[Servant of the Nine]

The Burnhams situation was somewhat different and the times were not as risky when they first began their mission.

Knowing when to bug out is a necessary survival trait overseas. Stupidity qualifies them for a Darwin Award, not sympathy.

So9

[ValerieUSA]

The guerrillas, thought to number only 60 or so from an original force of 1,000 after a year of army offensives, also kidnapped 18 others along with the Burnhams, including 17 Filipinos and Corona, California, resident Guillermo Sobero. Sobero, reportedly ill, was beheaded last June by the guerrillas, according to U.S. and Filipino officials.

[Darlin']

Well, that is true but the Burnhams were in such a remote area that I doubt they got news until it was some months old. Heck, if it weren't for CNN and the internet Cuttnhorse wouldn't know what is happening around the world until much after the fact.

I agree with, it is important to get out as soon as trouble occurs. When we took that action in Grenada and when our marines died in Beruit I was in the Alps on the Swiss and Italian border. Most of the news broadcast were in Italian but I understood enough to be worried. Finally, I got a rebroadcast of a BBC story and a copy of the Internationl Herald Tribune. I changed my plans and headed home.