Iran releases British Soldiers

Post #280,604 by Seamus 4/4/07 10:01:55 AM Reply	Iran releases British Soldiers "Our government has pardoned them, it is a gift from our people\ufffd he said. \ufffdIt has nothing to do with this analysis. If we were to move forward on that basis things would have looked different. We approached the subject on a humanitarian basis. It was a unilateral decision on our end." [link\|http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/04/world/middleeast/04cnd-iran.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin\|http://www.nytimes.c...=1&hp&oref=slogin] One wonders what the back story really is. Seamus
Post #280,606 by JayMehaffey 4/4/07 10:06:08 AM Reply	Looks like an agreement to disagree Iran is pardoning them and setting them free. That way the UK can continue to claim that Iran was wrong and Iran can continue to claim the UK was wrong. The Iranian's probably looked at the situation and decided they had nothing further to gain from holding the soldiers. Insofar as they where violating a contested border, Iran had made it's point. And holding the soldiers further would make them look bad, nor was their any more propaganda to be gained from showing them on television. Jay
Post #280,607 by boxley 4/4/07 10:06:52 AM Reply	I think that they are to be given pardons is the back story They have confessions and are being pardoned which in Iranian Lights is a victory and they can always claim they were in the right. It also highlights to the US that their troops could be next. thanx, bill Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 51 years. meep reach me at [link\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net]
Post #280,610 by Seamus 4/4/07 10:10:39 AM Reply	I keep thinking that there is something more Like maybe they finally realized that shrub is just crazy enough to use this situation to help him invade Iran. Seamus
Post #280,629 by jake123 4/4/07 1:40:38 PM Reply	That's pretty much what I thought They played a careful balancing act, and didn't want to take it anywhere close to the edge because Bush is already way way over that edge.
Post #280,630 by JayMehaffey 4/4/07 1:41:42 PM Reply	Check out the picture [link\|http://www.cnn.com/\|CNN] I don't have a specific link, but right now CNN is showing a group picture of the soldiers. Publicity piece taken by Iran, obviously after they where told they where going home. But what strikes me is that the men have all been dressed in new suits, the woman however looks like she was dressed in a thrift shop. Jay
Post #280,631 by Yendor 4/4/07 1:46:40 PM Reply	Image link [link\|http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2007/WORLD/meast/04/04/iran.sailors/newt1.iran.wed.10.ap.jpg\|http://i.a.cnn.net/c...ran.wed.10.ap.jpg] I have no idea how long it will remain at that URL. -YendorMike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #280,634 by Andrew Grygus 4/4/07 2:41:27 PM Reply	Maybe she didn't want a burka . . . . . and that's all else they could find. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]

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