It's difficult for me to feel sympathy for people who go to dangerous countries/lands and then expect that their government or the United State government to do everything to get them out when they get kidnapped. Just like people who go to North Korea or on their border who get captured, get sent to prison camp and then cry for help. Or people who go hiking in dangerous weather, get stranded and then have to be rescued.  Why do you tempt fate? In life we have to take risks now and then, but it's calculated risks.