tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6476910.post108799718570334654..comments2023-09-09T22:01:53.367+08:00Comments on WittySquirrel's Insane Ramblings...: South Korean beheadedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6476910.post-1089374927461599172004-07-09T20:08:00.000+08:002004-07-09T20:08:00.000+08:00And another thing, I don't believe you've read muc...And another thing, I don't believe you've read much on either the Iraq or Afghanistan war. The prisoners in Guantanamo Bay were all captured in Afghanistan war, none were from the Iraq war. Most of them were Afghans, not Iraqis.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543219233293879728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6476910.post-1089374592138890942004-07-09T20:03:00.000+08:002004-07-09T20:03:00.000+08:00I disagree with your opinion, have you ever heard ...I disagree with your opinion, have you ever heard of hostages who have been successfully released?<br /><br />Google for <I>Iraq "Hostage released"</I> and <I>Iraq "Hostages released"</I> brings 23,500 and 2,430 results respectively. Do these news mean nothing to you?<br /><br />In most of the cases, ransom money or agreements with the terrorists resulted in the hostages released and the people are now together with their family. That's what I'm hoping for! Not for terrorists to earn more money or gaining the imaginary upper hand, as the leaders would say.<br /><br />I suggest that <B>you</B> think open-mindedly, these leaders do in fact have the power and ability to save the hostages if they wanted to in the first place. The beheadings can stop! <br /><br />And please don't give me the "we don't negotiate with terrorists" statement and explain on the reasons behind it. The hostages are priority in my opinion. Hostages could be easily killed but terrorists will still exist on different corners of the earth, and it looks like young Bush isn't doing his job well.<br /><br />About withdrawing troops, unless these leaders have sewn their mouths shut, they could've struck as agreement with them first and withdraw in batches.<br /><br />About Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, now that's another atrocity. Prisoners caputed in the Afghanistan war are held indefinitely in a small cell and sometimes subjected to solitary confinement for days without even being declared as "Prisoner Of War". Bush says they're "Unlawful Combatants", which the Geneva Convention does not recognise. In fact, (quote) "under the internationally agreed upon Geneva Convention, all combatants captured during an armed conflict must be assumed to be prisoners of war until their status is determined by a tribunal independent of their captors." (unquote) Their detention there is clearly against the rules!<br /><br />And I reiterate again, don't be brainwashed into thinking that the leaders are helpless in rescuing hostages. Options are plentyful, it's only up for them to choose.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543219233293879728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6476910.post-1089333679371235492004-07-09T08:41:00.000+08:002004-07-09T08:41:00.000+08:00I would disagree with your continous posts concern...I would disagree with your continous posts concerning the way that the government of South Korea and the United States are doing the wrong thing by not withdrawing their troops from Iraq to save a life of lets say a journalist. Look, first, taking out 3000 troops in 24 hours is almost impossible, especially from Iraq. The U.S. freeing all Iraqi prisoners from Cuba is insane too, it's impossible and it goes against all the laws. Of course, I am not saying that it's something good that a person gets beheaded but it just can't be stopped. What I am trying to say is even if the two countries were able to do what the terrorists had asked in their sort of ransom for the beheading of the man, the terrorists would still most probably kill the person who they held hostage. I mean I don't think that they would be so dumb as to just let the hostage go and let the hostage tell the U.S. or South Korea all about the terrorists and where they are hiding. I mean really think about it more open-mindedly by looking at the big picture before swearing your head off at the presidents of the two countries. It's not anAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6476910.post-1088250738057836032004-06-26T19:52:00.000+08:002004-06-26T19:52:00.000+08:00Bush is the source of most of the world's problems...Bush is the source of most of the world's problems today... I pray to God that he'll get his ass kicked by Kerry in the elections...Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543219233293879728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6476910.post-1087999903332854712004-06-23T22:11:00.000+08:002004-06-23T22:11:00.000+08:00I read about the South Korean hostage on Mon/Tues ...I read about the South Korean hostage on Mon/Tues I think and was praying so hard that the South Korean president would just bloody hell remove his troops.. but then I was at the stationery shop today, glanced at the papers and almost cried when I read that the poor guy had already been beheaded.sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09848342532089346661noreply@blogger.com