The war strikes Utah

The latest western hostage taken by terrorists in Iraq is from Utah. A US Marine, Cpl. Wassef Hassoun from West Jordan (a SLC bedroom community) has appeared in terrorist videos and they are threatening to kill him unless all detainees in coalition prisons are released. This is unfortunate for his family, but as I have blogged before, he is as good as dead. The terrorists have already proven that they cannot be bargained with, so thinking that they will release their hostage if we do what they want has no basis in fact. All we can do is continue the course and bring democracy to the Middle East.