I watched what happened to him out of morbid curiosity as a teen and it messed me up for a while. 9/11 and its aftermath changed life as we knew it up to that point.
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yuvaldv1Mar 31, 2026
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This is horrible. She and other journalists are brave AF working from countries like Iraq.
I hope she gets released safely and is unharmed.
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EDRNFUMar 31, 2026
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The second comment I see somehow manages to blame Israel. I knew that’s what I would find but wow that is impressive
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yuvaldv1Mar 31, 2026
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Iraq has a history of [journalist kidnappings.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_hostages_in_Iraq)
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H0visMar 31, 2026
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Journalists are targets and they know it. That's the job. And for all criticism journalists as a profession often rightly face, the ones that report from warzones are incredibly brave. The dirty little secret is everybody kills journalists. Israel and the USA bomb them. The Iranians shoot them. The Saudis cut them into very small bits. The Russians chuck them out of windows. But they do the job anyway.
I hope she is released. If they just wanted her dead she'd be dead, so there is hope.
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ThePlanckMar 31, 2026
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>The Saudis cut them into very small bits.
Not that small, just small enough to fit into carry-on luggage
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ProlapseMishapMar 31, 2026
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Just small enough to make sure Jared got his $6 billion.
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RG54415Mar 31, 2026
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The billionaire put bombs in their cars. (panama papers)
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ThePlacidAcidMar 31, 2026
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TBF, billionaires control pretty much all of the states mentioned so it kinda goes without saying haha
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SoftlySpokenPromisesApr 1, 2026
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I have respect for honest journalism that exists for the sake of bringing information to light that otherwise would not have.
The ones who write for skeevy tabloids on the other hand...
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cement_brick214Apr 1, 2026
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>USA bombs then
Not always the case! Sometimes they end up killing themselves with multiple gunshot wounds to the back of their head.
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hereforgetawayApr 1, 2026
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I hope she survives this. I haven't forgotten Daniel Pearl. I was a baby when Daniel was assassinated but later found that video on the internet. I am worried for Shelly.
US should prioritise saving her.
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showhorrorshowApr 1, 2026
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Considering how this admin feels about journalists...
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ProlapseMishapMar 31, 2026
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God f****** damnit I knew this was inevitable.
The horrible early 2000s era of seeing terrible shit happen to Americans was bound to return with this bullshit.
Good f****** job MAGA.
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solomons-momMar 31, 2026
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Mahsa Amini. It isnt just Americans
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ProlapseMishapMar 31, 2026
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Oh yeah, I know that, but sadly many Americans don't give a shit about anyone else.
Being a former fighter in our last forever wars I can say that many Americans don't give a shit about Americans either. They just want to beat their chests from the comfort of their recliners so their fat asses can hang an American flag on their mobility scooter like they did something.
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solomons-momMar 31, 2026
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I am an American. The women in these places are absolutely f----ed. Figuratively and literally.
There are likely a whole lot more moderate women like me in the US than their are those that you described and characterized. I wonder how many us politely avoid the people on both statistical "tails" of the polical spectrum because we can't stand listening anymore.
Perhaps we are also why polling data has fallen apart --we don't answer polls anymore either. I used to, in part to see how the questions were phrased. I don't have to wonder anymore, all the polling questions are now phrased to so one side "wins" the poll and can hammer the other side.
Thanks for serving. Seriously, thanks. We are far from perfect, but you are one of the good guys.
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MelodicPudding2557Mar 31, 2026
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The IR regime loves to flaunt the Epstein case as a gotcha, but the truth is that they themselves embody the end-game of the Epstein class in the US if we do not bring them to justice.
It is known so far that Epstein’s operations have amounted to $1.9 billion to operate a pedophile/blackmail ring for a small group of elites away from legal/public scrutiny. But in Iran, even the lowest regime thugs can arbitrarily (under the pretext of maintaining order) pick off civilians from the street to murder or r***.
It does not make any sense to condemn our elites for being part of the Epstein circle without condemning the IR regime, because the latter is committing the crimes of the former on a national scale.
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solomons-momMar 31, 2026
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Your comment brought a few things to mind.
First, Amartya Sen 1990 work
>"More Than 100 Million Women Are Missing" https://share.google/k5MUC4z6vRKbG3J2W
He was later awarded the Nobel Prize. Now it is higher, and 13 million women are estimated to be "missing" from The Gulf.
