Posted on Nov 20, 2014
What do you think of the ransom allegedly paid for the release of SGT Bergdahl?
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If what the article states is true, do you see this as a case of "Do as I say, not as I do" on the part of the United States?
I do find it hypocritical to "preach" no payments to terrorists and then - again, assuming what the article reports is true - to pay a ransom in an attempt to gain the release of SGT Bergdahl.
What do you think? Here's the article:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/19/inside-the-ring-ransom-paid-for-bergdahl/
I do find it hypocritical to "preach" no payments to terrorists and then - again, assuming what the article reports is true - to pay a ransom in an attempt to gain the release of SGT Bergdahl.
What do you think? Here's the article:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/19/inside-the-ring-ransom-paid-for-bergdahl/
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There is only one response that they will ever understand. Negotiating by payment or prisoner swap will never work. Hint, Barbary Pirates. Unfortunately, violence is the only thing that will garner a response.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/jefferson_papers/mtjprece.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/jefferson_papers/mtjprece.html
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I didn't know that, SPC Jack Hunt, JR, unless you count the five GTMO detainees as the ransom. Money? I didn't know that was part of the deal, and I don't think it was. That was the "breaking news" in the article - that money was paid previously.
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SPC Jack Hunt, JR
Yes I saw that in the article. Maybe I was confused with a past conversation I had on the subject with another vet I know. I recall watching the video of the exchange and don't recall any "luggage" involved. I feel like it was a bad situation in all aspects.
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