Originally Posted by aklim

Just remember that it is a Saudi ship. Tomorrow it could be a US ship. The problem with giving in to hostage situations is that it breeds more hostage situations. If I take a hostage and you give me what I want, won't I repeat the same act tomorrow? Now if I take your cat hostage and you burn my family at the stake, would I try it with Mr Jones dog? OTOH, if I see that I can get money by taking your cat hostage, tomorrow I might apply that same principle and try extract money out of Mr Jones dog. Next day, I might expand it to Mr Smith's kids.