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2006-08-24 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
US State Dept. rejects Fox kidnappers' demands
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Posted by Fred 2006-08-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 How about demanding Fox reporters return in say 6-8 hours or Gaza is history.
Posted by JohnQC 2006-08-24 00:18||   2006-08-24 00:18|| Front Page Top

#2 For once I would like a politician to stand up and say give them back or we start napalming in 24 hrs.
Posted by djohn66 2006-08-24 00:26||   2006-08-24 00:26|| Front Page Top

#3 amen
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-08-24 00:29||   2006-08-24 00:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Where is Ross Perot when we need him? Kinda expected Murdock to do the same..... hire some mercenaries and get his guys out.

Forget the name of the book of Perot's sending guys in to get his folks, but it was a good read.

That rescue took some planning.... so maybe, soon, we will have a cheering moment.

After 9-11, during that hype of whether or not television "reporters" and "anchors" should be wearing a flag during broadcast, most major stations choose to make their commentators remove the flag. I remember on Fox a person stating, "We heard from Roger Ailes from the very beginning, be fair, be balanced, be an American."

Fox then had me at hello!

PS: Brit Hume still wears his flag.
Posted by Sherry">Sherry  2006-08-24 00:45||   2006-08-24 00:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Sherry - Ken Follett's On Wings Of Eagles and led by the legendary Col Bull Simmons.
Posted by flyover 2006-08-24 02:08||   2006-08-24 02:08|| Front Page Top

#6 This is al Qaeda based on the modus operandi.
Posted by Captain America 2006-08-24 05:42||   2006-08-24 05:42|| Front Page Top

#7 The US State Department rejected on Wednesday demands by a group of chaps who've worked out that nobody will talk to them or give them humanitarian aid money if they call themselves Hamas previously unheard-of Palestinian group for the release of all Muslim prisoners
Posted by Admiral Allan Ackbar 2006-08-24 05:43||   2006-08-24 05:43|| Front Page Top

#8 I like them collective theme - no real significant compromises when greeted with the kidnapping threat. From Bigely (taken by Zaqarwi) through the Israeli soldiers and now the Fox news reporters, no demands met. The only weak link was the Filipino’s, who fled Iraq, otherwise the coalition (and friends) have stood firm. Let's hope the terrorists learn that kidnapping is a dead end street.
Posted by Ebbolet Ebbans7895 2006-08-24 05:45||   2006-08-24 05:45|| Front Page Top

#9 If we could get the germans to quit paying $100million apiece for hostages, those animals would quit doing this. Israel doesn't help the matter either, they always give them something.
Starve, you mother f*ckers!
Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-08-24 07:17||   2006-08-24 07:17|| Front Page Top

#10 These little bastards are in a no win situation. Release the reporters without receiving their 'demands' in return = lose. Release them due to pressure from Hamas' 'political wing' (no such thing, but that's what they call it) = lose. Hold them indefinitely and further galvanize opinion against them - even in the middle east = lose. Kill them and REALLY galvanize opinion against them, as well as cause a new Israeli offensive and possibly an American response = lose BIG time.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-08-24 09:13||   2006-08-24 09:13|| Front Page Top

#11 US State Dept. Rejects Fox Kidnappers' Demands

We're not the Italian Government. However, there are some Italians in Jersey we could contact to ... maybe .. you know ... convince you of changing your ways.
Posted by Cresing Snash7547 2006-08-24 09:21||   2006-08-24 09:21|| Front Page Top

#12 The correct way to play this situation is to issue an ultimatum stating that the two journalists be released in 48 hours or the US will take out the kidnappers, their families, dogs, cats, parakeets, and pet cockroaches. Or whoever is in the area. When you hurt the psychopath, he will stop. The rest is window washing.

