This man is a war criminal and he should be handcuffed, put in chains and dragged into the court room.
Yes, we are talking about a war criminal,a mass murderer. Not a paedophile or a dirty caller.
Are the Hague officials going soft; are they afraid of repercussions;are they too tame?
Drag the bastard into court and let him face the truth. He does not have a leg to stand on. I know the IWCT do not hang criminals but this one is definitely ready for the drop.
Am I pre-judging? I think not--the evidence came out years ago.
]]>Griffin is not a threat to British politics---he is a charlatan and bigot. He may win a few seats and council positions but his manifesto of anti-immigration is too late. He is too left wing for wise voters and may appeal to racists and anti-immigration supporters.
The problem with Griffin is that he is like a Mafia boss---he is followed by thugs, racists and people who live in the age of apartheid South Africa. Griffin thinks he's a modern day Enoch Powell but he is living in the past.
Look at the man carefully on your screen, listen to his convictions. Hear the voice carefully-----This man is as thick as 3 planks and heaven knows how he gathered a following. Thats how Mussolini did it---by the old "bullshit baffles brains" way.
]]>Terrorist? What a misnomer. Tony Blair is a war criminal along with his cronies Bush and Rumsfeld. This man plotted war for no reason and being brighter than Bush, you would have thought he knew of the consequences of the aftermath.Everyone knows about the Iraq invasion but what many do not think on are the dirty reasons for starting it and the lack of preparation for phase 2---Helping the Iraquis to get their pride back by providing adequate services for electricity, water, sewage, telephones et al. As well as training an adequate police force properly.
You can argue as much as you like but these men were demolishers, not builders.
Ah well, Blair(who may become President of the EU), is in exalted company. Other presidents or leaders who were war criminals have preceded him: Charles Taylor, Kurt Waldheim, Milosevic, Goering and El Bashir of Sudan. There are many more.
The bathroom attendant is about to get a bigger bathroom. Sheesh, that's life.
]]>Button has a great lead on points and I doubt Abu Dhabi will change things.
I said there was a point two and that concerns Twitter. Now, what is Twitter? To me it is a lazy person's way of blogging and an outlet for thoughts that capture attention. I can just imagine Chief Twitterer, or is that Tweeter (could be Stephen Fry!), saying: "Bugger this. A blog is far too long and requires constant maintenance. Let us create a one or two sentence comment with a picture---far better and quicker than a blog--and the rich and famous, as well as the common gentry can twitter (sorry, Tweet), once or twice a day or more." Fortunately Twitter became expensive goods and now is worth millions. Our blogs: Zilch. So the Twits carried on Tweeting (even Sarah Brown), and the twittering tweets became famous.
Here's my Twitter contribution: Write a blog you lazy tweeters!
]]>By the way, what gives people from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Somalia, Eritrea,Iraq or Iran (amongst others),the right to demand entry into Holland ? Is there a law giving them entry? No, they're learning from easy ingress into the UK. Geert Wilders is simply trying to prevent a racial explosion in the Netherlands and the problems that accompany it.
I'm getting pissed off by the scrounging society that believes it has a right to put its tent up wherever it pleases.
]]>Sure, the Scots and Irish still get out of hand now and then but I've never seen one piss on a War Memorial (Daily Mail). This disgusting behaviour is only part of a party. Young English lads and lasses can't hold their drink. They get smashed for fun and ruin their country's reputation by vomitting against walls, collapsing off pavements and seeking fights with any other skew-eyed drunk. They drink, they curse, they argue,they piss and they vomit.
The social and commercial reasons are obvious: Booze is too cheap and many youngsters have no other outlet for excitement on a Friday night. Many, unfortunately don't have much to go home to and others seek thrills, girls (Most of them stupid drunk before they reach the shag they came out for anyway), and ways of releasing pressure and stress. England is not a nation of drunks but it is becoming a nation of the wayward young: yobs, thugs and drunks out of control; girls pregnant at 17 and no answers from government on how to control this. Let's not even go into crime committed by youngsters as young as 13.
