Terrorists embrace nice furniture

Very happy to see that journalist Jill Carroll is free. Every time they've been replaying her interview with Baghdad TV, one comment keeps striking me:

"I had very good treatment. They never hit me. I was kept in a safe place with nice furniture, plenty of food."

Hey, as long as the furniture was nice.

But this could be an indication of a deeper trend. Considering three people were killed in a 70,000-person stampede at Ikea in Saudi Arabia in 2004, could it be that terrorists envy our furniture more than they hate our values?

No wonder bin Laden's been able to stay in his cave for so long -- he probably found a swell deal on La-Z-Boys.

Comments

[Bill]

Hey terrorists, *Have I Got a Deal for You!*
I have 2 chairs, a couch, and a set of blinds in Excellent(?) condition, and I'll sell the lot to you for *Only* $13,701,750 Iranian Rial's ($1,500 US currency)! You pay the freight.
This shipment must be pre-paid, and will *Only* be accepted in Krugerrands, dated between 1967 and 1969.
Don't Wait! Call Now! This is a *Limited Time Offer!!!*

Bill

[Tugboat Phil]

I think it's great that they never threatened to hit her...of course, beheading isn't hitting, so I guess that doesn't count.

Am I the only one that thought this abduction was a little different than the others? How many deadlines past without them killing her. Now they just drive somewhere and let her go??

[Bridget]

And if she was never threatened, why was she sobbing for her life on early videos?

[Lewis B. Sckolnick]

Jill has to do all of this for the run up to the book, the movie and all of the tv and webcasts and remember the great cause she was in Iraq for in the first place. Allah be with you.