Italian Hostages freed due to ransome being paid - Rome Paid Big Ransom to Free Hostages

Reuters ^ | Sept.29 | Luke Baker

[stuartcr]

What I think, really doesn't matter.

[Smile-n-Win]

Be honest - as outsiders, we can see clearly. If it were your daughter - if you had to lie awake wondering if some snuff film was going to show up on the web with your little girl's head getting sawed off - you'd demand the same, everyone else be damned.

The officials who decided to pay the ransom were outsiders. They ought to have been able to see clearly.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Time will tell. where did the funds come from?

[stuartcr]

Aren't those just movies, from the leftist liberal hollywood crowd? Do they really reflect the truth?

[Rutles4Ever]

The officials who decided to pay the ransom were outsiders. They ought to have been able to see clearly.I agree

I agree with you 100%. I'm not excusing what Italy did. The politicians should have stuck to the gameplan, but they blinked.

I just think it's hypocritical to excoriate the families for being "selfish" under circumstance like this. It's the same as condemning a POW for making a propaganda statement for the enemy under duress. It's excusable under the circumstances, in my opinion.

[monday]

"Sorry, I have more faith in the US military than you do."

The same military that failed to track down the kidnappers of Jack Hensley and Eugene Armstrong? Wonder what their families think of your faith?

[Smile-n-Win]

What I think, really doesn't matter.

Then why'd ya post it here? ;-)

[Ex-Dem]

So well thought out too. Now the terrorists have more money to buy arms with, which they'll likely use to kidnap more Italians knowing that their government will gladly pay any ransom, among other things. But I suppose the Italians can't be bothered to think that far ahead. We can't afford that luxury.

[Smile-n-Win]

I just think it's hypocritical to excoriate the families for being "selfish" under circumstance like this. It's the same as condemning a POW for making a propaganda statement for the enemy under duress. It's excusable under the circumstances, in my opinion.

Now it's my turn to agree with you 100%. :-)

[stuartcr]

Because, in international ransom matters, what I think doesn't matter...but on FR, everything that everyone thinks, matters....otherwise, it wouldn't be much of a forum.

[Syncro]

"We were treated well, with warmth and solidarity," Simona Pari said in quotes carried by Italian news agency Ansa.

"They understood our work and from that moment on the situation improved," said the other hostage, Simona Torrettta.

"They were people who treated us with a lot of respect and dignity."---

Well hell yes, they work for terrorists' cause!

If they really want peace as much as the terrorists do, they should have become freedom fighters or insurgents and stayed there to kill Americans instead of funding the murderers.

Cowards.

Now they will go back to work at home to cause more American lives to be lost.

We should round up all of the Rachael Corries over there or send in the bulldozers!

[fooman]

I understand your sentiment, but its not the same. you have sean penn lite over getting caught. These people have no business there. Only real military units are needed.

Sorry, no thanks. There should be no aid workers who are not in military, unless they are from somewhere like Saudi, Jordan or Kuwait etc.

[Travis McGee]

I agree. A 2000lb bomb down the chimney. And then leaflet the surrounding neigborhoods why it happened.

[wideawake]

Time will tell. where did the funds come from?

Neither you nor I know exactly where the funds came from or if there were even funds at all.

In other words you admit that you are making an accusation against the Vatican without a shred of evidence.

I hope you realize what a disservice you've done to your own reputation and trustworthiness. You should be ashamed of yourself.

[Tarheel]

Let me preface this comment by saying this is sheer speculation on my part.

Given that these women were basically pacifist, antiwar types was this a setup? The horror of anyone being beheaded, particularly a woman, would garner a certain amount of a population, in this case the Italians ( who have been staunch allies)to protest 'big time' and then cough up the $$.

When is Berlusconi up for reelection?

Re adjusting the tinfoil here in sunny and DRY (at last) NC.

[GraceofGod]

"I agree. A 2000lb bomb down the chimney. And then leaflet the surrounding neigborhoods why it happened."

and call it operation Abu Santa.

[claudiustg]

Now that the terrorists have a human face, one of "warmth and solidarity", let the agitprop begin. Obviously the evil ones are the Israelis and the Americans.

[VadeRetro]

"The sum ($1 million) is probably correct," he added.

That's a lot of terrorist bombs and bullets. The Euro way doesn't save lives.

[ProtectorOfTwo]

Just an observation, with a comment.

"Not all people in the world think alike. A lot of times, people think differently when they are more personally involved."

23 posted on 09/29/2004 9:27:06 AM PDT by stuartcr (Neither - Nor in '04....Who ya gonna hate in '08)

You don't get more involved than 3000 dead. It is when the going gets tough that principles are most important...

[fella]

Does the War With Tripoli ring a bell?