One Of The Rescued Peace Activist Hostages Has Thanked The Troops
Grudgingly and after the fact, but at least he's done it.
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)
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)
