WHY SHOULD WE TRY TO UNDERSTAND IRAN'S (KIDNAPPERS AND TERRORISTS) POINT OF VIEW?

Terry Waite, who was kidnapped in Beirut while trying to negotiate a hostage release in 1987, offered to travel to Tehran to try to secure the release of the 14 servicemen and one woman.
“I don’t think one needs to be afraid of these people, but one does need to have respect for their point of view, whether you agree with it or not,” said Waite, who spent almost five years as the hostage of an Iranian-backed fundamentalist group in Beirut.

This is ABSURD!! What is the world coming to when a former kidnap victim says you need to respect Iran's point of view!!!!! I admire Mr. Waite's courage for offering to go to Tehran to attempt to secure the release of the service men and women but who brainwashed him to say we need to unDerstand their point of view. I DON'T CARE ABOUT THEIR POINT OF VIEW, DO YOU... they KIDNAPPED and are holding HOSTAGE our servicemen and women, forcing them to make videotapes and write letter and doing god knows what else to them. I still say use whatever force is necessary to bring them home!!!