[pritchke]

Originally posted by Morgeruat: quote: "In principle, we shouldn't give in to blackmail but this time we had to,

Thanks for providing encouragement, and financial means to let this kind of $#*! continue. I'm glad the women were released, but this has to be lunacy on par with Spain's withdrawal, and the Philipines capitulation to terrorist demands, it will only cause more bloodshed, help them buy more weapons, or otherwise come back to bite the free world in the ass. [/QUOTE]Can't money be tracked to an extent? If so is the willingness to hand over money for hostages a result of the fact that if they put the money in a bank have a chance to hunt down the criminals after. The hostages are worth more than just a few coins. It is political demands that governments are not suppose to back down from.

[ 09-30-2004, 11:07 AM: Message edited by: pritchke ]