I'm not a puritan nor am I English but if no strong government is elected within the next year, the youngsters will destroy further a bad reputation built up by soccer hooligans and the like.
I could write a book ,I suppose, but comments would be more useful. If I find a guy pissing on a sacred War Memorial, I'll knock his teeth out. My father fought for a free Britain, not a nation of yobs.
]]>I sympathise with the reasons for a strike but not the timing. Instead of Postie, people will resort to DHL, TNT and a myriad of others who will probably drop their prices for small items and knock the RM for a loop.
Who's the idiot who decided to bring about action at this time of the year? Sure the sorters, bulk carriers and posties will suffer from this competition in the long run! Due to stupid planning the poor postie may be without a job. And the glorious Royal Mail may stab itself in the back.
"Is that you Postie?"
"No it's DHL Madam"
"Thank God for that."
There are cleverer people in the World than I but I can tell you technology is much more advanced than ten years ago. Bye Postie.
]]>Electric cars are mainly powered by Lithium ion batteries (you can get them for your camera)and they have to be re-charged(just like your camera). Problem is electric cars don't take pictures and when your batteries run out you could be stranded half-way to your favourite aunty fifty miles away.
I see no immediate future for electric cars until they develop batteries that can take you down to Brighton and back without having to look at the dying volt meter.
Automobile magazine USA tested the Tesla Roadster (developed by Lotus) and managed a maximum of 189 miles on one run. True the Tesla is a sports car and has huge power developed by those batteries----but would it get you to Birmingham and back?
I'm not convinced by electric cars (remember the milkman could not travel too far in his!)and there remains a lot of work to do on battery power thus range before they can compete with hybrids (Prius et al with engine/electric motors working in tandem). That's the way to go for now.
The electric car's time will come because it is so "clean" but not for at least another 5 years. I personally expect an electric car to have a 500 to 1000 mile range--then we're talking progress!
]]>The G-Whiz, a car developed in India will give you 40 miles at a push. It is a top seller. Are people going mad? These stupid little cars have to be plugged into a mains charger every 40 mile run. Boris Johnson has set out to provide plug in points all over London. I'm afraid it's too early Boris. These little cars don't yet have the battery technology to provide a ride to work. Are they City cars? How far can they go in the stop-start environment like London. We are not told but hundreds of these stupid little cars are probably stranded all over the city. 40 miles is a joke!
I am tired of reading about electric cars in once-performance magazines (and there are many)---ergo there is no performance, no range and an antiquated battery system that still not can deliver. I am serious when I say that technology develops a true electric car with a range of 1000 miles. Then we're getting somewhere.
I know there are diligent people working on this problem but I want to read my favourite mags without turning every page to read about electric power technology. It is getting very boring. By the way, hybrids are an answer, a much better answer. I predict that you'll only be really happy with your electric car when it compares favourably with the abilities of a normal car--without the CO2. Wait 20 years my friends.
]]>These deaths could have been avoided if Mrs. Pilkington's cries for help had been heeded. I am reminded horribly of the Baby P. case caused by a complete lack of 'proper interest'.
The words 'proper interest' lie embedded in the adequate lack of supervision by those who should show interest and be prepared to act:Social services, medical experts and the police.
The words encompass huge responsibility and in many cases, as above, responsibility is lacking. Vital responsibility means caring for the needy, suffering, broken and lost. It seems to me that there was a breakdown on every side (I still await the view of the coroner on the role of the police). The problem must lie at the top and,I believe, there are many dis-interested people out there in command.
For a council official to provide vague notes that caused a coroner to squirm, is only half the story. Who checked on him? What was his superior doing? Why was there no action after 22 complaints?
Some dogs receive better treatment than these victims. There is definitely something rotten in the "state of Denmark."
