Hooray for Effective Terrorists!
Today, CNN announced that the Taliban released the remainder of the South Korean hostages they had been holding. As you may recall, they had been holding on to these poor gals until their demands were met:
* Some money (the exact amount was not reported)
* The release of Taliban prisoners (the exact number was not reported)
* The withdrawal of all 200 South Korean troops from Afghanistan
Appearently the terrorists caved on the first two demands. They returned the prisoners without getting any cash or prisoners exchanged.
The terrorists did, however, manage to convince the Koreans to pull out their troops from the area. Personally, I think this was a bad move by Seoul as it emboldens other terrorists by showing them the process works, but I guess they figure if they're leaving then it won't be their problem.
Oh... did I mention that these 200 troops were non-combat? Yeah, I guess I didn't! You see these troops were medical and engineering support... you know, the guys who were trying to improve day-to-day life in Afghanistan, help out the locals, and what-not.
Anyhow, so a big congrats needs to go out to the Taliban for killing a few innocent people, traumatizing some others, and accomplishing their goals of dragging their country back a little farther to the stone age where people can live in daily misery. Wahoo!
* Some money (the exact amount was not reported)
* The release of Taliban prisoners (the exact number was not reported)
* The withdrawal of all 200 South Korean troops from Afghanistan
Appearently the terrorists caved on the first two demands. They returned the prisoners without getting any cash or prisoners exchanged.
The terrorists did, however, manage to convince the Koreans to pull out their troops from the area. Personally, I think this was a bad move by Seoul as it emboldens other terrorists by showing them the process works, but I guess they figure if they're leaving then it won't be their problem.
Oh... did I mention that these 200 troops were non-combat? Yeah, I guess I didn't! You see these troops were medical and engineering support... you know, the guys who were trying to improve day-to-day life in Afghanistan, help out the locals, and what-not.
Anyhow, so a big congrats needs to go out to the Taliban for killing a few innocent people, traumatizing some others, and accomplishing their goals of dragging their country back a little farther to the stone age where people can live in daily misery. Wahoo!