Second, the last few words in one of Leonard Cohen's final poems.
>"Oh and one more thing
>you aren't going to like
>what comes after America
Third, he got by with it. https://share.google/images/jnKE0vCyJ9iby23pU
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MelodicPudding2557Mar 31, 2026
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To be quite frank with you, at this point, I see Trump as a transitional buffoon, a ‘Cheeto man’ of ‘Mango Mussolini’, rather than the main event. He’s an illiberal populist, but he lacks the consistency to be a coherent ideologue.
There is an explicitly fascist far right that is rapidly chipping away at his base, especially amongst younger demographics, and I now have come to believe that they represent the next mainstream of the American right wing, which as Nick Fuentes once put it himself, the end goal is a ‘white Catholic Taliban’. To be precise, I’m not so sure about ‘Catholic’, but I wouldn’t be so surprised if ethnonationalist theocracy entered the mainstream in the near future.
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solomons-momApr 1, 2026
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I read this the morning it came out. It was during the 2016 primary. Later that day, I re-read it, but aloud to my teenage kids, who were far to young and annoyed
>"Trump and the Rise of the Unprotected - WSJ https://share.google/Q8umiavvVAVlsUqIy
The writer, Peggy Nonnan, was awarded the Pulitzer prize for commentary, because she nailed it, and not just in the US. Nevertheless, we "unprotected" in the western democracies have protections, which is why I wantes people to remember Mahsa Amini.
I really should cringe through a few minutes of Nick Fuentes. The fringe right/left will do about anything for attention. The left tried to cancel "PAW Patrol" because "Chase" a cartoon dog, was a police.🤣
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ProlapseMishapMar 31, 2026
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Honestly I could give a shit about listening anymore.
I've heard decades of aspirational bullshit about what Americans 'are', yet I've seen what we will really produce as time has progressed. I've seen it in almost all of my family and the majority of the people I once considered friends, and almost none of them have stepped away.
And now, this 'gee sucks' centrist approach to obvious authoritarianism is going to get a lot of Americans killed while likely wrecking our economy and everyone back home will only be worried about gas prices and the DOW.
It'll be just like the meaningless shit so many of us watched our friends die for, but this time with much more death, and zero meaning.
Not all Americans did this, but it doesn't stop it from being the product of our society. We've let ourselves become Russia 2.0 and it'll reflect on us in every way it has on them, no matter what stories we keep telling ourselves about who we are.
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BarfingOnMyFaceApr 1, 2026
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The problem isn’t just limited to just centrists. we are so far from centrists, I’d say that chunk of the nation is pretty much dead now. You are either left, right, or an outcast. What pushed us this far off the cliff is definitely the maga movement. But the other side of the problem is that democrats have no teeth, because all these asshats are bought and paid for by the same set of American oligarchs. Left, right, and middle are now simply weaponized forms of political engagement used by the wealthy class to keep us in check.
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Bruins8763Mar 31, 2026
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Based on your responses, gotta ask, what are you actually doing now besides just complaining about other Americans??
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Snoo-53209Mar 31, 2026
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Well that's why you fought, whiny b****. So fat ass Americans can be proud of their country that you "defended"
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ProlapseMishapMar 31, 2026
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Mobility scooter gang is checking in I see.
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mbmountaineersMar 31, 2026
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Beheading videos are next.
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ProlapseMishapMar 31, 2026
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Honestly what I've been dreading since this dipshit kicked this whole thing off.
We have so much exposure in the region between contractors, journalists, and service members and Israel has already stoked the fire before us and we've betrayed just about any ally in the region over the last 20 years, so there will be plenty of rats to give people up.
Additionally, we've destabilized and went to war with a county with worldwide networks and capabilities that are almost sure to go after airlines at some point and they have a metric shitpile of manpads.
I really don't think people comprehend what we've stepped in yet.
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theuncleirohMar 31, 2026
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It's part of the plan: make things worse for your people so that you have an excuse to further invading countries and eliminating rights and descending into fascism. Same thing israel does with antisemitism; it's easier to justify your program when you further the justification
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Oliver_W_K_TwistMar 31, 2026
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What are you talking about return, it never stopped.
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ProlapseMishapMar 31, 2026
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You must be pretty young if you think the current situation in the region or the world is anything like it was in the early 2000s, especially in respect to Iraq.
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Common-Soup-664Mar 31, 2026
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\*journalist abducted in the middle east\*
"why would donald trump do this?????"