President Ahmedinejad of Iran has again asserted that the Holocaust was a lie. This ,of course, is his infamous Israel-baiting proclamation that he brings up every year.He definitely has inside information that the rest of the World does not have access to. Let us ask him some questions (I'm wasting my time, I know):
-In an amazing feat of time warp you accompanied US troops into Bergen-Belsen,Treblinka and Auswictz. You found nothing out of the ordinary?
-You also saw crematoriums and gas chambers used for dead pets.Yes?
-You have erratic Maths skills and cannot count beyond 100.Nicht Waar?
Only good Presidents back up their remarks with facts. This poor idiot is so biased that he probably cannot spell Holocaust. Enough said.
If you are a recently divorced rich tart and sleeping with a kung-fu fighter (or is that cage boxer or even a zoo exhibit), and everyone has beaten the shit out of you and said cage boxer, your name tends to fade from the pages of the Sun, what on earth is a girl to do? You bring up a years old rape case to keep the momentum going and you exhibit your horses. Jordan may be a exhibitionist but you have to give the girl her due---huge tits got it going and said mammaries still have a lot of work to do.
Our great police force has saved thousands of lives by putting the plane bombers behind bars. Could they now please exert some control over all the yobs who make the lives of many Britons a misery? A mother and her daughter, exhausted, frustrated, depressed by yob assaults set their car alight and committed suicide. I reserve comment as the investigation is not complete.But what if it is true? Are the yobs taking over Britain? Let's see in two years time?
]]>The main question is: Would everyone be satisfied if he had died in prison or would there be any satisfaction at all if he dies in Libya. Is there a difference? The anguish, pain, outrage, grieving will continue long after this sick terrorist dies. The pain cannot be erased even though one of the perpetrators is dead. I also believe that he is not the only one involved---it is a pity that no-one has caught/identified the others involved.
As I said I have such mixed feelings. Was he the perpetrator or was he just a cog in a large gear system? I wonder if the truth will ever be told!
]]>Enoch Powell was right --and Britain will be a black nation in 20 years time. No offence intended but Britain is not in Africa!
]]>Let us not fool ourselves though. If he does not come up with the real reasons for the start of this war, then he will be hiding behind a curtain of gross lies and the incompetence of World leaders.I hope to see in his final report the following:
1. An complete or incomplete assessment of Saddam's weapons of destruction.
2. A biased report by the military on every level of the WMD Saddam had in his arsenal.
3. A concerted effort by the triumvirate plus one to convince the public that Saddam was a threat to World security (Yes, they had not yet confronted Iran's intentions)
4. A complete failure to prepare Iraq for a post-Saddam era.
5. A complete failure to ensure the safety of Iraqui citizens.
6. A complete failure of planning on every aspect of an Iraq after the war. Here they failed badly.
7. A deliberate attempt to bring Britain into a war badly planned and conceived.
Here are the names of the triumvrate plus one.
-Tony Blair
-George W. Bush
-Donald Rumsfeld
-Dick Cheney.
If the actions of these men are not included in the inquiry, then I suggest that the inquiry will be flawed.
]]>Our David took it on the chin like the professional he is. He could show the finger to LA Galaxy if he wanted to but, professional to the hilt, David mostly ignored it.
Jeepers, don't these stupid yanks realise that nothing is going to phase Beckham? I use the word "stupid" liberally as I know some good Yankees. But, really LA Galaxy is not Real Madrid or Blackburn Rovers. In fact they're on a par with Norwich when it comes to performance. And, if I'm being honest, this team, like the losers in any American game, eat sour grapes instead of getting on with the job. Who the hell is Donovan anyway? He pales against Beckham---he pales against most top players.
He is, to be honest, an arsehole.The problem lies deeper than the LA Lakers themselves. It lies with yanks who have no professionalism and no team spirit.
Ignore them David. They're not all like that but many think they're "bulls". Bullshit.
