My ears hurt from the deafening silence. They would welcome at this point the deafening shrieks from the main stream media regarding the “torture” of the illegally detained Brits. All I have heard from this group however, is the congratulations and gratitude for the magnanimity of the Iranian government for releasing those they had captured and imprisoned…illegally!
Imagine, if you will, a man kidnapping a young girl and holding her for two weeks while her family and the entire country wonder what will be her ultimate fate. In the rare instance that the perpetrator actually relents and sets such a hostage free, do we then throw a party for him because he was so kind as to let her go and live? Is he made a hero in the eyes of those he harmed along the way? The obvious answer is a resounding NO. More often than not, we would be finding ways to keep her father from killing the son of a bitch while privately wishing we could let him through untouched.
The British Sailors and Marines are speaking out on the treatment they received and it’s getting ugly. So much so that I expected the Human Rights Watch group to kick into high gear, demanding retribution from Tehran. Maybe an apology? Perhaps a threat that “we’ll not like you anymore”? Nope, nada. The sound of crickets chirping, which I normally find a soothing sound at sunset on a summer night but which I find infuriating in this context.
Ahmadinejad has achieved a masterful public relations coup and our press here and abroad are vibrating like the strings of the best played Stadivarius, cooing their accolades and making him the “good cop” in this international incident.
If only they could see far enough to afford the same to the U.S. Military…
-Woody
