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To: RetiredNow who wrote (332204)	4/8/2007 2:10:59 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573220

Mostly what I'm thinking is that they probably were not in Iranian waters. But if they were, then it was incredibly negligent of the British naval forces to leave them in a compromising position like that to allow an Iranian ambush. They should have expected Iranian action and moved enough muscle in to protect their people. It's a no-brainer. I don't blame the soldiers who were captured, though. They had a simple choice: glorious death and probably provocation of a war or stand down and allow their own capture with a high probability of abuse of execution. They did a courageous thing. What's emerging is that the Brits had a spy network on the Gulf, using fishermen as informants. Of course, that's to be expected. For them to say they were looking for autos with explosives in them doesn't mean though that I have to believe them. I think to better understand in what direction we want America to move.....we need to call a spade a spade and not pretend its anything else.