Beyond Opinion

I hear tonight that there has been another beheading in the Middle East. This time it is a US Marine held by insurgents in Iraq. The history of these kidnappings is that eventually the hostage gets executed. It happens every single time. There is only so far that this can go. If, when one is captured, one is certain to get beheaded, then it follows that anything goes as far as the hostage's behavior is concerned, even actions that risk one's life. For it's like United's Flight 93 on 2001 September 11. When the passengers heard that planes were being smashed into the World Trade Center, they figured they were going to get smashed, too, and so they rebelled against the hijacker crew. "Let's Roll". I call this Let's Roll Syndrome. Sooner or later, some insurgent or hostage-taking group is going to get attacked by a wrathful hostage and seriously injured or killed. A few times of this and hopefully this hostage and beheading game will end. And so it shall be. There are better ways of dealing with anger than that.