Credo
"Sign on, young man, and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is to keep her free. Our will is to keep the torch of freedom burning for all. To this solemn purpose we call on the young, the brave, the strong, and the free. Heed my call, Come to the sea. Come Sail with me." -- John Paul Jones
"Pardon him, Theodotus; he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature" --George Bernard Shaw, "Caesar and Cleopatra"
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."--Friedrich Nietzsche
"A kind Providence has placed in our breasts a hatred of the unjust and cruel, in order that we may preserve ourselves from cruelty and injustice. They who bear cruelty, are accomplices in it. The pretended gentleness which excludes that charitable rancour, produces an indifference which is half an approbation. They never will love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate."--Edmund Burke
“You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”--General Sir Charles Napier
"Μολὼν λαβέ" -- Leonidas
"Blogito Ergo Sum" -- Neptunus Lex
No bet.
The kidnapping was orchestrated by Almondine-kebab who wishes to relive the glory days of the 444 day captivity during Carter’s regime.
The captives will be paraded around Tehran to solidify support for the regime and bolster claims of UK/US “Great Satan” status.
Only a huge threat of force or actual force will cause the release.
Brinksmanship. Frag that bovine excrement.
Seal the border, stop the importation of gasoline and the exportation of oil, knock out the command and control facilities, and blow up the nuke plants and IED munitions factories.
Let the “new” revolutionaries take over with our support.
After a few of these steps, Almondine-kebab might reconsider his actions.
V/r,
-SJBill
Buffoonery, maybe. But, I can’t tell you how it boils my blood to see a female Brit Sailor paraded on TV in Islamic headscarf. Who knows what her religion is, was, her heritage, etc. No, throw the headscarf on Baby because you belong to us.
Have you ever heard anything more pathetic; “I’ll be home for my 3 year old’s birthday with a present from Iran”… Keep your flippin present. I would like to blow all of you to hell.
I would also like to point out, as a parent of a son in the Navy how terribly disappointed I am in the leadership that allowed this to happen. And, yes, they allowed it to happen. What should any western crew think of their command after this? Willing to bargain my freedom away for the sake of diplomacy? Well, I just might think twice before I get in that rubber boat again… (My Mother told me to think about it).
the Iranians ?
the Iranians “gave a new set of coordinates” that put the British team in Iranian territorial waters.
Buffoonery.
Nifongery.
Well, reading maps is obviously NOT their forte to begin with.
*sigh*
charts…reading charts is not their forte.
Yes, there is a difference.
– A chart, especially a nautical chart, has special unique characteristics including a very detailed and accurate representation of the coastline, which takes into account varying tidal levels and water forms, critical to a navigator. A map, on the other hand, emphasizes land forms, including the representation of relief, with shoreline represented as an approximate delineation usually at mean sea level.
- A chart is a working document. It is used to plot courses for navigators to follow in order to transit a certain area It takes into account special conditions required for one’s vessel, such as draft, bottom clearance, wrecks and obstructions which can be hazardous. Way points are identified to indicate relative position and points at which specific maneuver such as changing courses, must be performed. A map on the other hand is a static document which serves as a reference guide. A map is not, and can not be used to plot a course. Rather it provides a predetermined course, usually a road, path, etc., to be followed. Special consideration for the type of vehicle is rarely a consideration. Further, maps provide predetermined points-road intersections-to allow one a choice to change to another predetermined direction.
- Charts provide detailed information on the area beneath the water surface, normally not visible to the naked eye, which can and is very critical for the safe and efficient navigation. Maps merely indicate a surface path providing no information of the condition of the road. For instance a map will not provide information on whether the road is under repair (except when it is a new road) or how many pot holes or other obstructions it may contain. However the driver is able to make a visual assessment of such conditions.
We return you know to the justified bashing of the IRGC who have a demonstrated incapcity to read…charts…
-SJS
Babs, I was at the Annual FBI Hostage Barricade conference in Baltimore this year and there was a presentation put on by the FBI about the female reporter, Jill Carrol, who was captured in Iraq. What worried the FBI most was how she was presented with armed men standing over her as she sat WITHOUT A HEAD SCARF. They then had the father of Carrol go on the news and make a statement. The next video image of her was of her sitting with a colorful background, rather than the black background initially seen, in a head scarf. When she was interviewed after her release, she reported that the captors came to her and said that her father was a man of honor. If he was a man of honor, then she was and thus needed to be treated accordingly. Her treatment improved after his appearance and she was not beheaded as the FBI feared. So, take heart that she is being shown with a head scarf, it at least means she is being treated with a little dignity and most likely will be kept safe.