Comments on: French hostages plead for lives http://www.gavinsblog.com/2004/08/30/french-hostages-plead-for-lives/ Estd. in Ireland, July 2002 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:42:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lillian http://www.gavinsblog.com/2004/08/30/french-hostages-plead-for-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-3394 Lillian Sat, 04 Sep 2004 06:40:32 +0000 http://www.gavinsblog.com/?p=1543#comment-3394 What about the Americans? Ever heard of Arms for Hostages? What about the Americans? Ever heard of Arms for Hostages?

]]> By: niall http://www.gavinsblog.com/2004/08/30/french-hostages-plead-for-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-3382 niall Wed, 01 Sep 2004 11:01:46 +0000 http://www.gavinsblog.com/?p=1543#comment-3382 Seems the French Islamic community is pretty united in denouncing the attempt to force a repeal - good on them. Seems the French Islamic community is pretty united in denouncing the attempt to force a repeal – good on them.

]]> By: Isabelle Esling http://www.gavinsblog.com/2004/08/30/french-hostages-plead-for-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-3378 Isabelle Esling Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:09:11 +0000 http://www.gavinsblog.com/?p=1543#comment-3378 I am so much against the headscarves' ban. It is disrespecting the Muslim community in France. I am so much against the headscarves’ ban. It is disrespecting the Muslim community in France.

]]> By: Michael http://www.gavinsblog.com/2004/08/30/french-hostages-plead-for-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-3375 Michael Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:21:20 +0000 http://www.gavinsblog.com/?p=1543#comment-3375 Wretchard at Belmontclub is speculating that the French are preparing to pay a ransom to free the hostages. http://belmontclub.blogspot.com/2004/08/shadow-of-france-if-french-are-not.html Cheese eating surrender monkeys my arse, that's too soft, they're just cowards. From the Philippines (2000) to Algeria (2003) the French, Germans and other Europeans have routinely enriched and emboldened terrorists by paying ransoms. So what happens? Basic economics tells us incentives work and the bad guys come back for more. See also this report by Wretchard describing how terrorists use ransoms: http://belmontclub.blogspot.com/2004/07/toilet-bowl-cleaner-of-world-dean.html At least middlemens' sticky fingers ensure the terrorists only get pennies on the pound. Chirac and Schroder should be impeached and tried for aiding and abetting terrorism. Wretchard at Belmontclub is speculating that the French are preparing to pay a ransom to free the hostages.

http://belmontclub.blogspot.com/2004/08/shadow-of-france-if-french-are-not.html

Cheese eating surrender monkeys my arse, that’s too soft, they’re just cowards. From the Philippines (2000) to Algeria (2003) the French, Germans and other Europeans have routinely enriched and emboldened terrorists by paying ransoms.

So what happens? Basic economics tells us incentives work and the bad guys come back for more.

See also this report by Wretchard describing how terrorists use ransoms:

http://belmontclub.blogspot.com/2004/07/toilet-bowl-cleaner-of-world-dean.html

At least middlemens’ sticky fingers ensure the terrorists only get pennies on the pound.

Chirac and Schroder should be impeached and tried for aiding and abetting terrorism.

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