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ProlapseMishapMar 31, 2026
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Remember when you people were bitching about all of the shit we Americans had to suffer through because of our forever wars so you voted for the America first no new wars guy again?
You know, like a few months ago before you were cheering on his new forever war was waged without any congressional approval?
You people are going to get a lot of Americans killed over the next couple decades and we're a weaker nation because of you.
Hope you're happy with the bowl of pedophile shit we're all going to be forced to eat for years to come.
So happy we all get to suffer the consequences of your degen minds.
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Common-Soup-664Mar 31, 2026
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Who's you people? I did not vote for Donald Trump. I am still able to hold other people accountable for their actions. Don't infantilize an entire region because you think Donald Trump controls the entire world. They're big boy and girls over there that are responsible for their actions.
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ProlapseMishapMar 31, 2026
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> I did not vote for Donald Trump
And I didn't take a dump after my morning coffee.
And right now, Donald Trump is largely in control of spiraling global markets and all of the shit he just started.
Follow on effects are heavily studied, modeled, and accepted by the people planning all of this garbage and Trump knew all about it, or at least what he was able to stay awake for in his video briefings.
He started a war in a region that had just began to stabilize itself after we left it a mess from our last Republican dipshit started his dumbass war.
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Common-Soup-664Mar 31, 2026
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Sweet dude have fun getting angry on the internet about it
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ProlapseMishapMar 31, 2026
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Have fun being a nihilistic jellyfish while you suffer all of the same consequences everyone else will.
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Strykerz3r0Mar 31, 2026
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The only reason we are there is the Epstein files and trump acting as a lap dog for isreal.
This is the same regime that was in power his first term and he didn't care about them, then. In fact, he is the one that removed the nuclear research monitoring agreement that Obama had made. Curious how concerned he is about their weapons research after removing the monitoring himself.
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Common-Soup-664Mar 31, 2026
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Yea we absolutely should not be in Iran. Iraq is actually a separate country if you weren't aware and they still shouldn't be abducting journalists.
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Strykerz3r0Mar 31, 2026
I didn't say anything about Iraq, but I did reply to the wrong comment. I was replying to a comment that is now removed. My bad.
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thisIsAUserName-7Apr 1, 2026
Article says the suspected group is Iranian linked. Iraq is a majority Shia country with lots of ties to Iran. This could very much be a result of the US actions in Iran. Things have been quiet in Iraq for a number of years, then the US bombs Iran and western journalists go missing in Iraq.
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ProlapseMishapMar 31, 2026
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Who could have imagined that kicking the biggest hornets nest in the region would get people stung?
You dipshits obviously didn't lean anything from the last 20+ years.
This won't be limited to Iraq. Shit will happen in Europe, and the US. It's how this always goes when we go stirring shit up.
But yeah, you guys sure are 'America first'...
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Dismal_Buy3580Mar 31, 2026
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It isn't apologia to explain why something is happening?
Pop quiz--why are Israel, Gulf States, and American bases being bombed?
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PsychoChewtoyMar 31, 2026
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Its not being an apologist when you are applying logic to understand why they are escalating.
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IamCentral46Mar 31, 2026
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You're defending a pedophile so you have 0 moral ground to stand on.
Pedophile apologist.
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PterocactiMar 31, 2026
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do you think they kidnap journalists just for the fun of it or do events in the world sometimes make it a more attractive endeavor? what I mean is, are you capable of rational thought?
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BiffyleBifMar 31, 2026
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It's a bad day when a dude called "prolapse mishap" sounds like a more levelled, more empathetic, more down to earth and overall smarter guy with more reasonable moral equilibrium than you.
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ProlapseMishapMar 31, 2026
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Hey now, I have loose muscles it's not my fault!
Momma says I'm just as normal as all the others.
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LetsGetElevatedMar 31, 2026
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Are you apologizing for the terrorism from the Trump regime? Sure seems like you are, it was recently confirmed that the US bombed 2 schools rather than 1 on the same day, you can’t spread terrorism in other countries and then be shocked when there’s a reaction, the only one excusing this c*** is you
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AhBee1Mar 31, 2026
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Dang. That was a really smart response. I bet you're getting invited to the Epstein Memorial Ballroom.
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roller_coaster325Mar 31, 2026
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This isn’t going to promote the abductors cause (assuming it’s political). Journalists are exposing the impact of this war.