]]>Here's the funniest of all: North Korea hacks into S. Korea's computers and some US sites as well. That is quite amazing. Apart from a million man army and millions of other peasants subsisting on gruel (while the mighty leader fires off missiles once a week), I did not realise that they have computers in North Korea. You know--dirty US porn, Macdonalds ads, Will & Grace---quite disgusting to country with dead sex(as opposed to live sex with Megan Fox inspiring and rushing blood in wrong way to glorious troops).
There is only one TV channel and it reminds me of those Arabian channels that chant the Koran all day, every day. I do not know what the North Koreans chant but they sure as hell don't have Pamela Anderson as their Goddess! 1 in 5000 gruel eating peasants have a TV and they must be bored out of their skulls. Miraculously when the the glorious leader, Kim Jong Il, comes on TV 5001 TVs light up and the rice tastes sweeter.
And the hackers? Imagine a dungeon with stolen US equipment and a 12 volt battery powering up a (stolen) server. I shall translate from North Korean for you:
"Ah, we have a link to Seoul. Scramble all codes."
" Scrambling all codes, sir."
" What codes did you scramble?"
" Black House, Octagon, beach hut in coast."
" You fool: White House, Pentagon, Govt. headquarters, Seoul"
"Sorry honorable captain, battery now flat."
Yes, it is more serious than this scenario but one wonders if the North Koreans really have the capacity to hack at will. If they do, we shall have to find answers.
]]>I live in Egypt (Cairo) and I would like you to know that, although Egypt is a developing country, no foreigner may enter Egypt without a proper visa . He can be Arab, African, Roumanian, Russian or even British. There are no "ifs" or "buts" here. When you enter Egypt you receive a visa for one month---if you wish to extend this visa you have to visit a grey, unwelcoming building called the Mogama. If you are no longer a tourist after one month, and cannot prove that you have an employer's backing, you are arrested and thrown out of the country.You may not try to pull the wool over the eyes of the people at Mogama---unlike many Egyptians they accept no bribes or whining.
What you need is a Mogama: a computer is anathema to them but the checks on immigrants go from a courteous smile to another man, another woman, another man, and so on. If you are illegal, you are illegal and your famous Ghana personality gets nowhere.
You could learn from this Mr Johnson, before the Birmingham et al figures rise from 50% immigrants to 70%.
After all, whose country is it?
]]>Gordon hangs on with tenacity and has told Ed Balls to wait for the Chancellorship (perhaps Ed, an arsecreeper of renown, will have to wait). His handling of childrens' affairs falls far short of protecting young ones. Dear Darling is saved, for now.
The new Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, who embraced Education and was spurned----mainly because he knew bugger -all about it, is no less equipped than Jacqui Smith---God help us. If he tightens up the borders I'll forgive him.
It's Guy Fawkes night in June. Who is going to be the Guy? Seriously, the cabinet is a mess, the opposition is gaining local election seats and King Cameron is now becoming a serious threat!
]]>I am not un-Christian but I don't want to hear what vile, aggressive people we are every time I log in. Bias can be a good thing if it's reserved for the Labour Government, but not when you question quotes from a misleading handbook (The Bible), and try to make said Christians aware that the Bible is flawed in every way simply because it has been altered so much since it first appeared that it may as well have written by Enid Blyton.
Tomorrow I shall write about a prominent motorcyclist and a woman whose husband has a penchant for ordering porn films. Most order a Chinese---his Chinese has a little twist about it.
]]>It seriously matters that a horde of asylum seekers, illegal immigrants and every other Tom, Dick and Harry is entering Britain and, get this, applying for, and getting benefits. And no-one has control. When did Britain become Father Christnmas? Quite a while ago, actually. I think we'd be shocked if we knew the real figures. Millions being paid to people from Africa,Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Bloc countries etc. Yet we can't equip our loyal soldier lads in Afghanistan properly.
