Next, are you going to tell me 17 churches from 17 countries have raised the $17 million needed to rescue the 17 hostages?

Or... 17 Navy Seals have stormed the compound to release the 17 hostages, 17 gang members killed in the exchange?

Everyone in Haiti knows where the missionaries are being kept.

You can't keep 17 foreigners locked up in Haiti... and have nobody around you suspect what you are doing in that building. Of course some of the neighbors know.

Instead of paying the kidnappers $17 Million to release the hostages... offer $500,000 reward for anyone that tells you the exact location where the 17 are being held. :>) My bet is, you will have over a dozen leads that same afternoon and be able to locate them within hours.

It's plausible that these were actually traffickers.

Between all the articles with 666 and 17, something is up behind the scenes. I consider it good vs. evil.

What they'll probably get is a suitcase full of confetti and a Seal Team to exterminate them. I would consider that a good use of my tax dollars... and we don't see many of those these days, do we?

This is getting rather silly