As we face the latest terrorist attack, the National Security Council must respond quickly and cohesively to save the United States’ Ambassador to Afghanistan. His life is in imminent danger and we must act with one goal: to save the Ambassador’s life. The best way to secure the release of our ambassador is through negotiation.
The kidnapping of our Ambassador to Afghanistan leaves the National Security Council with few options. One of the options is to launch a rescue mission. Mr. President, I implore you to not take this course of action. Our military is very good at launching precision raids. Nonetheless, the ambassador is trapped in a car with terrorists. He is likely being held at gunpoint. If we launch a rescue mission, you will almost certainly have a dead Ambassador on your hands. The US has launched rescue missions before. Operation Eagle Claw took over five months to plan. Despite having close to five more months of preparation than the potential mission to free our Ambassador, it was a drastic failure. Eight servicemen died without having the chance to rescue a single hostage. Linda Norgrove, a …show more content…
The CNU is a highly trained branch of the FBI that serves as the United States’ primary negotiation organization. You must allow the CNU to negotiate with the terrorists if they contact us. President Nixon made the mistake of refusing to negotiate, or even communicate directly with the terrorists. In 1973, terrorists took numerous diplomats hostage, including the US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and demanded the release of a list of prisoners, including Robert Kennedy’s assassin. Nixon publicly refused to negotiate. Hours later, the diplomats were killed. Therefore, we must not hesitate to negotiate with the terrorists. As I stated before, we can attempt to negotiate without giving in to the terrorists’
The kidnapping of our Ambassador to Afghanistan leaves the National Security Council with few options. One of the options is to launch a rescue mission. Mr. President, I implore you to not take this course of action. Our military is very good at launching precision raids. Nonetheless, the ambassador is trapped in a car with terrorists. He is likely being held at gunpoint. If we launch a rescue mission, you will almost certainly have a dead Ambassador on your hands. The US has launched rescue missions before. Operation Eagle Claw took over five months to plan. Despite having close to five more months of preparation than the potential mission to free our Ambassador, it was a drastic failure. Eight servicemen died without having the chance to rescue a single hostage. Linda Norgrove, a …show more content…
The CNU is a highly trained branch of the FBI that serves as the United States’ primary negotiation organization. You must allow the CNU to negotiate with the terrorists if they contact us. President Nixon made the mistake of refusing to negotiate, or even communicate directly with the terrorists. In 1973, terrorists took numerous diplomats hostage, including the US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and demanded the release of a list of prisoners, including Robert Kennedy’s assassin. Nixon publicly refused to negotiate. Hours later, the diplomats were killed. Therefore, we must not hesitate to negotiate with the terrorists. As I stated before, we can attempt to negotiate without giving in to the terrorists’