Taliban: 1 Korean Christian Hostage Killed

J »

Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:50 am Agree: 1   Disagree: 4

Hasn't it become glaringly apparent that the inability of certain nations/groups/ideologies to avoid those troubled areas of the world led to much greater turmoil, conflict and bloodshed? History is always there staring us in the face and we just turn and ignore it. And regardless of whether or not their presence there was for medical or educational or religious purposes, they do not belong there. Of course, if sacrificing your own life for the welfare of complete strangers who despise you and want to kill you seems like a worthy endeavor to you, then go for it. And as a horrible thing as it is, don't expect my sympathies when you're beheaded in the desert.

Taliban: 1 Korean Christian Hostage Killed

J »

Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:59 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 14

I am deeply sorry this individual's life was taken. I am also deeply disturbed by the current state of the Middle East and I truly hope the remaining hostages are released; however, what business do a group of South Korean civilians have in "one of the most insurgency-hit regions in Afghanistan"? I mean, I hear reports of this journalist being abducted in Iraq or this group of missionaries being held hostage in Afghanistan and I can't help but think, maybe Florida would have been a better choice for a vacation. No civilian, no matter who they are or what business they are engaging in, has any business entering a hostile nation full of known conflict and violent extremism. And what, we're expected to go rushing in and save these people because they VOLUNTARILY entered "one of the most insurgency-hit regions in Afghanistan"? Maybe next time that group from Virginia should stick to helping the multitudes of poor and destitute we have here in the states or the South Korean group might try looking to the problems in their own part of the world in North Korea. I sure hope the rest of that group makes it out alive but we all know this could have been easily avoided if people stay out of places where they don't belong.