I'll tell you what I do know. Folks like Jim, with their paternalistic, and jingoistic, attitudes cause a great deal of problem in the area of human relationships. One might have a discussion of whether risk is worth the potential gain/loss on any given subject. But in the end it comes down to the individual choice made. If Jim were able to produce one shred of evidence that these young women were unfairly forced or coerced, we might have something to talk about. But he cannot. Everything I have read and watched showed me two intelligent, faithful, and powerfully brave young women. They knew the odds and chose to live and die bravely. How can one do anything but honor their choices and their lives?

I salute these two women. May God be good to them.

Mick