American special forces have made a rare raid into Somalia to free two aid workers held hostage there.

It appears that the poor health of one of the hostages motivated this rescue mission.

Both the American, Jessica Buchanan, and the Dane, Poul Thisted, were kidnapped by the Somalian gang while working on a project to remove old military mines from a nearby area of this African country.

My question is, what the heck are they doing in Somalia, given the lawless condition of the country? Having made the incredibly foolish decision to place themselves in harms way by going there, especially for this reason, why is the American military obliged to risk life and treasure to rescue these well meaning but criminally foolish people when the inevitable happens?  Let the stupid Somalis remove their own mines.

On the positive side, all nine Somali hostage takers that the special forces encountered were killed.

Below, the rescued but morally retarded do gooders.