What's that about "Stockholm Syndrome"?

Swede Ulf Hjertstrom, who was kidnapped in Iraq and got threatened with being murdered, doesn't seem to display any unwarranted empathy towards his former captors:

'I have now put some people to work to find these bastards. I invested about $50,000 so far and we will get them one by one.'

Since the article is in an Australian paper we are probably talking Ozzie dollars, which would be about 5 euros if the ECB sticks to its current policies, or half a glass of beer in Sweden. (Which is fine by me, by the way, as I am considering buying a second house in Perth.)

Still, never again let it be said that the only war the Swedes could possibly win would have to be a civil one.

(Via Tim Blair, who also mentions that The Age would rather have invested those 50k in flowers and Hallmark cards.)

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