[MD] Say it isn't so

[Laycock, Jos (OSPT)]

Could be, hard to say.  MOD is a part of government, "commanders on the ground" implies senior soldiers.
If it was as you suggest it would be deliberately misleading.
Do you trust the word of the government in America?


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> 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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