Being Hezbollah Hostages

This is a great pod. I watched it receently and havent been able to shake it.

I just saw the pod for the first time and this is what went through my mind:

1. The vacuity of the pod: was this news or just some dudes, 'the fantastic three,' showing us the adventure they had?

2. The distortion: the pod was introduced as shedding light on Hezbollah's methods. How can one event be representative of the whole party's methods? Their encounter with the Hezbollah could have been a lot better ... or worse.

My opinions on the reporters integrity or the validity of the article isn't important.
What is important is that what the reporters went through is EXACTLY what would happen if three uncredited reporters with no papers and just a camera walked through a war zone and were intercepted by American forces!
There is a clear cut painting of who is the hero and who is the villain in the Israeli/Lebanon conflict in all major news outlets, whether it's overt or subversive, and this report was no exception.

You paint these people as villains when they did exactly what American forces would've done.

Think about it.

i watched this last nite. i think that you guys have some big balls for doing what you are doing. but youu should be a bit more careful.

after read thru the comments before my last on i think its interesting that this piece is so contentious. it seems like everyone is a little too focused on the authenticity of their footage, whereas i think the real issue is the appropriateness of their entire trip.

i definitely understand the importance of spreading the word about what's going on in war zones, but i do not fully accept the idea that its a necessity to have first hand experiences in redzones just to have empathy for the people that live there everyday. helping the global community comprehend the true insanity of war is a lofty task, but if anything it seems as though people get turned off & desensitized to violence because it is so ubiquitous in our modern world...if you don't understand that war is always completely inexcusable i don't really think that any piece of video will have a strong enough impact to wake you up.

it did seem that there was a 'throwing rocks @ the hornet's nest' quality to this pod, but fortunately the hezbollah guys were more reasonable than the u.s. government has been for the past 7 years.

if the tables were turned & these guys were lebanese citizens caught in a u.s. war zone they'd be getting tortured as enemy combatants & wouldn't have been heard from for years.

I really respect the work that you guys do. i wish i could travel more like that. i wish i could see the world like you do. i leave the country for the first time ever this summer, im going to peru to do humanitarian work with orphans. im really excited to go, hopwfully its the first of many trips around the world. keep up the work. your stories are very inspiring.

brilliant... having lived all over the world in different cultures myself i truly appreciate the perspective that these guys bring to this issue/story. absolutely fascinating. i understand the desire to experience the craziest things the world has to offer and i appreciate very much experiencing it through the lense of these guys. great work blakkbox!

ashaiba.... The soldier wouldn't care at all because this is america... and if a ground war reached chicago that would mean the us would be losing pretty bad.

Now...why do you think hezbollah was acting the way they were when they captured you. Here is an example. The United States gets attacked by Saudi Arabia (will never happen) and your a soldier for the US army and ur patrolling the streets of downtown chicago when u see 3 people with traditional arabian head dress, with scooters and a camera just shooting the place with the camera. what do you think the soldier will think. think about it

This is riveting - these guys are amazing - we need more of these guys!

thanks for the kind words Joe and Shirin.

Greenlight! Get it? Sorry.

Beautifully edited Thomas...