[Kasik]

IMHO, neither the Dems or the Repubs care a whit about an American life overseas whether civilian or military or government employee.

Please refer to H. Clinton who summed the above up nicely last year. "What difference does it make!"

We have no one in governmental power today who is, IMHO, sane. If we did we'd not be doing the same thing over and over again with the same and/or worsening results (the layman's definition of Insanity).

When I was deployed to Iraq both in uniform and later as a contractor I made it very clear to my translator, driver or anyone other than US/Coalition/Kurd what the penalty for percieved betrayal was going to be - it seemed to work.

To shed blood for a worthy cause and valient effort is noble.

To have blood shed for lost causes and ignoble motives / agendas is criminal.