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Originally Posted by Sly
US doesn't pay ransom or reward terrorists. We sure as hell better not start now.
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I suspect this is a grey area. Publicly we don't pay, but you can bet your ass behind closed doors we have certainly made deals, be it money or something else in order to get guys back. Think of the SF guy that was captured in Somalia back in the 90's with the whole Blackhawk down thing. We certainly made a deal to get that guy back.
It's just like anything else, it's politics. No way would we pay a current group like ISIS due to what they are doing.. However they hold a guy captive a few years and the ISIS name isn't all over the media everyday, then sure as shit we would do a deal with them. However they are far too active doing nasty shit and wanted way too much money.