LIE OF THE WEEK: 03-30-2007
President Bush on the Iranian military's seizure of British marines and soldiers:
"It's inexcusable behavior - Iran must give back the hostages. They're innocent. They did nothing wrong."
THE TRUTH: Until the final evidence comes out indicating whether or not the British boats actually did cross into Iranian waters or not, it's not useful to play up the political rhetoric against Iran, especially in light of the fact that the American military is already stretched thin by current
deployments and could not easily handle another conflict. Also, President Bush's characterization of the soldiers as hostages does a disservice to the actual civilian hostages held around the world today (and historically) because there is a very clear difference between a military seizing members of another country's military and a government or terrorists taking civilians as hostages.
"It's inexcusable behavior - Iran must give back the hostages. They're innocent. They did nothing wrong."
THE TRUTH: Until the final evidence comes out indicating whether or not the British boats actually did cross into Iranian waters or not, it's not useful to play up the political rhetoric against Iran, especially in light of the fact that the American military is already stretched thin by current
deployments and could not easily handle another conflict. Also, President Bush's characterization of the soldiers as hostages does a disservice to the actual civilian hostages held around the world today (and historically) because there is a very clear difference between a military seizing members of another country's military and a government or terrorists taking civilians as hostages.
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