The United States Cannot Protect Stupid Citizens

President Bill Clinton is to be congratulated for his negotiating skills. Everyone was happy to learn about the negotiated release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were arrested March 17 near the China-North Korea border and had been sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in a North Korean prison.

Laura Ling speaks along with Euna Lee, the Los Angeles journalists for Current TV who have been held in North Korea since March 17th land on US soil at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank CA 4:00 AM PST. They were pardon yesterday during a visit by former president Bill Clinton. Burbank CA/USA. Aug 5,2009. Photos by Gene Blevins/LA Daily News
Laura Ling speaks along with Euna Lee, the Los Angeles journalists for Current TV who have been held in North Korea since March 17th land on US soil at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank CA 4:00 AM PST. They were pardon yesterday during a visit by former president Bill Clinton. Burbank CA/USA. Aug 5,2009. Photos by Gene Blevins/LA Daily News

The capture and imprisonment of Americans or American friends continues to be a nagging problem.  Just yesterday we learned of three Americans arrested who had illegally entered Iran from neighboring Iraq.  Newsweek journalist, Maziar Bahari, was taken into custody on June 21 in Iran.  American journalist Roxana Saberi, her father is Iranian, was arrested in Iran in January 2009 and released on May 11, 2009.

All of these people had one thing in common.  They were ctiizens or friends of the United States.  Americans seem to believe that they can go anywhere they choose and the U.S. government will come to the rescue.  This is a very foolish expectation.

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