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May 25, 2010
Forbidden love
Pine City Month Two Hope Vigil, originally uploaded by FREEtheHikers.
The story of the three Americans who, rather stupidly, went hiking along the Iraq-Iran border and now find themselves in Iranian prison has taken an interesting turn. Two of the hikers are engaged to be married. Aww.
Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd, two of the three American hikers detained in Iran for almost 10 months, intend to marry and are wearing engagement rings that Bauer made of thread from his shirt.
Bauer, 27, proposed in January in the prison's exercise yard. He and Shourd, 31, have been a couple for more than three years and had been discussing marriage before their arrests.
Now, I really was kind of hoping this love of theirs blossomed in prison - am I the only one, by the way, who is surprised Iranian prisoners get an exercise yard? When I first heard the story, I assumed the three hikers had been involved in some kind of love triangle. It is a well-known fact that when there is a group of consisting of two dudes and a girl, who are not already involved in a relationship, those two dudes are both going to try to score with the girl. Thus, in my mind, these two hikers eventually fell in love, until the third hiker was squeezed out of the picture, only to get the marginalized as the best man. I do believe this is also what happened in "Pearl Harbor."
When I read they had been dating for some time before this misadventure, my whole story crumbled into little bits. But it does raise questions about the wisdom of this third guy, who apparently thought it was a good idea to tag along with the two lovebirds. He probably laid in his sleeping bag at night, being completely bitter about how annoying those two are. That's what I would have done at least. [Of course, this guy also agreed to go hiking on the border of a country that hates Americans, so maybe he isn't the wisest in the first place.]
Anyway, I hope these three come back soon. It's obvious they're pawns in a power struggle between Iran and the US, and one would hope they get out of there sooner, rather than later. I don't know if the US does prisoner exchanges, which I think is what Iran is trying to get. However, I don't know if that's a price the US should be willing ti pay.
entry no. 1462
Posted at May 25, 2010 04:20 PM