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As a friend of a hikers family, I would say to all previous comments: Not Funny! I had a similar reaction when I heard of the hikers - what were they thinking - that was a LONG time ago. We/they are dealing with the same mentality Islamic extremism that stormed our embassy (Iran) beheaded Daniel Pearl (Pakistan) took down the twin towers (al Qaida) etc.etc. You should be pulling for the hikers at this point.

They are charged as spies(?) What trade secrets were up in the hills near the border? Or what lockpicking or eavesdropping tools were they carrying to compromise the palace??? We don’t even know that the border was crossed in the first place, just that this regime enjoys holding Americans. These could be YOUR young adults who made this mistake or walked into this trap. That doesn’t mean they deserve what they are getting. I repeat: NOT FUNNY to blame the hikers for false imprisonment on the whims of a perverted regime to hold for no reason.

Free Republic is the best news collection site on the internet in the world and my most frequented destination. However I never give and I never link directly to the site because I do not wish to associate with the majority of the comments. IMHO the lightness and banter take away from the seriousness of the issues. (I am on your team politically.)

Feel free to flame me back for my first post since signing a decade(?) ago, I would rather see you flame the Mullahs. I will read but not plan on bantering back.

Respectfully, DM