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One Of The Rescued Peace Activist Hostages Has Thanked The Troops

By Rob on March 25, 2006 at 08:22 am
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Grudgingly and after the fact, but at least he's done it.

BBC - Freed hostage Norman Kember has thanked the soldiers who rescued him from kidnappers in Iraq as he arrived home.

But, in a statement released as he was reunited with wife Pat at Heathrow airport, he said he did not believe armed force achieved lasting peace.

He had faced criticism after apparently failing to thank the men who freed him. . . .

Head of the British Army, Gen Sir Mike Jackson, had said he was "saddened" there did not seem to be any gratitude after the rescue of Mr Kember, James Loney, 41, and Harmeet Singh Sooden, 32.

But on Saturday, Mr Kember said: "I do not believe that a lasting peace is achieved by armed force, but I pay tribute to their courage and thank those who played a part in my rescue."


Kember is also the one of the three recued hostages who has been most cooperative in providing intel to the military. Still, his grudging and after-the-fact thanks isn't exactly heartening.

Why these people think their petulance and terror apologist attitude is going to win anybody over to their cause is beyond me.

(via reader Mark)

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I wonder what their take on the time Jesus Christ comes back with a sword in Revelations… Or how about Romans where it says:

For government is God’s servant to you for good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, because it does not carry the sword for no reason. For government is God’s servant, an avenger that brings wrath on the one who does wrong.

The sword can and should be used for good. They apparently see it only as bad. They can’t distinquish between the swords that rescued them and the swords that captured and was ready to kill them. So it goes. 

Conservative Culture on March 25, 2006 at 10:52 am
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well, um, what would happen in those days was that governments would used their swords to somehow enlarge welfare programs and provide citizens with socialized medicine…..not make illegal war….so it was okay then.

riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

Brent J. on March 25, 2006 at 11:11 am
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Given the they’re opposed to the Iraqi intervention I’m not sure what you expect them to say? It would have been nice to hear the thank yous earlier but this really sounds like the making of a mountain to me.

MikeAdamson on March 25, 2006 at 11:48 am
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If someone willingly put their life on the line to pull me out of hazards way? Especially after seeing that their friend was executed… I would expect a curteous thank you. Let me clarify… they may still be confused. Say "thank you" to the American troops who pulled you out. Nothing more, nothing less.

To answer Brent. The sword was understood by our founders as their responsibility to secure justice. Every government under the sun has that responsibility. As you can see not many take that ‘divine’ command very seriously.

Conservative Culture on March 25, 2006 at 12:11 pm
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Lasting peace? What an absurd fantasy. Conflict is the natural state of humanity. Don’t take my word for it. Study all of recorded history.

TwoHotel9 on March 25, 2006 at 02:07 pm
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Given the they’re opposed to the Iraqi intervention I’m not sure what you expect them to say? It would have been nice to hear the thank yous earlier but this really sounds like the making of a mountain to me.

I don’t think it is too over-the-top for me to point out that these people are refusing to provide intelligence to help us defeat murderous terrorists and that they’re miserable idiots because of it. 

I know I’ve done multiple posts now, but after I criticized these people I wanted to be sure to point out that one of them did, in fact, thank the troops and cooperate. 

The purpose of government shouldn’t be to do good, but simply to refrain from doing evil.

Rob on March 25, 2006 at 03:33 pm
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