Ali, don't call me an ar$e mate, you don't now anything about me. Read the thread. I am in the Armed Forces and have served in the Middle East for a large portion of my time in. I am perfectly at liberty to "attack" the Armed Forces as I am a member of same.
You are entitled to disagree with my opinions, but resorting to insulting me does you no credit. If you do read the thread (and any number of British national newspapers) you will see that many,many people agree with the viewpoints expressed by me and others.
Indeed, I don't think that there would be any issues at all were it not for the fact that such a large proprtion of people consider that the hostages' behaviour fell below that which could reasonably have been expected of them. I might be wrong, and I will be prepare to admit it when and if I change my viewpoint, but, until then, there it is.