Kidnapped in Pakistan: The End of American Ideals? by Hady Amr

Hady Amr, the author of Kidnapped in Pakistan: The End of American Ideals? works for the World Bank, UNICEF, and the United States. Department of Defense. He was co-worker with a woman named Ayesha on a project for the International Development in Washington D.C. Ayesha’s brother was killed by abductors in Pakistan. At the time Ayesha’s brother was kidnapped, she was working to improve the educational system in Pakistan as an American assistant in developing a U.S. and Pakistan relationship. Hady Amr offered help through high level diplomacy in the U.S. because he had made friends through his work in Washington’s officialdom. Ayesha refused his help because she and her family thought that the Pakistan government might handle the negotiation with terrorists better than American officials. Ayesha and her family believed in Pakistani officials because the U.S. government had lost reputation throughout the Iraq war. For this reason, Amr blamed himself and the nation for voting for the Iraq war declaration based on dubious evidence. The most important issue is the abusing of detainees and torture. These actions are shame to the American reputation in the world and cannot be defensible or justified by any law. America, according to Amr, must stand by its ideals like previously did when America was admired all over the world as a shining light.