Krazy Kiwi wrote:


>
> As for the Frogs ... they were not well liked in NZ for a while due to the
> bombing of a Greenpeace vessel where a journalist lost his life. The
> criminals caught were literally given a smack on the wrist by both
> countries .. in fact they were heroes in their homeland. Plus we were
> pretty pissed at them for their nuclear testing .. if they did it in their
> own backyard that would have suited us .. but that has all passed by now.

You certainly didn't expect France to consider and treat them as
criminals. You had them and decided not to keep them. Your
problem...
Mafart and Prieur are not considered heroes. They failed to
properly execute their mission and got caught.

Jean-Marc