I agree that the U.S. government should have helped Warren Weinstein during his hostage situation. In my view it is the duty of the government to protect its citizens and eliminate any threats to the public safety. The government could have put more effort into rescuing Warren Weinstein since they had the power and resources to do so. Some object might to the fact that putting the risk of other lives to save one person, and using government resources would be a waste of time and energy, of course, on the grounds that one life is meaningless to save when the government could rescue others who are more important. Yet I would argue that every life is valuable and worth saving for; if a prominent U.S. official were to be held hostage, the government