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To: TigerLikesRooster
Paying ransom certainly encourages hostage taking.

But I have never been able to get real harsh over a reluctant cave-in. The S.K.'s hung tough for a long time, even after two of their folks had been killed. Sometimes it is just impossible to stick with the wise, long-term view when people are in this kind of a jam.

Remember when the Left used to shriek that Reagan and North "traded arms for hostages?" I never bought into the criticism. Some situations are just so horrible that I just feel sorry for the people who must struggle with them.

8 posted on 09/01/2007 7:30:16 AM PDT by SergeiRachmaninov
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To: SergeiRachmaninov

This is a different world then it was years ago. The good is weak, while evil (Taliban and Islamic Terrorists) is strong.

Too bad this isn’t the good old days when there were real men in charge and things got done. The West is run by a bunch of pansy butt liberals. Bush has gone downhill and has made terrible descisions lately.


12 posted on 09/01/2007 7:40:04 AM PDT by racing fan (Go Team Israel!)
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