[RushLake]

I hope for the best for these people. Unfortunately, they chose to practise their good work in a country that hates the US. I do not believe that the Philippine government would be inclined to allow our forces to go in there and deal with the islamoterrorists. I also question whether, given the Burnham's voluntary presence in the area where they were captured, we would want to risk American warrior lives. I don't mean to be cold, but ultimately we have to take responsibility for our lives and accept the consequences if we voluntarily go in harms way.

[Polonius]

I do not believe that the Philippine government would be inclined to allow our forces to go in there and deal with the islamoterrorists.

I'm probably just being angry and irrational, but what would the Philippine government do if we announce that we're sending in the troops whether they like it or not? One could argue, in a cost-benefit sense, that two lives aren't worth such extreme measures. Then again, shouldn't the war on terror be about drawing a line in the sand against these kinds of acts?

[MarMema]

Unfortunately, they chose to practise their good work in a country that hates the US

A few weeks ago I sponsored a woman from the Philippines into our church. She met and married her American husband in Manila, and afterward returned to her small village to spend a month with her family before moving here.

She only spent about a week there because islamic people nearby learned she had married an American and were threatening to kidnap or kill her. Her family told her to go, now. The village she was visiting and grew up in is on Mindanao.

It just enrages me that this sweet, kind woman I have come to love had her life threatened by these monsters.

I wish the Burnhams could be safe here now as is my friend. Though I suppose safe "here" is not as safe as one used to think....

[MarMema]

I think ultimately we have to do the right thing.
Thank God for the people who pulled me back from a bad place a few times in my life.

[Mahone]

Unfortunately, they chose to practise their good work in a country that hates the US.

Missionaries don't 'choose' their field, it is chosen for them.

[desertcry]

.... acountry that hates the US. The Filipinos hates the US? I don't think so, but the Filipino islamists does. Heck US islamist, and islamists throughout the world hates, the USA.