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2015-01-26 Home Front: WoT

White House Gaffe Outs American Held by the Islamic State

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Posted by Hupineger Glomomp0025 2015-01-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Smart Power^TM at it's finest...

Posted by Raj 2015-01-26 00:39|| 2015-01-26 00:39|| Front Page Top

#2 More Airplane! diplomacy.

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-01-26 18:13|| 2015-01-26 18:13|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm no really sure I see what is so bad about outing the captive. I'm pretty sure ISIS knows the name by now and have probably googled and nexus searched everything they could possibly know about them.

The relatives also are likely to know. I guess they might have wanted to keep it secret from the rest of us lest we think the Administration is incompetent but they don't really need to worry about that.

Posted by rjschwarz 2015-01-26 21:23|| 2015-01-26 21:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Ima thankn moovy mid way.

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-01-26 21:41|| 2015-01-26 21:41|| Front Page Top

#5 rjschwarz: It's not about her security, it's about the PR. Easier to handle a sudden execution of a nameless individual that will fade than have that person's life dug up, and shown on television. That causes outrage when that person dies, gives the hostage time to sink into the public psyche.

Politics is what this is about.

Posted by Charles 2015-01-26 22:24|| 2015-01-26 22:24|| Front Page Top

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