By: Margaret

Margaret — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:00:12 +0000

The Government needs to use every diplomatic means at their disposal to free the 15 Navy Crews captured by the Iranians.. They need to open their eyes in my opinion,to the fact that Iran might want to war with them over the Iraqi and nuclear weapons issues and will try every trick possible to trigger a war. For peace sake do not fall into the trap.

By: Mort Karman

Mort Karman — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:49:10 +0000

With the modern GPS tracking systems the U.K, U.S. and even the Iranian navy have it should not be difficult to determine exactly who was where. So far, no one has been hurt and I hope it stays that way. Once the logistics are determined which ever side was wrong can say “sorry”. The British sailors can go back to their ship and if it is done correctly it might even bring the tensions between Iran and the U.K-U.S. down a notch.
As far as the BBC reporting goes, they have been accused of pro Arab bias by some pro Israel groups and pro Israel bias by pro Arab groups, so I guess they are trying todo it right. The BBC is far from perfect, and they are not as good as they were years ago, but they are still the very best news operation in the entire world, bar none.
I can say this with some expertise as a winner of several major journalism prizes in over 40 years of print, radio and television journalism. As part of the KIMN Radio, Denver, Colorado news team, I shared in two Edward R, Morrow broadcast journalism awards. I have a first place news photography award from the Oklahoma Press Association and a host of other good stuff. I was not always a grump old man. (my wife says I was once a grumpy young man)
I think the Zenith of the BBC war coverage was during the Falkland war, but that is strictly my own opinion.
BBC correspondents go into harms way every day in some of the most dangerous places in the world to bring accurate news reports to the public. A BBC reporter is currently missing and presumed kidnapped in Gaza as I write this.
The best we can hope for in this Iran-vs. Royal navy situation is that cool heads prevail on both sides, though I realize it may be too much to hope for.

By: Ken from Glos

Ken from Glos — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:37:05 +0000

Dont be so diplomatic.The rules of engagement put our troops in harms way and that is down to this dreadful government.Dont forget this is the second time this has happened and according to Hoon it would never happen again.

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