And Crime? Don't worry: Father Christmas understands that if you let people live here for free (or virtually free), and they come from elsewhere, a modicum of restraint is necessary.I mean, take it easy when you blame little bastards with no standards and poor parental control for having guns and knives and Ninja stars and pot pipes. Sheesh, they're in the blessed land. Don't, for God's sake blame them--it could be construed as racial criticism (or even guilt complex when it comes to Polish thieves), --just relax while Britain self-destructs.
The news from the good old rootin' tootin' shootin' USA is that Blackwater, a mercenary army (sanctioned by Bush but probably encouraged by Cheney), is shootin' up the streets of Baghdad. I didn't know GW was so short of troops. And I didn't know that these guys were a law unto themselves. I hear the Aussies are doing it now.
Let's forget humour and rumour: The fact is Blackwater takes the law into its own hands (I'm not mentioning incidents), and is running around in a City with enough problems, causing more mayhem than a lynch party in sixties Alabama. In Fact, let me re-phrase that: Some Yankees still think they are party to a lynching job.
Let me, a layman and free-lancer, give them advice that will probably not be noticed: Your heads are thicker than the butts of your M16's. Get the F**k out of a soldiers' party.
]]>So, FROMMYTHUMB presents: "Bent and Broken Britain."
* What on earth prevented two Community Support Officers from diving into a lake and pulling a boy out to safety. If I was a CSO it would be a knee-jerk reaction. If I was a human being it would be a knee-jerk reaction. What happened? Could the Cso's not swim or try to swim? Do you obey health and safety orders when a boy is sinking to his death? Are you scared you'll be fired for jumping in or is it true that a lot of British people have not yet learnt to swim. Give me a break. I'd put my job on the line to save a drowning child.
* News continually filters through from the Portuguese press that some mishap happened to Madeleine McCann. The latest is that she fell down some steps. Jeez, where do they get these stories? I read over the weekend that the Portuguese press is starved for news and that idiot coppers supply them with what they need. Those same Inspector Clouseaus, who couldn't find a Hummer in a shopping Mall, are still at it. Spread dirt, vindicate us, admire us for our consistent plodding. I'm a small word in a large dictionary but I suggest they lay off and realise they're wasting time thinking of "supposed" theories and start (again) looking for the girl. Leave the McCanns alone to grieve and use every method they can to look for the missing Maddie. And for F***s sake, Policia and news-starved Portuguese press, stay away. I suggest you leave the speculation to a more sensible country's press. Get back on the trail of the girl Amigos and stop worrying about your ten daily coffee breaks.
* I do not know what to say about a teenager who is forced into a quarry lake and stoned to death. No matter what he did, it is obvious that violence is at a higher level than we can imagine.Is it possible that we are learning punishment methods used in Iran and Nigeria or are we simply becoming a society out of control? The entire crime is disgusting and appalling and we need to know more about the backgrounds of the criminals who are destroying our society.
* 4 Angolan refugees are arrested for a Giro scam while,in their normal, lucky "break", they sit back on sofas bought with benefits and watch TV
bought with benefits, then proceed to build a hotel in Luanda using those benefits. Who is controlling Britain and its borders? Is this country handing out Smarties to every Tom, Dick and Harry? Have we lost the plot? Don't we realise that our high crime levels are due to these conniving B**S who see Britain as an easy touch? This probably happens a thousand times over all around Britain.
* I note from the Daily Mail that the appelation Polish Plumber is becoming obsolete. Now it has become "Polish thief". Sounds rather biased doesn't it but apparently the Poles are not backward in taking a little treasure from their employers and getting benefits in Britain and in Poland. How very neat.
Read this column next week because I am not going to pull any punches!
]]>I digress. The little Maddie is in my daily prayers and I hope, above all hope, that she is safe--- in an unsafe World that has proven that man is just another animal. The World is a bloody mess because people cannot agree or are just so damn backward that they cannot even think!
