Peach, he was blaming Israel for blockading the port (which someone more informed than anyone on this thread confirms they were not) and saying that Israel was holding 100,000 foreign nationals hostage.
That is what got my proverbial goat--hostage!
Give me a break.
At that point I pointed out "it's not about him" while remaining entirely sympathetic to his plight.
We get your point, RY says he supports Israel but then accuses them of holding him hostage. "Hostage" is a pretty loaded term, you know.
It is a loaded term and I'm sure if he was back in the safety of his study at his computer without bombs going off he wouldn't have used that term.
My guess is he used that term because the port was inaccessible (unaccessible? - I'm too tired to be posting LOL) due to the bombing.
Regardless, if based on the inaccurate or improper usage of a term is going to make me condemn a freeper in a war zone, I'll quit FR. That's just my feeling.
I've seen more lies about this freeper than I can shake a stick at and that's mostly what I'm reacting to.
A Very loaded term. The private evac person went bonkers when I said that word. I was saying it in relation to any American who had to go to Syria to "evacuate."
Whoa! He stated emphatically that no one was taking any Americans hostage anywhere.
In the oil patch, we have to be friends with lots of people we wouldn't be otherwise. I'm making a wild guess that many of this company's services are used worldwide by corporate oilfield clients. You can see where I'm going with that.