Holding ourselves hostage in Iraq
Human Events
by Steve Chapman
02/04/07
When police found Shawn Hornbeck living with his alleged abductor four years after he was kidnapped, the question arose: Why didn’t the 15-year-old simply run away? But trapped and isolated, a hostage can be scared into thinking that the consequences of leaving — for himself or his loved ones — would be far worse than the consequences of staying. So he passes up opportunities to escape. That’s roughly our plight in Iraq...
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=19267
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Steve+Chapman
by Steve Chapman
02/04/07
When police found Shawn Hornbeck living with his alleged abductor four years after he was kidnapped, the question arose: Why didn’t the 15-year-old simply run away? But trapped and isolated, a hostage can be scared into thinking that the consequences of leaving — for himself or his loved ones — would be far worse than the consequences of staying. So he passes up opportunities to escape. That’s roughly our plight in Iraq...
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=19267
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Steve+Chapman
rudkla - 6. Feb, 12:34
