I would hope that there would be no rush to judgment in the formal Board of Inquiry on Commodore Nick Lambert's decisions on the day that his boarding party was captured by the Iranians. His descretion may not earn him a medal but direct intervention would have risked the loss of lives and a major international crisis. I for one will be interested to see how this one gets played out.

With regard to the Defense Minister, I don't have a clue about what role he really had in the "mismanagement" of the public relations campaign following the release of the captured sailors and marines.

Charley Noble