Bill wrote:
Should she stay, or should she go. ?

Joe


She should go, if she has a choice. Not only is it there duty to try
to get away but they are offering her up for nothing at this point.
They aren't keeping the male sailors because they don't have enough
players for a game of poker. They want hostages for something. The
less they have the better. I understand the idea of not abandoning
your crew mates but a lot of other people can get hurt trying to
rescue you. Less people to rescue means less risk involved. later
when the Iranians are bargaining for the lives of these people they
will have a little less currency.

The fact that she is a woman does factor into this in that political
pressures to get a woman back can cause complications that might not
be there if all of the hostages are men they aer trying to retrieve,
not to mention the fact that she is probably physically less capable
of handling the extreme circumstances they are probably being
subjected to. I am sure I will attacked for saying that but the fact
is that women are generally physically weaker than men.

There's another factor here...they are Muslim...they have total disdain
for her because she is in the armed forces and not covered head to foot
in black swaddling...they are letting her go because in their eyes she
is not worth keeping...to use a woman as a bargaining tool would be to
admit that she was worth something...