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Anyone should be free to go anywhere, blaming the hostage is like blaming a child who was standing on a corner and got shot by thugs trying to conduct their drug operations..
I agree, people should be free to go where they want, as long as they understand the risk they are taking and the possible outcome. I would never visit a country or region of the world where Americans are hated by almost everybody. Why put yourself in harm's way if you absolutely don't have to. I have never seen a hostage who say to the us government, please don't bother to try to save me, I came over here on my own free will and knew the risk I was taking.
Of course Obama isn't. As the top commander in the United States, he is the one who gives orders to Seal Team 6. And all the other special ops teams as well. None of them operate on their own orders, period.
But you already knew all that. You're just being obtuse.
So that means Obama can take the credit when Seal Team 6 succeeds. Right?
You're blaming Obama when the fools who go to the sewer called the middle east invariably get captured and are then used as propaganda pawns by hateful terror groups.
That's just silly.
Of course, if Obama clamped down a travel ban to the middle east we'd hear a lot of belly-aching from the haters, too.
And that's just silly, also.
Lots of silliness from the hater brain trust, it seems.
"Penny Bearman, Somer's stepmother, and his half-sister Lucy Somers told Britain's the Times they were "quite angry because if there had not been a rescue attempt he would still be alive."
You want rescued hostages to come home and keep it a secret? I don't remember any press on the successful rescue of 8 hostages 2 weeks ago, but failure makes the news. (not saying there wasn't any press 2 weeks ago, i just didn't see it)
I don't want details of the mission being leaked to the public by people who swore an oath to keep their mouth shut.
Meaningless since the children have no control over where they live, but their parents clearly do..
So because these children live in high crime areas, its now the parents fault drug dealers are killing them?
I dont think so...
These hostages are adults so it's a waste of time to argue over children. Do you want to discuss this like an adult or continue to play in the sandbox like a child?
Would you travel to the Sudan, Turkey, Iran since you are free to do so as an adult?
Since you people want to give credit to Obama when things are good, you have to blame him when things go bad...
I really had no idea that Obama was part of Seal team 6 and was on the ground.
Well, now that is an engaged president.
btw - it was the right decision based on the evidence (which was fairly accurate, unlike manufactured evidence used by previous presidents).
The problem was in execution.
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