Languish.org

General Category => Off the Record => Topic started by: Razgovory on November 09, 2009, 04:02:06 PM

Title: Hikers charged with Espionage.
Post by: Razgovory on November 09, 2009, 04:02:06 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/09/iran.hikers/index.html

Personally I don't think we should make any big effort to secure the release of these people.  Ussually I like the idea of getting our people out of a situation like this but there is a certain threshold of stupidity when crossed people simply deserve what they get.  Deciding to go on vacation in Iraq and wander about the Iraqi-Iranian border is crossing that line.  It's like visiting the refugee camps in Darfur to try out the local food.  Maybe if the chick was hotter or they were really were spies or they were doing something I'd be more forgiving.  As Grumbler would say, "Fortunately you aren't in a position to make that choice", so maybe it's for the best.

Title: Re: Hikers charged with Espionage.
Post by: Ed Anger on November 09, 2009, 04:03:40 PM
I agree, fuck 'em.
Title: Re: Hikers charged with Espionage.
Post by: The Brain on November 09, 2009, 04:04:46 PM
We should launch a military rescue operation.
Title: Re: Hikers charged with Espionage.
Post by: Admiral Yi on November 09, 2009, 04:06:01 PM
Just wait a couple weeks and they will be homeward bound sporting handsome new Iranian suits.
Title: Re: Hikers charged with Espionage.
Post by: Razgovory on November 09, 2009, 04:07:45 PM
Quote from: The Brain on November 09, 2009, 04:04:46 PM
We should launch a military rescue operation.

Only if it involves nukes.
Title: Re: Hikers charged with Espionage.
Post by: The Brain on November 09, 2009, 04:09:00 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on November 09, 2009, 04:07:45 PM
Quote from: The Brain on November 09, 2009, 04:04:46 PM
We should launch a military rescue operation.

Only if it involves nukes.

Deal.
Title: Re: Hikers charged with Espionage.
Post by: Caliga on November 09, 2009, 04:13:29 PM
Quote from: The Brain on November 09, 2009, 04:04:46 PM
We should launch a military rescue operation.
Agree.  Let's call Carter out of retirement to put it together.
Title: Re: Hikers charged with Espionage.
Post by: Razgovory on November 09, 2009, 04:14:22 PM
Quote from: Caliga on November 09, 2009, 04:13:29 PM
Quote from: The Brain on November 09, 2009, 04:04:46 PM
We should launch a military rescue operation.
Agree.  Let's call Carter out of retirement to put it together.

TO SOON! :mad:
Title: Re: Hikers charged with Espionage.
Post by: The Brain on November 09, 2009, 04:14:42 PM
I love it when Carter and I come together.
Title: Re: Hikers charged with Espionage.
Post by: Caliga on November 09, 2009, 04:15:58 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on November 09, 2009, 04:14:22 PM
TO SOON! :mad:
Agree.  He should have retired in '77.  :mad:
Title: Re: Hikers charged with Espionage.
Post by: Martinus on November 09, 2009, 05:29:03 PM
QuoteThe videos show the relaxed travelers enjoying themselves as they take a break from exploring a town in Kurdistan.

"Yo it's hot. Yo it's hot. It's 'cause I'm in Iraq. Someone get me a fan. Someone get me a fan. 'Cause I'm in Kurdistan," Fattal raps as he chuckles and points to the Iraqi landscape behind him.

:bleeding:
Title: Re: Hikers charged with Espionage.
Post by: HisMajestyBOB on November 09, 2009, 05:46:16 PM
So will Bill Clinton fly to Tehran to free these idiots, too?
Title: Re: Hikers charged with Espionage.
Post by: Malthus on November 09, 2009, 05:50:37 PM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on November 09, 2009, 05:46:16 PM
So will Bill Clinton fly to Tehran to free these idiots, too?

Love the avatar. A friend of mine had a poster of that in his bathroom.  :D
Title: Re: Hikers charged with Espionage.
Post by: Razgovory on November 09, 2009, 07:24:52 PM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on November 09, 2009, 05:46:16 PM
So will Bill Clinton fly to Tehran to free these idiots, too?

Let's send Jesse Jackson.  Maybe they'll keep him.

Oh my,  I don't sound like a Democrat at all in this thread. :blush:
Title: Re: Hikers charged with Espionage.
Post by: Ed Anger on November 09, 2009, 07:31:13 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on November 09, 2009, 07:24:52 PM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on November 09, 2009, 05:46:16 PM
So will Bill Clinton fly to Tehran to free these idiots, too?

Let's send Jesse Jackson.  Maybe they'll keep him.

Oh my,  I don't sound like a Democrat at all in this thread. :blush:

Reported to the DNC.
Title: Re: Hikers charged with Espionage.
Post by: Razgovory on November 09, 2009, 07:34:20 PM
Good thing, Howard's not in charge anymore.  I would have gotten yelled at.