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Nato_BlitzMar 31, 2026
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I love how 2 of the comments are already blaming the US and Israel instead of blaming the group that actually did the kidnapping. Kataib Hezbollah
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Hayabusa_BlacksmithMar 31, 2026
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hes an just an expert in sarcasm
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Illustrious-Sky-4631Mar 31, 2026
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Doubt it's Kataib Hezbollah , as much as they want to join, they are at the "I will lose too much" spot even more when other kataibs aren't getting involved
It's probably a new militia group after the Death rate surpassed 1000
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Nato_BlitzMar 31, 2026
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Significant-Baby6546Apr 1, 2026
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Ok kataiab Hezbollah. And? That isn't doing shit for me. I am gonna continue to blame Trump.
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pyrotechnicmonkeyApr 1, 2026
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Obviously, I and a lot of people have a great amount of respect for journalist who are willing to be brave to try and report on important events, but realistically there’s a limit to what people should be able to risk and still expect their government to help them. It’s frustrating because obviously now there’s gonna be her family coming out criticizing the government if they don’t immediately free 10 trillion terrorist prisoners and promised to destroy all their Jewish space lasers to secure their release. I understand the family is gonna say whatever it takes to try and pressure their government to help secure the life of a family member, but after a certain point there should be the expectation that they got themselves into that situation and it’s not reasonable to expect a government to give up a crazy amount for one person because of media headlines. It’s frustrating to see this happen so often.
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Objective-Ruin-1791Apr 1, 2026
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And she was warned of threats against her, including kidnapping.
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Gold-Invite-3212Apr 1, 2026
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I assume the majority of American journalists are very well aware that their government will not negotiate for their release in situations like this.
Yes, their families will often make statements critical of the government. If it was your family member, you probably would too.
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JohnnnyOnTheSpotApr 1, 2026
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Maybe a power vacuum in Iraq by taking out Iran is not a good idea
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Reasonable-Cut-6137Mar 31, 2026
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She will be lucky to see freedom in the next 5 years thats if she even makes it out alive. Certainly no chance during the Trump or GOP era if they win the next GE. So anywhere between 5 - 10years or death.
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DottsteriskMar 31, 2026
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Thanks, Captain Obvious.
If only people knew that Iraq could be risky for women and journalists.
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DottsteriskMar 31, 2026
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Do you feel the same way about firefighters and paramedics?
What about the Coast Guard Rescue Divers? Is that also just a case of, “They knew what they signed up for, here’s the tiny violin?”
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Negative_GravitasMar 31, 2026
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"Welp, that firefighter chose to go into that burning building. He knew it was risky, and now he is dead. Oh well. Consequences are consequences."
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Final-Language7378Mar 31, 2026
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That is NOT true!
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seancboMar 31, 2026
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No it is, look at it
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Final-Language7378Mar 31, 2026
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you cant just do that about someones name thats personal as it gets
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seancboMar 31, 2026
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I know, I'm a real outlaw
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Strange-Effort1305Mar 31, 2026
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Oh a trip to the Middle East didn't turn out well? Come on people.
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VicorinMar 31, 2026
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It wasn’t a vacation, you muppet.
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Strange-Effort1305Mar 31, 2026
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Didn't say it was you Fraggle
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VicorinMar 31, 2026
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No, but you’re acting like this isn’t newsworthy and like she was a random idiot who shouldn’t be there.
Journalists have to go to dangerous places sometimes. That doesn’t mean it’s not newsworthy or fucked up when they are attacked.
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Strange-Effort1305Mar 31, 2026
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My position applies equally to personal and professional trips.
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LOOKATMEDAMMITMar 31, 2026
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Are you suggesting that journalists shouldn't go to where the news is happening?
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Strange-Effort1305Mar 31, 2026
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No. I'm suggesting i wouldn't.
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Gold-Invite-3212Mar 31, 2026
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Your position makes you look like a doorknob. If you're happy burying your head in the dirt and ignoring the world around you that's your business. But insulting a woman brave enough to do a dangerous and invaluable job is just scummy. It's like saying a cop deserves to get shot for being around criminals or a trucker deserves to die in an accident because roadways are known to be dangerous.
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thisIsAUserName-7Apr 1, 2026
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She’s a journalist. Her job is to report the news. We need people like her around the world so shut ins like you can know what’s going on, if you bother to read.
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