Comments on: Appeasing The Insane/Dying For Freedom http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2004/07/15/brappeasing-the-insanedying-for-freedom/ Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:49:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Dan Edelen http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2004/07/15/brappeasing-the-insanedying-for-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Dan Edelen Fri, 23 Jul 2004 02:09:20 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2004/07/15/brappeasing-the-insanedying-for-freedom/#comment-53 I, too, was initially livid when I heard about what the Philippines army was doing. It was appeasement, pure and simple. But a closer look at the story shows that the army was in the process of pulling out anyway. The hostage situation was not the reason for the pull-out, but merely sped up the process. They left Iraq a few weeks early to save the life of this man. Now if they had no plans to leave, then the finger pointing is warranted. But if they merely hustled up the process, well, I can't argue against that as vociferously. I, too, was initially livid when I heard about what the Philippines army was doing. It was appeasement, pure and simple.

But a closer look at the story shows that the army was in the process of pulling out anyway. The hostage situation was not the reason for the pull-out, but merely sped up the process. They left Iraq a few weeks early to save the life of this man.

Now if they had no plans to leave, then the finger pointing is warranted. But if they merely hustled up the process, well, I can’t argue against that as vociferously.

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