Is it just me, or has the British military lost something of its starch? You be the judge:
Arthur Batchelor, 20, the youngest of the captives, told the *Daily Mirror *that he “cried like a baby” and that his captors tormented him by repeatedly saying he looked like the British comedy character Mr. Bean.
I mean, I know I’m being a little unfair here, but come on!
From here.
That’s nothing.
I understand that they when they were sent back, they were devastated when they were given un cadeau and told “Now go away or I will taunt you a second time.”
My husband is horrified that the new Marines give people a card to show to their superiors when they can’t handle being yelled at anymore.
From your source:
Faye Turney, the only woman among the former captives, told the Sun newspaper that she “cried my eyes out” and feared that she was going to be raped and executed.
How DARE they call our noble boys Mr. Bean!
That constitutes cruel and degrading treatment. Though not as bad as being compared to Benny Hill.
I blame Diana, to be honest. Her death opened the floodgates of British emotions, and we all went for a swim in Lake Us and have never been the same since.
(This is not to seriously denigrate the genuine fear of torture and execution they were exposed to - and also to point out that the proponents of gaining evidence by torture need only to have a look at these people to realise how crap a method it is.)
OHMYGOD thank you! You’ve made his live liveable again. Thank you! Thank you! This has been eating at him for years.
HoosierDaddy will be gratified by this as well. Now if he could just erase the movie Jarhead from his mind he could feel right again.