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Audacity of Truth
Whiner-in-Chief:
"[W]hether the grumbling is about Republicans on Fox or bloggers in pajamas, there's a word for what the president and his aides are doing. That word is "whining." And nothing [...] does more damage to Obama's credibility or authority than the sense that a popular president is becoming the whiner-in-chief."
- John Nichols, Nation Magazine - 10/12/09
British hostages update
Memeorandum has loads of links on the latest news involving the capture of 15 British soldiers by Iran.
One of the hostages is a female, who the Iranians say they will release either today or tomorrow. She was interviewed by the UK Independent just hours before her capture. The Iranians are also planning to broadcast images of the hostages. In the meantime, the Guardian reports that maps and photos will soon be released that prove the British troops were NOT in Iranian waters. Not that it will matter to the Iranians, who were looking for -and found- a few bargaining chips to get some of their own released from Iraq.
The UK under Tony Blair’s leadership has applied a ‘diplomatic freeze’ in response to the standoff between the two countries, while the US is sending a message to Iran via massively huge military drills involving warplanes in the Persian Gulf, and the UAE says there will be no US attacks on Iran from their territory.
Meir Javedanfar at Pajamas Media blogs today about what he thinks is Iran’s attempt to ‘Carterize” (manipulate) Tony Blair. Check it out here. Arthur Herman thinks this conflict displays Britain’s “impotence.” Does it?
Read more commentary on all this via Captain’s Quarters, EU Referendum, Sundries Shack, Dan Riehl, Verum Serum, McQ at QandO, Michael van der Galien at The Moderate Voice
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The appathy on this issue really burns me. I wish there be a bunch of liberals and reporters taken hostage by the Iranians. I’d be out there with a bullhorn telling people to ignore them as they ignored the Brits.
This is just like the people in NYC ignoring Kitty Genovese. Same sick “don’t get involved” (lack of) mentality.
Heh heh heh, Natasha Dahlink. As always British are applying diplomacy . . . Moose and squirrel try to keel fly with sledgehammer.
Sorry to say but I really don’t think anything will be done, and Iran knows it.
They will parade the captured British troops around for propaganda on the TV.
The US will rattle the sabers off the coast of Iran with sudden wargames.
The UK will threaten a ‘different response’ but will cave to giving into the demands of Iran and releasing terrorists held by the British. Of course there won’t be alot of press surrounding it though.
The UN? Well the UN will issue another strongly worded letter.
The terrorists and the terrorist sponsoring countries like Iran and Syria, leanred that kidnapping soldier, reporters, ect can make countries do what they want.
Until things like this change, kidnappings will continue to happen to force release of terrorists being held or make demands of other countries.
I’m curious. Where are all the “anti-war” people screaming about the broadcasting of these hostages, which is a clear violation of the Geneva convention? Are they only concerned about the Geneva convention when they perceive that America has violated it.
Has the Red Cross tried to see the British captives? Have they been given access to them like they should be? Where is the outcry about that?
This is a shining example of how supposedly “anti-war” protesters are simply “anti-U.S.” protesters.
Shame on them.
And now, Thursday, Iran has put the release of the female sailor ‘on hold’.
What a surprise… Monday night, on Fox News, I there was a discussion about why the MSM had been virtually ignoring this event. In on the discussion was a gentleman who basically said that for the MSM to make it news would be to admit that GWB was correct in his assessment of Iraq as a ringleader in the Axis of Evil, and this was why the media is not making it front page. The counterpoint was given by an apologist of the MSM who basically said that this is a non-event, and that it will be over in three days, and all of us who think Iran is evil will look pretty silly. He was smirking and condescending in his manner, and everything you have seen the MSM be to the Conservative voice.
Well – it’s been three days now, and as far as I can tell, Iran is no closer to ending this illegal act of aggression than they were when it started. In fact, as the Right has predicted, the string pulling by Iran has only escalated, as evidenced by their decision to not release the female sailor, as they had previously promised. Think the MSM will admit their mistake?
It’s not like this is the first time Ahmadinejad has taken hostages……