Before Killing James Foley, ISIS Demanded Ransom From U.S.

[kelliekat44]

95. Either action or inaction on ransoms is a loser. Paying gets more hostages taken but saves lives.

Not paying doesn't stop anything and usually get the hostages killed. Not paying is something the war hawks like to do and they think it is the right thing because Israel said so. Yet Israel negotiates when they can and trades hostages too and we do not know the extent of their payments in cases that are not publicized. If they decide not to negotiate they usually end up killing a lot of people...the kidnappers, the hostages, and innocent others.

What we should do is get the hell out of other peoples' land...let them choose their leaders and treat whomever is elected as we would any other leader. In the past we have dealt with some of the most tyrannical leaders as equals over the negotiating table. We now trade with Viet Nam, Germany, Pakistan, India, etc. Had we dealt with Saddam as a leader of the Iraqi people even though we did not like his tactics the world would be in a different place right now and ISIS would probably not even exist.