As for blame, well think about it a little.Can there be no blame? After all, a child has gone missing and there is not the slightest clue where she is. I get the impression that the Police in Portugal (amanja, si), are nothing but a lot of bumbling Clouseaus in search of an invisible suspect. I regret to say, that after hearing that it took almost 24 hours to raise them from their beds, I have little faith in a police force that, quite frankly, has no idea about detective work.
Their prime suspect, Murat, is a fool in disguise and it would be so nice if he were involved, handcuffed and confessing from a wooden beam. But he is not even in a cell.
This kidnapping is becoming so sordid because of the inept men who are wandering around in Disneyland. It is a great shame because the frightened little girl is drifting further away from us.God bless her little soul. Blame is a harsh word but we have to blame someone. The "good job" they are all doing is not good enough!
]]>Just look at them. The photos are clear. Four slags with fags and bellies on view. This is the face of Britain today. Overweight, slovenly mothers with less culture than a snail and less common sense. Is Britain becoming a nation of rubbish people who have no interests other than the "Onslow" culture they live in? We cannot generalise here but it seems to me that that the "fish and chip" mentality is well on its way to being the image of Britain.
Next Headline:" 5 year old expelled from school." What happened? were Mr and Mrs Onslow so drunk (while drinking beer on benefit money), that they could not bring a 5 year old into line?
Next headline: " Secondary pupils are out of control". I'm not surprised. Britain today is being held together by a strong economy which seems to over-ride the lapses in its education system. It will catch up as we can see from our next headline:
"Man. United fans go crazy before Roma game." The rubbish of Manchester emerges to shame a country.
Shoot me if you like but Britain is slowly becoming a nation of yobs, slags, drunks, undisciplined children and sloppy,TV-cultured layabouts. They are developing a culture (immigrants aside),which provides no example whatsoever to anyone. And we (!) point fingers at Muslims and Hindus!
It is shameful to see Britain go this way but it is slowly sinking into a quicksand of fat, chain smoking wives, slovenly, beer slurping husbands, unruly kids and a vulgar outlook on life that beggars belief.
]]>I am applying for a position in your cabinet. I know that I have all the pre-requisites for the post because I can spell, write well and I am Scottish. I am sure that makes me special. I do not always make the right decisions but what the hell, that is no better than your inner circle is doing now. I am sure I can do a better job than Des Browne who, by the way, does not know his arse from his elbow. I, if confronted by a few returning hostages from Iran, would welcome them them back with open arms and a bouquet of flowers. I would not allow them to sell their stories to the media but I might. I mean, dithering is a pre-requisite for a cabinet post, right?
I can assure you, sir, that I shall be very strict about MOD stories. I shall ban them, then un-ban them, then errr,well I'll think about it.
I am dedicated to consulting upon your armed forces too. I will, like Mr Browne, nuke Iraq, destroy Afghanistan and try to get my driving licence again. Being Scottish I sympathise with Dessie boy but it is becoming tiring trying to be perfect. The problem, as I see it, is that the Scots drink like there is no yesterday (remember CK?),and I see Gordie, Darling ( like my eyebrows darling?), Ingram, Reid and a hundred other Scots lining up for jobs in Westminster (Jack and Alex won't have them!), and trying to effect a quiet coup de etat.
As I said, I'm Scottish too, but I'm not as silly as they are. I shall not try a coup. I don't need to.
]]>* Thugs, yobs, soccer hooligans, bent Eastern Europeans and bad black boys hold sway (and suck the teat accordingly), due to a poor school system, lax immigration laws, inadequate policing (not the copper's fault),too easy benefits and a general breakdown in moral behaviour.
* We cannot blame Blair for past failures (the immigration thing is a result of stupid decisions made decades ago, but one wonders whether Blair could not have held tighter control through his Home Office.
