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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: pcstel who wrote (145260)	8/22/2014 1:52:36 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

"I assumed he was supposedly held against his will by a terrorist group." We're (technically, altho not declared) at war with AQ and the Taliban. He was held against his will; tried to escape at least once. "the US refused to pay." USG policy is to not pay. Family and friends can negotiate. They might run afoul of the law; or not. I think Uncle Sam turns a blind eye to private deals. " if we wasn't a POW, and Al-Qaida held him to use him as a bargaining chip.. Then wouldn't that make him a hostage?" Yes, if he was civilian and not military, he would be a hostage. Just to complicate things, I think a member of the military kidnapped by Mexican/Central American drug gangs would be a hostage, not a POW.