>>>>That will be a hollow "victory" if the sailors don't make it back. It wouldn't shock me if the Iranians decided to hang them or chop their heads off. They have shown no signs so far of caring about international disapproval. It's almost like they live for it.
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>>>I think that killing the sailors would surely mean air strikes by the UK and US. The Iranians surely know this.
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>>Didn't you see in the story that the Iranians say the 'detainees' are in good health? Don't worry, after they finish not torturing them, we'll get to see them on tape admitting to being spies.
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>It is amazing what terrible things can be done to a human being without being considered torture.

I think what amazes me more than anything else I can think of is that a human being can actually enjoy torturing another human being (or, in fact, any animal). It is incomprehensible to me. Maybe we need a new definition of exactly what comprises a 'human being'.