This story troubles me greatly

[Hawkmoon]

http://abcnews.go.com/International/doctors-borders-refused-american-isis-hostage-kayla-mueller/story?id=41601887

The prestigious group Doctors Without Borders apparently left an American woman to rot and be executed by ISIS, while they were busy negotiating ransom for their own employees. I found some of the statements by DWB spokesmen to be disgustingly self-serving and amoral.

[makattak]

http://abcnews.go.com/International/doctors-borders-refused-american-isis-hostage-kayla-mueller/story?id=41601887

The prestigious group Doctors Without Borders apparently left an American woman to rot and be executed by ISIS, while they were busy negotiating ransom for their own employees. I found some of the statements by DWB spokesmen to be disgustingly self-serving and amoral.

It doesn't trouble me. Obviously Doctors Without Borders are quite insistent that their responsibility stops at the border of their own employees...

[MechAg94]

They didn't just refuse to help negotiate, they withheld information that would have helped the woman's parents contact the kidnappers.  All because they feared it would harm getting their own people back.  That is pretty bad.

[makattak]

They didn't just refuse to help negotiate, they withheld information that would have helped the woman's parents contact the kidnappers.  All because they feared it would harm getting their own people back.  That is pretty bad.

<Takes tongue out of cheek> The group is despicable. Failing to negotiate for her is one thing (which is also wrong, given why she was there, but is more defensible at least) but the withholding of information was absolutely unconscionable.

[Hawkmoon]

<Takes tongue out of cheek> The group is despicable. Failing to negotiate for her is one thing (which is also wrong, given why she was there, but is more defensible at least) but the withholding of information was absolutely unconscionable.

Agreed.

And their self-serving press release once they knew the lid was going to be blown off IMHO was just rubbing salt in the wounds of the parents. Nothing they (DWB) said in any way made them appear to be even a little less amoral and culpable. All they did was dig the hole deeper and start pulling dirt in on top of themselves.

[tokugawa]

I wonder if they abandoned her Because she was American?

It is not as if she had no connection with them- her boyfriend was hired by them and she was acting as his helper.

 And withholding the contact info-  there are no words. If the parents should devote the rest of their lives to hunting and dealing with those who withheld that info, it would be perfectly understandable.
 

[Ben]

I wonder if they abandoned her Because she was American?

It is not as if she had no connection with them- her boyfriend was hired by them and she was acting as his helper.

 And withholding the contact info-  there are no words. If the parents should devote the rest of their lives to hunting and dealing with those who withheld that info, it would be perfectly understandable.
 

Even if they had no connection, as the FBI agent said, what the hell would it have hurt for them to bundle her in if it would save her life? Human decency please. "Do no harm" indeed.