[af_vet_1981]

Finally, if you are going to call for a boycott of Aruba due to what you perceive is their inability to solve this crime, then I would ask that you also call for a boycott of every other country which has failed to solve a case involving a missing American (looks like Costa Rica and Guatemala to start). While you are at it, call for a boycott of those states which also have unsolved missing persons (which would be every state in the US).

Fine

We can start with your Aruba.

[Malichi]

100% Agreement

[ContemptofCourt]

Its not my Aruba...but I am just amused by the incensant calls for a boycott...it is the pot calling the kettle black....remember Chandra Levy? How long did it take to find her body and solve that crime?

The bottom line is that if you are going to travel to a foreign country...any foreign country...you have to expect that you will be subject to their laws, rules and procedures.

[demkicker]

If Aruban authorities cannont manage to formerly charge the guys they're holding, this "case" is going nowhere. Anyone with an ounce of sense knows these guys know where Natalee is (dead or alive). What are Americans to conclude when the most high profile crime in the history of Aruba happens and they continue to botch the investigation?

Like Natalee's mother, Beth, has said, "They hold the key". Why haven't these guys been formerly charged? If you have the right connections and belong to the right family in Aruba, does that mean you get to continually lie to the authorities without any consequences?

You bet I'll advocate a boycott of Aruba. The authorities should have rolled out the red carpet and welcomed the FBI on at least day two, but have instead shut them out. Why would I want to spend one red cent in a country who is run by authorities that are at best, incompetent, and at worst, corrupt?

[Rippersnapper]

I'm with you!