Colcam: I'm A British Sailor - Get Me Captured.

Sunday, April 08, 2007

I'm A British Sailor - Get Me Captured.

Frogmarching them out
to win
the propaganda war.
Some of them are acting like reality TV stars.

So, the 15 sailors and marines captured and then released by the Iranians are to be allowed to sell their stories to the highest bidders, and even the goody bags given to them on their release will appear on eBay - and the suits given to them too, no doubt.

One of the hostages, Dean Harris, 30, an acting sergeant in the Royal Marines, told a Sunday Times reporter yesterday: “I want £70,000. That is based on what the others have told me they have been offered. I know Faye has been offered a heck more than that. I am worth it because I was one of only two who didn’t crack.”

The father of Joe Tindell, another of the hostages, said his son had turned down an offer of £10,000.

He claimed the marines were planning to sell on eBay the vases given to them in their “goody bags” by the Iranians.

Lucky boys and girl.

Luckier than the 140 or so British military personnel who have died in Iraq for a 'doomed project'.

None of them will be selling their stories.

Apart from that, if the published accounts turn out to be anything like the stage-managed propaganda exercise dressed up as a press conference they (six of them - why only six?) gave on their return to the UK, the stories won't be worth the paper used to print them on.

If these 15 blabbermouths dressed up as toy soldiers think they are stars over this humiliating and cringeworthy incident, perhaps they should give a percentage of their profits to the Iranians, who made the whole thing possible.

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Labels: Iran, Iraq, Media, War

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Comments:

As an ex RAF serviceman, I think this move is deplorable, considering how easy they were taken hostage in the first place. The MOD need their heads seeing to, allowing this type of culture to proceed. These personnel want to thank their lucky stars they are still alive to tell the tale, but I think they are all gutless and deserve to be Courts Marshalled, a disgrace to the Service.
Long Live the King!!!

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