Quote From: brady1177Americans are boycotting Aruba due to the fact that the government would not allow the FBI or our own investigators to help in the interrogation and gaining information on the island. If Aruba had been more helpful and forthcoming I highly doubt that Americans would be taking the stand they are now against Aruba. Why should we allow our families to go there when we know that if we did go missing the government there would not do everything possible to help find us! I agree with our decision to boycott the country on this premise. We are not boycotting the country as a personal affront to the people that live there, we are doing it to make a point to your government.
The world is not safe. Not in the small towns nor on a small island out in the middle of nowhere. As long as there are demented sex crazed individuals we are going to be fighting things like this. As parents we cannot let our guard down where our children are concerned and we need to be vigilant in trying to find these kids and putting criminals like this away and throwing the key away! My heart goes out to the parents that have missing children. May they all be found and returned to their loved ones.
If Aruba wants our business they should be more open to help and assistance from our officials who know how to get results and aren't looking to cover their own butts!
Aruba is NOT an American state, and I think that often you and SOME of your countrymen forget that. If something happened to a Mexican up in the US, do you honestly think that America would allow the Mexican police to just barge in and start investigating? What about a Canadian? Would the RCMP have free reign to start rounding up American civilians as suspects?
If you said no to this, then you now understand how the rest of the world feels. There's a major jurisdiction problem here.
