UK captive 'felt like a traitor'

UK captive 'felt like a traitor'
Monday, 9 April 2007,
11:15 GMT 12:15 UK

Faye Turney has reportedly struck a six-figure deal [for her story of captivity].

Leading Seaman Faye Turney has told how she "felt like a traitor" when she was forced to write "confession" letters shown on Iranian television.

The only woman among the 15-strong Royal Navy crew has also defended her decision to sell her story to ITV1's Trevor Macdonald and the Sun newspaper.

Some of the reported six-figure sum for the interview will go to navy families.

Relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq have criticised the decision allowing the crew to sell their stories.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6538075.stm

More on the British sailors

I wake up with a jolt to find that I am in the dubious company of a number of right-wingers concerning the bravery -- or lack thereof -- of the British sailors who unsuccessfully defended their nation's honor.

Furthermore, I am criticized by some of my friends, and even by my son, for my comments. If any of you readers can find someone who's not a right winger on my side, please let me know. I need the fortifications they might yield.

I actually didn't think of this as being a partisan political matter. It seemed to me, on first impression, that warriors off a British war ship on a legal mission in legal waters ought to resist being taken captive by anyone. Just seems to me. And then they shouldn't fall all over themselves to look obliging to their captors.

The ass-covering news conference those gentlemen held didn't seem to add any glory to an already sketchy performance, IYAM.
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See Marsha comment to our earlier posting: CLICK

See "The Mandarin" who is a blogger I respect though I do not know him: CLICK

British Cowards

I believe we Americans should be very happy that we do not have to rely for our defense upon the likes of those British "warriors" we saw on TV this Good Friday.

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QUESION;

Does anyone besides me think the British behaved like abject cowards during this hostage crisis?

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