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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
Here's a question for Spence...why shouldn't the Taliban, or any group of criminals/terrorists, now be convinced that in order to get what they want, they just need to start snatching Americans and trading for them.
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A response to this I heard from a military leader basically dismissed this notion by stating they're trying to snatch Americans all the time already...
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Presidents used to say "we don't negotiate with terrorists". There is a very good resason that Presidents used to say that. It sets a terrible, terrible precedent. Please explain to me whty this doesn't put every single American at greater risk of being kidnapped? It incentivizes terrorists to do this sgain.
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Yes, presidents used to "say" that but most of them do it any way.
Bush certainly did it in Iraq and I'd wager it happens a lot more frequently than most people are aware.
-spence