When Carter played footsie with the so-called Iranian students, he set the stage for more of this nonsense. It cost us more dead than dealing with kidnappers harshly in the beginning. How far we have fallen, also the Israelis. There are few consequences these days for kidnappers.
Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul  2006-08-24 09:42||   2006-08-24 09:42|| Front Page Top

#13 Why do there have to be losers in this? I see a win-win-win-win solution for everyone involved. They want all Muslim prisoners in U.S. prisons released? Fine. Let's do that and send them to Gaza. Make sure the gaurds let all the prisoners know that Muslims get to go free, and ask them who's Muslim.

"Who's Muslim?"

Yo! I'm muslim!

Yo es Mooslem

Then we can ship them all to Gaza. For good measure Britain and Australia should probably join in just to make sure everyone is happy. Gaza gets all their lost Muslims, Fox gets their reporters, we get some much needed jail space, and we show the world we can be diplomats.

A splendid time is guaranteed for all.
Posted by Thoth 2006-08-24 09:53||   2006-08-24 09:53|| Front Page Top

#14 Why do there have to be losers in this? I see a win-win-win-win solution for everyone involved. They want all Muslim prisoners in U.S. prisons released? Fine.

Does that include child molesters, rapists, murderers and terrorists?

Let's do that and send them to Gaza. Make sure the gaurds let all the prisoners know that Muslims get to go free, and ask them who's Muslim.

Ummm... In case you haven't noticed, Gaza's pretty small. Cant fit all the muslims there and even if we did, we'd have to give it the most impregnable border fences and guard towers the world has ever seen, turning Gaza into the world's largest SuperMax Prison. Believe it or not, there are at least some people in Gaza who don't deserve this.

I assume your comments were toungue-in-cheek.
Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-08-24 10:26||   2006-08-24 10:26|| Front Page Top

#15 Ok we release all mulslims to gaza, get reporters then napalm the place. :)
Posted by djohn66 2006-08-24 10:46||   2006-08-24 10:46|| Front Page Top

#16 A splendid time is guaranteed for all.

Thoth, my dear, you do have a nasty sense of humour. ;-)

Does that include child molesters, rapists, murderers and terrorists?

Unfortunately, the culture there appears to encourage, whether overtly or covertly, all those behaviours. The locals who don't participate are already under threat. As for walls and guards, the Israelis provided those some time ago, much to the frustration of the suicide bombers and such who need Israeli victims.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-08-24 11:26||   2006-08-24 11:26|| Front Page Top

#17 Jus sayin they should be careful what they wish for, they just might get it.
Posted by Thoth 2006-08-24 11:38||   2006-08-24 11:38|| Front Page Top

#18 Well of course the culture there encourages those behaviors. I'm only pointing out that we should release these types from US prisons when hell freezes over. Let them rot.
Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-08-24 12:26||   2006-08-24 12:26|| Front Page Top

#19 If they asked for money you can bet they would be free by now. Between Germany, France, Lybia and or loving FBI the Gaza would be a wealthy state. FOX is the most pro Israel station in the US, I am certain Moussad is working overtime for them.
Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan  2006-08-24 13:49||   2006-08-24 13:49|| Front Page Top

#20 A little music video interlude: Bomb Iran
Posted by Legolas 2006-08-24 15:25||   2006-08-24 15:25|| Front Page Top

#21 Does that include child molesters, rapists, murderers and terrorists?

He said Muslims, so I guess "yes."
[wag]

Posted by Jackal">Jackal  2006-08-24 19:15|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]  2006-08-24 19:15|| Front Page Top

#22 I like what john66 said. My twist would be: "give our reporters back and we won't waste you." After said reporters are returned carpet bomb them anyways. F*cking *sshole islamonutz.
Posted by Broadhead6 2006-08-24 21:10||   2006-08-24 21:10|| Front Page Top

#23 oooohhhh Crusader Taqqiya™! I like it!
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-08-24 21:24||   2006-08-24 21:24|| Front Page Top

#24 --Let's do that and send them to Gaza.--

I thought about this, too, but you forgot 1 critical element.

Revoke their citizenship. They can't come back in.

They'll be running Gaza w/in weeks.

Posted by anonymous2u 2006-08-24 22:03||   2006-08-24 22:03|| Front Page Top

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