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Originally Posted by Slava
I don't mean to turn this political at all, but I'm ashamed that the government seemingly did very little to help bring her home. Her family was doing the fundraising and trying to push the issue where the government seems to have stepped in at the last minute? (Clearly I don't know all of the points of the case here).
I like to think that when Canadian citizens are kidnapped abroad that there is some support from the government and they would actively campaign for their release. I do agree that the ransom is a bad precedent, but there isn't a doubt if this was a family member of mine (or me!) I would want that ransom paid. I also think its pretty poor taste to criticize a familys actions here in this situation!
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We probably don't know much of what went on. Somalia has no government, so there are no official diplomatic routes to explore. Certainly there had to have been an exploration of a military option.
Anything more and I have to go with everyone else on this one, it was her family's duty to pay the ransom.