The bad news: Under Obama, America now pays terrorists for hostages. The worse news: They screw it up, losing the money and the hostage (initial attempt to regain Bergdahl).

“ARTICLE 9. Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes. (2) To accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained. The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_9_of_the_Japanese_Constitution

In ordnance, at government wholesale bulk discount prices. One piece at a time. No delivery charges.

They’ve lost all the fighting spirit that animated their ancestors, even to the point of being indifferent about sex and reproduction.

It’s kind of like the whole “Serenity” plot in real life.

If the Japanese had any semblance of their warrior culture left, they’d retaliate. (What were these Japanese guys doing in that area, anyway?)

Just when is Isis going to set up a Pay Pal account so these ransoms can be paid securely, and on time? (Don’t they know it will also simplify their record-keeping?)