Mar 31, 2006

So, it was a busy day for me, and just a while ago I was able to see the interview with Jill Carroll on FoxNews.

As I was watching it, I was thinking, “Wow, this lady seems to be suffering from Stockholm Syndrome…”  The more she talked, the more I thought that it was really weird.  Was this the same woman who so upset in that other video?  Wow, they fed her, let her use the bathroom… Hmm, never hit her either, well that’s a relief…  The food was good – yeah, she kinda looks like she’s gained some weight.    Ah, even the furniture was nice…

WHAT?  THE FURNITURE WAS NICE?

Anyway, I dismissed it as just the ravings of a tired person…  Then I sat down to peruse a few blogs before heading off to bed.  Turns out I’m not the only one who thinks that this is WEIRD.  I guess I was slow on the uptake.  The blogosphere is awash with people crying foul.  To what end, I don’t know, but something doesn’t seem to add up.

Could this be a ruse?  Could it be that this freelance journalist staged the whole thing to draw attention to herself?  Did she then decide it was best to end the whole thing now, given the recent hostage rescue?  Coalition Special Forces kicking in the door could seriously derail any rise-to-fame plan that was in the works.

Read the full translation of the “interview” supposedly taped before her release.

Anyway, the best commentary I heard on this whole thing actually came from someone supposedly quoting Jill’s mother: “let us hope that all the families of the Iraqi people who are kidnapped on a daily basis can have the same happy reunion”.  Unfortunately, this is more often NOT the case.  I heard it reported that nearly 40 people are kidnapped daily, usually for a cash ransom.  Most end up dead.

God be with these poor people and their families.

I don’t know what all this means – if anything.  Maybe it is Stockholm Syndrome; maybe it’s a ruse, or maybe it’s the truth - sometimes that’s way more weird than any story we could ever dream up.