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If you read all of the articles, they say they were threatened against paying the ransom, told not to contact the media, and that they just needed to trust the Obama admin. They were assured that the Obama admin was going to get their son back.
Then when he was killed, the Obama admin didn't even contact them to tell them, they found out by a reporter calling them and telling them to turn on the tv.
Josh Earnest said yesterday that the Obama admin didn't threaten anyone, prompting the other beheaded journalist's family to come out last night and confirm that both families were indeed threatened, by both White House and State Dept. officials.
So the Obama White House has once again been proven to be big fat liars:
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"It was an utterly idiotic thing to do that came across as if [the U.S. official] had the compassion of an anvil," said a former official who has advised the family."
Listening to the government and not considering the state department as idiots or at best uncaring doofuses was their first mistake. But there wasn't much that could be done on their end. Coming up with the ransom and trying to meet with the terrorists was risky even if they had gotten outside help.
But our government was useless here, they didn't care or didn't want him released. The family should have told any government officials they met with to get bent if they didn't want to help.
Don't get me wrong I have no more empathy for the reporters above what I would give a soldier dying at the hands of an enemy combatant.
I have no empathy for the reporter. He was not ordered there by the government. He went on his own at the request of his employer. The company he works for should be sued by family if they have issues.
What part of "Obama pays ransom when he feels like paying ransom and when it suits his agenda .... don't you apologists NOT understand?
We don't provide ransoms to terror organizations that kill Americans and others (unless you count Iran-Contra) that is never a good idea. Bergdahl was a soldier and part of a prisoner exchange, been done many times. Sam LaHood and other foreign workers were imprisoned in Egypt for tampering in their elections, they should have served their time if convicted.
These people were never raising $100M and even if they did the money would have been used to kill and imprison more people. I feel sorry for the parents and don't blame them for trying but this is not a solution and would have just made the problem worse.
We don't provide ransoms to terror organizations that kill Americans and others (unless you count Iran-Contra) that is never a good idea. Bergdahl was a soldier and part of a prisoner exchange, been done many times. Sam LaHood and other foreign workers were imprisoned in Egypt for tampering in their elections, they should have served their time if convicted.
These people were never raising $100M and even if they did the money would have been used to kill and imprison more people. I feel sorry for the parents and don't blame them for trying but this is not a solution and would have just made the problem worse.
I agree with you that you should never negotiate with the terrorists. But if bolded is not negotiation, I don't know what is.
The problem I have with SOME of your left is that it doesn't matter what Democratic president did, you would always find an excuse for him including bending the truth. It is really sad.
You know admitting the truth every once in a while only makes a person stronger, not weaker.
We don't provide ransoms to terror organizations that kill Americans and others (unless you count Iran-Contra) that is never a good idea. Bergdahl was a soldier and part of a prisoner exchange, been done many times. Sam LaHood and other foreign workers were imprisoned in Egypt for tampering in their elections, they should have served their time if convicted.
These people were never raising $100M and even if they did the money would have been used to kill and imprison more people. I feel sorry for the parents and don't blame them for trying but this is not a solution and would have just made the problem worse.
Sadly we did already with LaHood's son in Egypt and Bergdahl.
Berghahl deserted his post.
Did his family haven $100 million? If he was freed he would go right back to Syria and get captured again...
That's actually a very good (and sobering) point.
I had a friend that was a journalist in a "like-minded" area. She was sexually abused one night and very traumatized by it. She came home for a bit, and then when right back to the same area.
Fool me once...
When she went back there, I stopped feeling sorry for her.
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