Comments on: You Say Potato http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/04/03/you-say-potato/ Not about wood or vegetables Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:28:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: scotch http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/04/03/you-say-potato/#comment-778 scotch Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:51:00 +0000 http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/04/03/you-say-potato/#comment-778 You say Carmina and I say Carmina, you say Burana and I say Burana, let's call the whole thing Orff. Sorry, back to the serious stuff... You say Carmina and I say Carmina, you say Burana and I say Burana, let’s call the whole thing Orff. Sorry, back to the serious stuff…

]]> By: Sigge http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/04/03/you-say-potato/#comment-776 Sigge Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:00:00 +0000 http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/04/03/you-say-potato/#comment-776 I say French Fries! I say French Fries!

]]> By: Rab http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/04/03/you-say-potato/#comment-770 Rab Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:24:00 +0000 http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/04/03/you-say-potato/#comment-770 Mmmmm... for all the so-alled "defence experts" and "analysts" I don't recall any newspaper article or media interview with any of the "rent-a-quote" elite anticipating this outcome?<br/><br/>I got it wrong but at least I am just a punter. All the experts got it wrong too, which probably shows how ignorant we (including our leaders and their advisers) all are about Iran. Mmmmm… for all the so-alled “defence experts” and “analysts” I don’t recall any newspaper article or media interview with any of the “rent-a-quote” elite anticipating this outcome?

I got it wrong but at least I am just a punter. All the experts got it wrong too, which probably shows how ignorant we (including our leaders and their advisers) all are about Iran.

]]> By: Bag http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/04/03/you-say-potato/#comment-769 Bag Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:26:00 +0000 http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/04/03/you-say-potato/#comment-769 Won't it be interesting if they try out the new tested and approved interrogation techniques on them. After all they are not torture. Won’t it be interesting if they try out the new tested and approved interrogation techniques on them. After all they are not torture.

]]> By: Rab http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/04/03/you-say-potato/#comment-768 Rab Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:47:00 +0000 http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/04/03/you-say-potato/#comment-768 As much as I deplore the Iranian’s government childish and Goebbels-like media management of this incident, and the media exploitation of the captive sailors, one has the feeling we are not being told the whole truth about this incident and the background that led to it. <br/><br/>In today’s The Independent, there is a story about a failed attempt to detain/hijack/capture/ (delete as appropriate) some Iranian security figureheads:<br/>http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2414760.ece<br/><br/>Yesterday’s edition of the same newspaper contained an article by Robert Fisk and a mention about civil unrest in northern Iran:<br/>http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article2412764.ece<br/><br/>In any case, whether the above stories are true or not, the capture of these 15 people is a gift to the Iranian regime. They will play this game as long as they can, weeks if not months. Let’s hope that Bush &Blair shut up for a few weeks and that the 15 hostages return to the UK unharmed. As much as I deplore the Iranian’s government childish and Goebbels-like media management of this incident, and the media exploitation of the captive sailors, one has the feeling we are not being told the whole truth about this incident and the background that led to it.

In today’s The Independent, there is a story about a failed attempt to detain/hijack/capture/ (delete as appropriate) some Iranian security figureheads:
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2414760.ece

Yesterday’s edition of the same newspaper contained an article by Robert Fisk and a mention about civil unrest in northern Iran:
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article2412764.ece

In any case, whether the above stories are true or not, the capture of these 15 people is a gift to the Iranian regime. They will play this game as long as they can, weeks if not months. Let’s hope that Bush &Blair shut up for a few weeks and that the 15 hostages return to the UK unharmed.

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