Iran Watch: I’m Sorry for Selling My Story Says Iran-UK Hostage Mr. Bean
Many serving soldiers were unimpressed by Arthur Batchelor’s tears after being called Mr Bean
I’m sorry for selling my story, says Iran hostage Mr Bean
Servicemen have rounded on the sailors who sold their stories of being held captive by Iran.
A series of messages on forces’ websites ridiculed Arthur Batchelor and Faye Turney, who cashed in after being held prisoner for 13 days.
Today they were forced onto the defensive, with Seaman Batchelor claiming he had got so little money from the deal he could barely afford to pay for a driving test.
The 20-year-old’s admission came as Defence Secretary Des Browne admitted his decision to allow the former hostages to sell their stories to the media was wrong, and Conservative leader David Cameron demanded an inquiry into the “calamitous” decision.
Calamitous? More like another COCK-UP of the previous COCK-UP.
Are these Brits pathetic or what?
Now, even their own countrymen are going after them.
What does Mr. Bean have to do with this MESS?
Watch and you will understand:
Seaman Batchelor has also admitted he “let the Royal Navy down” and “disappointed his comrades” by selling his story to the media.
He said he would not have accepted the money had he known the MoD would later reverse its decision to allow the hostages to be paid to talk to the press.
Speaking to the Plymouth Evening Herald newspaper, he said: “To be honest, I feel a bit strange about the situation. One minute they’re (the MoD) are telling us we can, and the next they’re saying ‘no more’.”
Seaman Batchelor’s claim that he cried himself to sleep after his Iranian captors likened him to the comedy character Mr Bean made him a laughing stock.One serving soldier posted: “Batchelor didn’t do the reputation of servicemen much good either! Being broken by being called Mr Bean FFS! – that must be on a par with Monty Python’s Spanish Inquisition and the comfy cushions.”
Comments left on unofficial forces’ websites, the Rum Ration and the British Army Rumour Service laid into Ms Turney and Mr Batchelor.
Maybe if the Brits recognize the problem there is hope for them.
But, Flap is not so sure.
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2 Comments
endorendil
Jessica Lynch ring a bell?
Sam Mech
Jessica Lynch *was* wounded – even if she was glorified somewhat into an icon for the war effort. You might want to remember that eleven other soldiers in her company were killed in the ambush. She suffered “a head laceration, an injury to her spine, and fractures to her right arm, both legs, and her right foot and ankle,” per Wikipedia So you are being a little harsh about someone who did suffer physical injuries.
In comparison, Arthur Batchelor’s actions and rationalizations appear to be a sorry excuse for a British toddler, let alone soldier for the Queen. She may want to send him back “Rejected – Return to Sender”(Ahmadinejad).
What happened to the proud British “Stiff upper lip”? Now we have a stiff lower lip!