the Conservatives warned that the Government had set a terrible precedent.
Des Browne, the Defence Secretary who is understood to have signed off the decision, was even facing claims that hostages could have been encouraged to "tell all" to deflect attention from the circumstances of their capture and their "confessions" while in Iran.
The decision emerged amid reports that Leading Seaman Faye Turney, the only woman in the group, had agreed a deal of more than £100,000 to give interviews to a television show and a tabloid newspaper.
Last night, she and other hostages faced calls to donate their fees to a military charity.
Am I the only one that thinks these Brits were a little...uh-hem..."wimpy" in the way they reacted to this whole Iranian capture thing??? :scratch:
Has "global warming" done something to the testosterone levels in men these days? I don't mean to downgrade what they went through which, if true, was horrible. But, for the love of Pete, don't they train them how to deal with these types of things in the military? And if you're really upset at the idea of being captured maybe you shouldn't be in the military...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=4VDC1B2VIJLD5QFIQMFCFGGAVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2007/04/09/nhostages09.xml
Outcry as sailors sell stories
By Brendan Carlin, Martin Beckford and Nicole Martin
Last Updated: 1:59am BST 09/04/2007
A tide of condemnation engulfed the Government last night after it allowed the 15 hostages released by Iran to sell their stories.
Relatives of servicemen killed in Iraq joined military figures and Opposition politicians to denounce the decision.
Faye Turney interviewed on Tonight with Trevor McDonald
"Shameful" was the verdict of some bereaved families while the Conservatives warned that the Government had set a terrible precedent.
Des Browne, the Defence Secretary who is understood to have signed off the decision, was even facing claims that hostages could have been encouraged to "tell all" to deflect attention from the circumstances of their capture and their "confessions" while in Iran.
The decision emerged amid reports that Leading Seaman Faye Turney, the only woman in the group, had agreed a deal of more than £100,000 to give interviews to a television show and a tabloid newspaper.
Last night, she and other hostages faced calls to donate their fees to a military charity.