Two South Koreans Released By Afghan Taliban

Here's a bit of good news - two of the South Koreans held by the Taliban were released and were delivered to a US Army base in Afghanistan. 19 hostages remain held by the Taliban thugs.

How much is that ultimately going to cost the Afghans? Ransoms? Prisoner releases? This surely isn't merely a humanitarian gesture - not when they executed two other hostages previously.

Meanwhile, Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf recognizes the folly of appeasement and the problems with not controlling his border, enabling Taliban and al Qaeda to freely cross back and forth between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Better late than never, but unless he's going to take serious action, the ongoing threats posed by both Islamist groups will persist.

UPDATE:
Michelle Malkin also notes the Taliban's demands for appeasement.

The Taliban monsters are patting themselves on the back for their “gesture of good will.”

Now, they want their reward: “We are expecting the Korean people and government to force the Kabul administration and the U.S. to take a step toward releasing Taliban prisoners,” Ahmadi said by telephone from an undisclosed location.”

Appeasement begets appeasement. Will that lesson be remembered?

Sadly, the answer is repeatedly an emphatic no.