Comments on: Al Jazeera: South Korea paid $20 million ransom for hostages

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Sun, 02 Sep 2007 00:50:46 +0000

[...] According to Al Jizzeera, 20 million were [...]

By: Mojave Mark

Mojave Mark — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:22:07 +0000

Mormons have a policy that they NEVER pay ransoms. Guess what? Kidnappings are extremely rare for missionaries. Korea should take a hint from them. Korea has won a short term gain for long term loss.

By: Christoph

Christoph — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:13:32 +0000

I’m kidding. But it makes me mad, that’s for sure, because South Korea has just killed several people, more likely several dozen, even hundred, and caused enormous pain, fear, and suffering, to selfishly ransom its citizens who knowingly put themselves in harms way.

I say pull out and let the north F—- with them.

By: Christoph

Christoph — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:11:25 +0000

As a matter of policy, since it puts our people at greater risk, we should launch military strikes against any nation that pays ransom to terrorists.

Including our allies.

If they object, so be it. If they object too strongly, take out a city.

And do worse to our enemies.

By: ricelchew

ricelchew — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 13:19:39 +0000

If true, whether $2-$20 million, it’s funding the Taliban war effort against our troops. That’s a lot of money for thesse who use camels and manure chips for currency. Any country that surrenders to terrorist demands ought to face some kind of sanctions by the US!

By: ricelchew

ricelchew — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 13:19:24 +0000

If true, whether $2-$20 million funding the Taliban war effort against our troops. That’s a lot of money for thesse who use camels and manure chips for currency. Any country that surrenders to terrorist demands ought to face some kind of sanctions by the US!

By: Darnell Clayton

Darnell Clayton — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:52:21 +0000

Sheesh!

Does any other nation have the balls left to defend civilization?

Sorry for the crass language, but it looking more and more to me that America, Israel, India and Australia are going to find a very lonely existence in the next few decades.

By: shyspeak.net

shyspeak.net — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:09:40 +0000

All ROK Hostages Freed; Church to Pay Expenses…

Today marked the release of all the South Korean missionaries held hostage by the Taliban terrorists (h/t: Michelle Malkin). Why did the terrorists hold the seven remaining hostages for an additional day? I believe they wanted to see what kind of res…

By: reaganaut

reaganaut — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 02:40:52 +0000

Well, the West does negotiate with terrorists. Why the phony rage? You know State was pulling the strings on this travesty. We have absoulutely no clue and/or no will to fight our enemies. Is this surprising to anyone?

How does it feel to have our government outwitted by dark ages scum? Maybe someday the West will have a leader again. I can only hope…. The West is completely leaderless at this point.

By: Hening

Hening — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:28:50 +0000

Here I was thinking that I’m the only person that uses “Dane geld” as an expression (slaps forehead).

In fact, that is an expression that represents an ongoing payoff (as in the Anglo-Saxons paying off the Vikings). I can see the Dems doing it and the Chinese taking it, but isn’t that what is actually going on now?

By: Highrise

Highrise — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:04:06 +0000

The citizens of free nations that are fighting this war on terror that venture into war lands need to realize that they are emboldening terrorists and are actually doing their country a disservice. They should feel shame I hope, they are lucky to be alive.

Until we adopt a policy of no negotiations, the evil terrorists will continue to do this which will be more bloodshed in the long run.

By: viking999

viking999 — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:07:12 +0000

This is absolutely infuriating. South Korea has committed at least three egregious wrongs.

1) They negotiated with the terrorists in the first place.
2) They’re blaming victims for the crimes committed against them (echoes of “little Eichmanns” anyone?).

I thought that was the worst of it…

3) They may have paid terrorists for kidnapping and murdering.

Say it ain’t so.

By: eon

eon — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:47:06 +0000

Henceforth, any civilian foreign nationals in Afghanistan will be seen as walking ATMs by the Taliban.

I’m amazed that the ROK government went along with this. (Anyone who thinks that ROK troops are easy marks has never seen them in action.) My guess is that some arm-twisting went on behind the scenes.

Which means that we don’t know the whole story yet. And when we do find out the real details, we probably won’t like them.

cheers

eon

By: Buy Danish

Buy Danish — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:25:10 +0000

Steve Doocy reported that they were going to be released the other morning as “such good news” even though we knew at that time that there were megabucks changing hands and demands that for no more Christian missionaries.

That was not one of his better moments, IMO.

By: JiangxiDad

JiangxiDad — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:49:23 +0000

What did they do, send the money western union? In a overstuffed suitcase? Checking account route number?

Nah, was mostly microwaves, laptops, flat screens, and video eqpt designed for dark dank caves.

By: BL@KBIRD

BL@KBIRD — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:44:07 +0000

The taliban should apply for foreign aid instead. That way they get the money without the fuss. Egypt gets two billion a year without writing a single ransom note.

The talibs have away to go yet.

By: jeanie

jeanie — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:22:15 +0000

The South Koreans will now be targets wherever they go. It’s just too lucrative for the terrorists to pass them up.

By: William Amos

William Amos — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:20:23 +0000

Dhmoneytude

By: Kralizec

Kralizec — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:16:27 +0000

Insanity! How many of our troops will suffer on the other end of that money?

Connie on August 31, 2007 at 3:49 PM

Of course, I agree with the unspoken thought that very many American soldiers may suffer through al-Qaida’s use of the money. It occurs to me, though, that the money will be traceable through the banks; it won’t be entirely traceable, of course, but the traces may nevertheless yield valuable information. A larger point is that although seeing those funds given to terrorists is grievous, those funds are probably minute in comparison to the funds coming from muslim “charities” and from rich muslims in Saudi Arabia, Iran, and other countries. I’ll just keep repeating that the Americans can largely de-fund the terrorists and Islam and fund their own war against their enemies among the muslims by making the oil and the oil wealth their own.

By: TexasDan

TexasDan — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:50:35 +0000

WTG, South Korea.

Here’s what you should have done: grow some stones. Kill one negotiator, at least, for every hostage they kill. Promise nothing.

By: Kini

Kini — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:48:57 +0000

What’s next for the Taliban to kidnap?
Anymore foreign groups, religious or not, heading to Afghanistan?
Are there any lessons learned?

By: allie

allie — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:48:40 +0000

I remember reading of Japan having a critical attitude for three hostages in Iraq.

By: Egfrow

Egfrow — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:42:16 +0000

I believe South Korea just invited themselves into the center of the war weather they intended to or not. They will have to learn some hard lessons.

By: doriangrey

doriangrey — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:38:50 +0000

What did they do, send the money western union? In a overstuffed suitcase? Checking account route number?

Kini on August 31, 2007 at 4:22 PM

Leaves me thinking about the radioactive money story that was just recently floating around…

By: Kini

Kini — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:22:37 +0000

Mindcrime on August 31, 2007 at 4:19 PM

Makes ya think doesn’t it. What did they do, send the money western union? In a overstuffed suitcase? Checking account route number?