so the S. Korean hostages are back.
its reported that the South Korean government paid US$20 million in ransom to these terrorists. the terrorists themselves remarked that they will use this money to buy more weapons, train more people, and essentially further their terrorist cause.
jie, when you replied to my initial blog that they should die, i felt it was a little harsh. but in light now of the way their reckless actions had thrown (in your words) thrown years of diplomacy and peace works into disarray, i too agree they should have just died.
in fact frankly speaking, the government should not have intervened. i understand they are citizens of S. Korea but the government had warned them not to go already. yet they chose to defy the government's warnings. by interfering, you have elevated the issue into a political one, which serves the terrorists' purpose perfectly.
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I think it's disastrous that the situation had become like this. It's a risk they took and they should bear their own consequences. No one should negotiate with terrorists!
How do they even pay the terrorists? Into their swiss bank accounts? its like austin powers.
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