[MD] Say it isn't so

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting "Laycock, Jos (OSPT)" <Jos.Laycock at OFFSOL.GSI.GOV.UK>:

> 
> Hazel Blears stated on bbc's questiontime programme last night that "decisions
> were taken by commanders on the ground", so unless she's lying, the report is not
> accurate.

> > >  [Platt]
> > > A report here in the U.S. (The NY Post) says in respect to 
> > the capture
> > > by Iran of the British sailors that the escorting ship, HMS 
> > Cornwall,
> > > could have blown the Iranian vessel out the water, but the 
> > Ministry of
> > > Defense ordered the Cornwall not to fire while her captain and crew
> > > watched their shipmates led away into captivity.
> > > 
> > > Is this report accurate? If so, is this what Briton, who 
> > bravely stood
> > > alone against Hitler,  has come to?

I presume the Ministry of Defense is the same as "commanders on the ground."


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