Tuesday, September 27, 2011

What the US news might not have shared...

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It's exciting to know that the country we are living in aided in the "hikers" release and posted bail for all three.  I know all of them stayed with the American Ambassador in his home here in Oman before returning to the United States.  It will be an honor going to the Ambassador's residence tomorrow for their annual TAISM reception to honor the school and the start of a new school year.

I'm not sure why Sarah said she wasn't sure why they were released now in the video.  Perhaps they hadn't been fully informed until after that press conference.

Overall, we are relieved those hikers have returned home.  I can't imagine their experiences the last two years.  I'm sure they struggled with so much hopelessness.  It is so sad that much of the Middle East still operates the way it does.  I hope places like Iran and Iraq realize there is no future for them with their current standards and ways of acting.  Perhaps someday, other countries will move forward and progress in the ways the UAE and Oman have done.  But as they say here, "Insha'allah" which means, "God willing". 

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