Via Twitter
ISIS has beheaded one American journalist and holds another captive. -Yahoo/Reuters. Video was released of the execution of Journalist James Foley, who had gone missing in Syria two years ago. Another journalist, Steven Joel Sotloff, is being held by ISIS. ISIS claims they executed Foley in response to U.S. airstrikes and will kill Sotloff if the airstrikes continue. The video has not been authenticated as of yet.
My Comment:
Again, I'm not going to link to the video. I don't particularly want to watch it and I don't need that kind of thing on this blog. If you really want to see this for some reason you know how to find it. That being said, my thoughts go out to the families of these journalists.
I've said many times that ISIS is pretty much evil incarnate. Beheading journalists is about as low as you can get. These men were completely innocent and were not legitimate targets in any way. Even if they were soldiers, executing a man in cold blood, without a trial, for a political statement is not the action of an actual state. Only terrorists would do such a thing. Obviously Obama is going to continue his airstrikes. As tragic as this situation is one life does not outweigh the life of all the people we can save by continuing airstrikes.
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