Captured British Sailors

[Oh-ryan]

I agree with you on their actions once they landed but not their choice to land in the first place. This has been openly debated within Naval Aviation and I know it's controversial. Nonetheless, the decision to land that in China instead of ditch in the sea (knowing full well that there may be fatalities) is one I don't agree with. That airplane is just too dang sensitive to give to the Chinese. It was some ballsy flying to get it on deck but the wrong decision. Shane Osborne's book, Born to Fly also made me a bit nauseous.

I agree with you. That is why in my original post I carefully stated that they did everything right when in captivity. The debate continues about whether or not they should have allowed themselves to become captives in the first place. Many navy squadrons involved in those missions today are specifically directed to "put her in the drink" if ever placed in a similar situation.

Also agree about Shane's book though I don't blame him one bit for doing it. Some publishing company threw a bunch of money at him and probably had someone else write the majority of it for him. I would do the same thing, but the "gayest" thing about the book was that hokey photo on the cover with him wearing a command ball cap and the pig taking off in the background.

 

[Oh-ryan]

Anybody recall what happened with the downed Brit pilots in the first Gulf war? One of them wouldn't say a word, until they electrocuted him so hard that his teeth started popping out, and went back to his cell and cried his eyes out for "selling out". Another one beat the crap out of himself so that his "propaganda" videos would be discredited. Tell you what...those Brits have a fine tradition of hangin' tough right up to the breaking point(which we all have)...I'm not sure exactly what happened in Iran, but it seemed that the pilots from the first Gulf War might be a little bummed at their countrymen's performance on this recent one. But, again...I wasn't there, so I don't know. Just some thoughts. On the surface, it didn't seem like these British sailors did much to keep themselves from being manipulated and utilized...but, again...I wasn't there.

Now, back to my half empty bottle of courvossier...

I prefer to see it has half full.

 

[Say Again Over]

What was their first question when they got home? "Can we sell our book rights and movie rights?" Yeah they were some tough dudes and dudette.

Exactly, who in their right mind would want to buy it? uke: