[Doug]

I don’t believe there is any case for these services personal to benefit financially from their experience in Iran, certainly while they continue to serve in the armed forces, it’s unfair on the individuals themselves in the respect that those who did not receive so much television exposure are unlikely to draw the attention or the sums that the others will.

However, my main objection is that it weakens the image of the British Military Establishment and cheapens what these people went through. Unfortunately this episode stinks of the Blair Governments spin tactics and while the nation contents itself on this matter the reason why our forces didn’t have adequate protection in the field will fade into the mire, just like the country