"How does the U.S. and Britain treat hostages compared to how Iran is treating these hostages?"


The U.K and the U.S do not take hostages, they are holding terrorist suspects, for one purpose and one purpose only, to try to reduce the terrorist threat in the future, i myself find this whole episode unpalletable, in our democratic societies, a man can be held indefinitely without trial. you are right, this is wrong, but, they are not hostages, also, they are not members of any bonafide military organisation, do you really think the U.S and the U.K would hold Iranian soldiers in the same manner as the Iranians have, i think not, even if we were at war with Iran.

We are not at war with Iran,,,,, yes they are part of the middle east, yes there are problems with our relationship,,, but we are not at war with them, they have no business holding those sailors and marines,other than a brief questioning about what they were doing, even though they were 1.7.nautical miles inside Iraqi waters. And you can bet your bottom dollar the GPS equipment will confirm this, thats why they wont get it back.
They have no business parading them like they are P.O.W´s they are not.

For the most part, the U:S and the U.K forces in Iraq are doing an excellent job, in very hard circumstances, there are always a few bad apples in a barrel. This line about how Iraqi prisoners have been abused etc etc, has been blown out of all proportion. These incidents were not tolerated by the higher command of the perpetrators, and they have been where possible bought to justice.

Dont let a few idiots allow your judgement to become clouded,99.9% of our troops are acting in Iraq, with the greatest integrity, they are professional soldiers, not press ganged bandits like the Iranians seem to be.