[Oorang]

Probably one of the tribal leaders whose honor is dependant on the "must give anyone protection who asks for it". If not the shame will be on their family forever, etc. In this war that is one of the problems with the western mind-set. We don't think like them. We think someone will turn him in for the reward money.

Not that I want to think like them, or, do I think our ways are a "problem". Just, in war, you have to deal with the enemy in a manner that will have an effect on them. Offering reward money for someone as "revered" as bin laden will not have the desired effect. Just my rambling thoughts :-)

[liberallyconservative]

Your "rambling thoughts" are dead on. In our culture (and most others that are "westernized"), money talks. Not so, in most of the tribal areas of the Middle East. Honor and loyalty are most important. We must understand the culture of those we are up against in order to be effective.

[Cindy]

I appreciate your rambling thoughts.

[MamaDearest]

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