« Bunker Time | Main | Protesting in Egypt »

26 Mar 2007 11:50 am

Captured Brits

They are being "interrogated," apparently. The news reports put that word in quotation marks. I wonder if it emerges that they are being subject to George W. Bush's preferred euphemism "coercive interrogations." And if that turns out to be the case, and we have to pray it isn't, then what will the United States and its ally Great Britain say in complaint? After all, Iran is only doing to Western soldiers in captivity what the U.S. has been doing to "enemy combatants" since the war began. Then there's a question of what kind of trial they might face. One in which their defense gets a chance to see all the evidence against them? Oh, wait ... we don't do that either.

The first strategic crisis created by the Bush-Cheney torture regime is now occurring. It won't be the last. And if these British sailors are found to have been mistreated and their "trials" tainted, who in the international community is now going to come to Britain's and America's defense?

Permalink :: Trackback (8) :: Sphere It! ::

Share This

TrackBack URL for this entry:

http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d83451c45669e200d83434f3a153ef

Listed below are links to weblogs that reference 'Captured Brits'

Toronto Star op-ed on Prime minister and the afghan prisoners
Excerpt: Thursdays blog piece the prime minister, the taliban and human rights was published in the Toronto Star today as an op-ed. You can catch the Stars version here. My fear is that this piece will never attract any conservativ...
Weblog: eaves.ca
Tracked: Mar 26, 2007 1:44:28 PM

Bush Responsible for Iranian Adulterers Being Stoned to Death
Excerpt: Right, Andrew? According to Sullivan Logic, the Iranian people, who have a culture thousands of years older than our own, could not function as a society until George W. Bush came along to show them how to act, for better,...
Weblog: Confederate Yankee
Tracked: Mar 26, 2007 3:15:46 PM

It's not close to being the same thing...
Excerpt: in what he no doubts views as a brilliant piece of pointing out the irony of the situation, he asks how we (the United States and England) can take issue with the Iranians 'interrogating' the British soldiers the Iranians seized a couple of days ago. A...
Weblog: ThoughtsOnline
Tracked: Mar 26, 2007 3:52:48 PM

The Daily Dish: Captured Brits
Excerpt: Andrew Sullivan calls it the first strategic crisis of the Bush-Cheney torture regime. The problem is that we can't talk in the west, we do this too.
Weblog: bribienews.com/hot
Tracked: Mar 26, 2007 6:02:18 PM

Hard to believe
Excerpt: Its hard to believe that Andrew Sullivan was once a sane man. Hes not anymore. On the 15 British sailors and marines that were kidnapped from Iraqi waters by Iranian troops, Sullivan had this to say: The first strategic crisis created by...
Weblog: Hoystory
Tracked: Mar 26, 2007 6:28:56 PM

Declaration of Purpose, Important or No?
Excerpt: Those on the left seem to discount the necessity of uniforms for armed soldiers. Why is that? Our founders understood the concept of the spy or the illegal soldier. Why has the left of the aisle forgotton, one wonders? Europe, for the most part is left...
Weblog: Pseudo-Polymath
Tracked: Mar 26, 2007 8:05:31 PM

Applying the Sully Theorum
Excerpt: Andrew Sullivan has discovered a new force in the universe.  Those who commit acts of aggression are most certainly victims rather than criminals.  In fact, Andrew is onto something very big here!!  It is actually more than excusing Iran for kidnapping...
Weblog: Gay Patriot
Tracked: Mar 27, 2007 11:36:11 AM

Brits take the wrong path - updated
Excerpt: Brits don't want to upset Iran. WTF? Shouldn't it be the other way around? Can't they see that they are being toyed with?  Meanwhile, a show of force.   Update: Andrew Sullivan (who we no longer read) proposes the theory that the prisoner-taking is the
Weblog: Maggie's Farm
Tracked: Mar 27, 2007 5:14:54 PM