Ok, this slightly irritates me, yet also causes some understanding from me. Watching CNN’s 360 w/ Anderson Cooper, and one of the stories is about 3 military guys who’ve been taken hostage in Colombia. Because I was interested in finding out what all was going on with them, I started looking through all the major news sites that I read. Nothing! There is absolutely no news on this! The video clip that they showed, had the senior officer telling, whoever was going to get it, not to try and facilitate some type of grand escape because, “this is not a movie, there will be no grand escape where we live.” It’s sad, because the father of one of the soldiers was on the segment and even he agreed that he would probably never see his son again. I hope our gung-ho violence military heads will decide on a smarter route and actually try the diplomatic approach that this group (obviously) is trying to seek. It would be a pity for these guys to die because our gov’t is too arrogant to compromise.
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The problem is, when you’re talking about those kinds of hostages, they only come home alive if retaken by force, especially if ransom is demanded. It’s cheaper and easier for the hostages to be killed than to return them. It’s a lose-lose situation.
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well, i don’t know the whole story, so i don’t know what demands are being made. i’m comfortable with the fact those guys know they’re going to die and are ready for it and have been ready for it for some time. however, if they do have to die, i’d prefer it happen because the rebels decided to renege on their end of the bargain, not because we chose and unwise course of action.
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