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“I think some of our members may have thought the default issue was a hostage you might take a chance at shooting,” he said. “Most of us didn’t think that. What we did learn is this — it’s a hostage that’s worth ransoming. And it focuses the Congress on something that must be done.”
- Mitch "bin Laden" McConnell
ter·ror·ism   /ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm/ Show Spelled[ter-uh-riz-uhm] Show IPA
noun
1. the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes.
2. the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization.
3. a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government.
Terrorist Hostage Situations: Rescue or Ransom?
The U.S. and the E.U. are spending billions assisting local antiterrorism forces in fighting al-Qaeda. But tempting ransom sums are more than enough to coax members of dirt-poor communities to participate in hostage taking, whether by concealing terrorist groups among them or helping to transport and feed kidnapped foreigners.
Read more: Terrorist Hostage Negotiations: A Ban on Ransom Payments? - TIME
Damn terrorists and their hostage taking as a method of governance.![]()
It's good to know that you agree with labeling people as 'terrorists' for political point scoring. When we have a Republican President and that President refers to 'left wing terrorism', please don't whine about it. I will - however - complain about it. Because no American - left or right - should be called a terrorist for political point scoring.
Fucking partisan hack.