Originally Posted by
chimbu warrior
Today marks one year since this pilot was taken captive.
It also sadly shows the weakness of the NZ government. Garuda and Batik continue to fly into NZ; if the new government were serious about resolving this situation they would put a stop to that immediately.
How would that work? Neither of those airlines are owned by the rebels. The Indonesian Government is not going to roll over for one hostage. No government would.
Perhaps the Kiwi Government could take a leaf out of Israel's book and go lay waste to the rebels?
NZ is not Israel. They would.never dare infringe another sovereign territory without permission, and even if they got that permission it's unlikely that they have the expertise to do the job without the hostage being killed in the attempt, plus losing their own troops.
The best that NZ can do is support any Indonesian efforts to secure his release by fair means or foul - as odious as those efforts may be.