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Originally Posted by Eddies66
It has been a longstanding policy of the United States that we will not negotiate with terrorists and we will not pay ransom money to free hostages. The reasons for this policy are obvious; paying ransoms incentivizes the taking of more hostages. U.S. presidents for decades have recognized this policy and adhered to it - until Trump.
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I guess Bo Bergdahl wasn't a "hostage"? He wasn't a military prisoner, he was a deserter.