Ed Morrissey notes a news story that suggests that a ransom was paid in relation to the release of two German hostages.
Once again, we're seeing countries paying money to release hostages, which while improving the situation for those released hostages, makes the overall situation in Iraq far more dangerous because of what that ransom will buy, the behaviors it encourages, and the messages that it sends to terrorists - that some behaviors will ultimately be rewarded.
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