Call that humiliation?

I was just about to put in my 2¢ on this British Navy personnel who the Iranians have captured. And I ran into this gem.

I share the outrage expressed in the British press over the treatment of our naval personnel accused by Iran of illegally entering their waters. It is a disgrace. We would never dream of treating captives like this - allowing them to smoke cigarettes, for example, even though it has been proven that smoking kills. And as for compelling poor servicewoman Faye Turney to wear a black headscarf, and then allowing the picture to be posted around the world - have the Iranians no concept of civilised behaviour? For God's sake, what's wrong with putting a bag over her head? That's what we do with the Muslims we capture: we put bags over their heads, so it's hard to breathe. Then it's perfectly acceptable to take photographs of them and circulate them to the press because the captives can't be recognised and humiliated in the way these unfortunate British service people are.

The above picture is obviously staged. Nice curtains, furniture, flowers and fruit bowl on the table. Its like home.

My take is the three look concerned, as they should in such a situation, but they don't look frightened, broken or even horribly stressed. But then its only a photo.

This is from the British press. This is the outrageous treatment Jones is talking about.



This is a picture used on a British magazine cover.



This is the most damaging picture I could find of detainees held by Iran. Pretty tame in comparison to the above.



Note how clean that room is. Compared to pictures I've seen from Gitmo, this looks like an operating theater.

Addendum: Yeah, I realize that last photo could also be a staged event. But if you're going to go to the trouble of showing the detainees staged, why would you show something even this severe? I'd stay with the comfy living room scene if I were staging it.

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