Doug, the daughter kept going on about how the captors are huiman beings too and her father wanted no violence to come to them. That's fine for him to be so convicted...but American soldiers are equally convicted to protect American lives at all costs and will try to save him if they can.
Listening to this woman, I was reminded of Merl Haggard's, "I'm proud to be an Okie from Miskogee" song where he talks about earlier Peace Activists (70s) and how long he wondered we were going to be able to "keep on being free" in America with their ilk around.
I know they will try, Jeff.
Somehow don't think he'd feel that way should they decide to saw his head off while he's still very much alive.