Rightfully so. They traded 5 Taliban prisoners for a journalist? Good going Italy, you've now shown Al-Qaeda and the Taliban that you're willing to free their people if they kidnap one of your own. How far up does a Taliban or Al-Qaeda prisoner have to be before you say no? Would you free Osama Bin Laden if they captured another Italian journalist?
What are you going to tell the families of any victims if these 5 people build a bomb and kill someone? "Sorry, we had to have this guy back, he was a really good journalist". Don't bother using intelligence and special forces to get your guy back either. That doesn't make sense at all.
Let's say that hostage swaps actually work. How about some simple math? 5 guys for 1? How is that fair in the least? 1 for 1 is fair. You guys got screwed in a major way. You let them know you're weak, you let them have more then what's fair, and you pissed off a major ally. Good going.
I still love you though. Don't think that just because you screwed up, that means I'll turn my back on you when the chips are down. You do that for friends. You rack them on the knuckles when they screw up, then you go get a beer.
Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com
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