Cry Me a River

US orders medical care for jailed Pakistani scientist from Yahoo!

First off - "Scientist"? Even if I don't support it, I can understand the use of a term other than terrorist to describe our enemies, such as insurgent, but to identify this woman as a scientist is a little ridiculous. The day she picked up a weapon and attacked American soldiers, she gave up the right to be referred to as a scientist, particularly when the headline refers to her being jailed, as if the reason for her arrest was her work in science.

Secondly, and more bothersome, is the idea that now the American taxpayer will now apparently be billed for the probably hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical care that this terrorist will now receive. As nice as it is to have someone like this in custody, at this point, take her back to Pakistan and let her fend for herself.