Ben stated to Jack, in one of their various conversations, the reason he gets along with Juliette is because she looks similar to his ex wife. Now, I am not sure where Jack stands at this point, but he is screwed either way, like Frosstbyte stated in the third paragraph. If Ben dies during surgery, then the others will kill Jack, but if Ben survives, he will still be their hostage.
I think the smoke mist monster is not a hallucination, but morphs into whatever the person is thinking about during that event. For example, when Eko was thinking about his brother, the smoke monster used this energy and formed into Yemmy.
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