* Free World culture: I'll wager John Reid and company have no idea how many leaches there are in Britain right now.You may as well put up a poster at all major airports saying: " Welcome to Britain. don't forget to register with the NHS,Get your NI number and claim benefits if you broke your ankle in Nigeria 22 years ago.Local job centres will help you find work unless you are British Citizens over the age of 50.
* Why is Britain such a mess today? Well, look at Blair's henchmen:
No. 1 in the cabinet: John Prescott. A man from humble background. A man who shows it by embarrassing/threatening every virgin in Hull. .
No.2 A Margaret Beckett. A lady who insults Falklands veterans. A lady who thinks she's a Jack Straw with bicycle clips.
No. 3. John Reid. A man who thinks he's Braveheart but has no idea how to sort out a Home Office destroyed by bored shitless little men who lose files on a regular basis.
No. 4.Oor Gordie. A Chancellor who stuffed up pensions ten years ago.
No. 5. Des Browne, a Scot who does not realise that you cannot bend the rules when soldiers come back free from Iran.Sell your story too Des. Is he stupid or does he know something we don't?
Even Margaret Thatcher and John Major would have cringed at the idiocy of this senior cabinet disaster.
I'm not even going near Peter Hain (pseudo South African asshole), or Margaret or Tessa. They are all, clearly an embarrassment.
Poor Tony. He has picked a dire lot and long may they bury him!
]]>Writing in one of his "infamous" columns for the Daily Mail, puffed-up little john (sic), again, as usual, almost inevitably, decided to denigrate anything in the World that moves. This time it was a lass who I regard as no less than a heroine. This girl had a tough time in Iran, Littlewhatsit's view of a tough time is lunch without an adoring audience.
The problem with some columnists is that they are sometimes led to believe that they are bigger than their readership. They're not. They serve us and they would do well to understand that. The Daily Mail should know better too. Richard Littlejohn thrives on sour bitchiness and a quaint way with a word. He should know that he is often offensive and not much admired. He may well enjoy his banner "Littlejohn on Friday" but I for one think his writing is low class, crass and vulgar.
It takes all types--after all newspapers must sell--but should columnists be offensive to garner sales or be polite? They don't have to be polite, just not arrogant, filthy-tongued or downright offensive.
]]>How the Iranians could have calculated that the sailors were out of bounds is not something unique or far-fetched if you know the Iranians. I do not profess to know them either but I can put two and two together. What really happened was not an anti-Bush show of supremacy or a daliance in over-border water. What really happened, I'll venture, is that some little seaman officer(being the good revolutionary that he was),decided that a few hundred yards or so of water between rubber ducks and himself were making him angry. Ergo, a show of force and a capture. If you know Iranians you'll know they're probably the most zealous of Islamic people anywhere.They get excited as a man or as a group.They,influenced by a narrow society that trucks no Western evil influence or any alien behaviour, are quick to anger, even quicker to shout and condemn. They are narrow-minded and some do not realise that the will of Allah (PBUH), is for calm and serenity.
This intolerance and sensitivity towards threat, is what brought the British Marines onto Iranian soil. After that, the Iranians, probably through confused channels of communication,and inculcated viciousness decided to play "Good guy, Bad guy."
The problem with many Islamic countries is that they are governed (sometimes in the background), by people who have a hard line attitude towards everything.
In fact they are so excitable that the now free seamen said today on Sky News that their captors were aggressive but at first helpful and later, calculatingly demanding.
I sum up with three points:
- Faye Turney deserves a medal for her stoic bravery.Being told, and accepting, that your comrades have "deserted You" and have gone home, is enough to push anyone to the limit. This girl is an example of British bravado. Well done.
-The men have taken their experience in their stride and their news conference today shows that they are not easily swayed by propagandising captors.
-Any media member who questions "Why the subservience?" or "Why the easy apology?" needs to look at what they (the marines), dealt with. As Lebanon is the most liberal of arab countries, Iran is the most fanatic.