Besides the fact that he abandonned his kid, such trips through inherently hostile countries drive me crazy.
People will go there willingly, then cry because they were arrested. The family would go to tv and the government is supposed to help them.
We should just leave them as they are. They are adults, decided that "do not go there" does not apply to them so bad luck.
The fact that we care incentives the authorities of these countries to use them as exchange money.
We in France have a few people in Iran or Algeria who travelled there to discover the extraordinary culture and views. Their choice, they now have Elle time to address these topics with the guards.
In contrast, this is so much different from the Belarusian oppositionist who was flying from Greece (IIRC) to a Baltic country and got hijacked as he was flying above Belarus. This one we forgot about.
People will go there willingly, then cry because they were arrested. The family would go to tv and the government is supposed to help them.
We should just leave them as they are. They are adults, decided that "do not go there" does not apply to them so bad luck.
The fact that we care incentives the authorities of these countries to use them as exchange money.
We in France have a few people in Iran or Algeria who travelled there to discover the extraordinary culture and views. Their choice, they now have Elle time to address these topics with the guards.
In contrast, this is so much different from the Belarusian oppositionist who was flying from Greece (IIRC) to a Baltic country and got hijacked as he was flying above Belarus. This one we forgot about.