Posted on 12/22/2005 6:41:54 PM PST by blam
If he doesn't leave certain areas we will never capture him. There are a lot of countries such as Iran, Syria, part of Lebanon where he can roam around at will with no fear at all of the U.S.
Actually, Attorney General Gonzales did so.
Germany is simply not serious about the war in Islamic terror. Presumably someone in the German government weighed the inevitable damage to German-U.S. relations and decided that whatever they were getting for it was worth the cost. We are told that wasn't freedom for the German hostage. What, then?
As to the damage in relations, so what? Germany is in no danger of American retaliation and laughs at our displeasure. We have always forgiven this sort of slap in the face and we will forgive this one as well.
If he was "only" shot it'd be less of an outrage in some ways, in fact he was beaten to death over a period of a few days despite the efforts of a Swedish stewardess to help him.
exactly..
Germany, like Saudi Arabia, loves playing the double game!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.