[windsorknot]

0bama the (not so) Great slaps himself on the forehead (risking another concussion).

[garyb]

Capitulating to terrorists, negotiating with kidnappers, paying (or releasing prisoners for exchange) for a release.... will only lead to having more people taken hostage.

Notice that nobody f-s with the Russians:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_theater_hostage_crisis

well, maybe once.