Missionary fools

Missionaries are still stuffing up the world. Not content with the negative effects of their zeal in South America, South Africa and the Pacific islands over the past 200 odd years they have recently been the source of millions of dollars in funding for the Taliban. Just imagine how many locals and westerners the Taliban can slaughter with 20 plus million dollars “We went to spread God’s love and carry out his wishes,” freed hostage Lyu Kyung-sik said after arriving. “All of us returned from being on verge of death and have been given our lives back.”

…many harshly criticised the suburban Seoul Saemmul Church that dispatched the group for having a naive world view and putting their Government in a bind. Websites of the country’s main Protestant groups have been flooded with messages saying the group and church were to blame for ignoring government warnings and making an ill-advised mission to an obvious danger spot.

I would’ve left them there. A senior Taliban leader said Seoul had paid $US20 million ($25 million) for their release. The South Korean Government denied paying any ransom but has been criticised internationally for striking a deal through direct talks with the Taliban. The Government said it had only agreed to pull out a small contingent of military engineers and medical staff and to end South Korean missionary work in Afghanistan in return for the release of the hostages. Good result all round – for the Taliban