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Let her go!

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

Hands Off Jill Carroll

By Rory O’Connor, AlterNet. Posted April 3, 2006.

This article about some folks in the media who have been bashing now-freed journalist/hostage Jill Carroll just steams me! STEAMS!

Would these guys have been happier if Carroll had refused her captors’ orders, resulting in yet another a taped murder? Is that a brave American legacy? Does that make a better American hostage?

Favorite quote: …former hostage, U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. McCain said on Meet the Press that Carroll’s comments in the video should not be taken seriously. “This was a young woman who found herself in a terrible, terrible position. And we’re glad she’s home,” McCain told NBC’s Tim Russert. “We understand when you’re held a captive in that kind of situation, that you do things under duress.”

Steamed, I say, steamed!