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US solider freed from captivity in Afghanistan
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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1338593" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>There is a difference between negotiating with terrorists for the return of hostages, and negotiating with a military enemy for the exchange of POW's.</p><p></p><p>Hostages are <em>unarmed noncombatants</em> who are kidnapped in order to extort financial or political concessions from their home country. Such actions violate international law and as a matter of policy if you make concessions to terrorists and reward their behavior you only encourage them to keep doing it.</p><p></p><p>POW's are uniformed military personnel who surrender on the field of battle, and it is an accepted norm of international law for enemies to exchange them. During WWII we exchanged seriously wounded POW's with the Germans thru the Red Cross. We also negotiated the exchange of civilian internees and diplomatic personnel with Japan after the outbreak of war. During the Cold War, we also exchanged captured spies with the Soviet Union.</p><p></p><p>Regardless of the circumstances surrounding Bergdahl's capture, the fact remains that he was a POW and exchanging him for other POW's in our custody does <strong>not</strong> equate to making concessions to terrorists.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1338593, member: 14668"] There is a difference between negotiating with terrorists for the return of hostages, and negotiating with a military enemy for the exchange of POW's. Hostages are [I]unarmed noncombatants[/I] who are kidnapped in order to extort financial or political concessions from their home country. Such actions violate international law and as a matter of policy if you make concessions to terrorists and reward their behavior you only encourage them to keep doing it. POW's are uniformed military personnel who surrender on the field of battle, and it is an accepted norm of international law for enemies to exchange them. During WWII we exchanged seriously wounded POW's with the Germans thru the Red Cross. We also negotiated the exchange of civilian internees and diplomatic personnel with Japan after the outbreak of war. During the Cold War, we also exchanged captured spies with the Soviet Union. Regardless of the circumstances surrounding Bergdahl's capture, the fact remains that he was a POW and exchanging him for other POW's in our custody does [B]not[/B] equate to making concessions to terrorists. [/QUOTE]
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