ISLAMIC STATE VOWS MORE MURDERS IN RESPONSE TO AMERICAN AGGRESSION
A second American journalist has been beheaded by militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Steven Joel Sotloff – a reporter with Time – was beheaded by the organization after the administration of Barack Obama refused to stop its bombing campaign in Iraq.
In a video of the execution – entitled “A Second Message to America” – Sotloff is shown kneeling in a desert environment similar to the one used as a backdrop for the execution of James Foley.
“I’m back, Obama,” Sotloff’s executioner says, “and I’m back because of your arrogant foreign policy towards the Islamic State.”
The video of Sotloff’s execution was published a week after the journalist’s mother pleaded with ISIS leader Ibrahim (a.k.a. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi) – who was mysteriously detained and released by American captors in Iraq.
“We have not seen Steven for over a year, and we miss him very much,” Sotloff’s mother said. “We want to see him home safe and sound and to hug him.”
Sotloff was 31 years old. He was abducted in northern Syria last year.
Sotloff’s execution is likely to galvanize warmongers in America – who have been aggressively pushing for expanded military action against ISIS. It is also likely to be followed by additional murders, starting with that of David Cawthorne Haines – a British captive.
In addition to Haines, ISIS is holding at least two more U.S. hostages.
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So it is the “fault” of the US is it? Did Ron Paul tell you that?
It’s Bush’s fault. Didn’t you get the memo ?
“It’s Bush’s fault. Didn’t you get the memo ?”
The memo I got said Bush & Cheney.
I’ll have to start listing it that way. Two great Americans that I admire. Thanks.
You’re brave since you stand alone in your admiration and of course you also think the 17 trillion dollars was money well spent.
The 17 trillion in debt just happens to coincide with the total cost of The war on poverty or the great society spending since 1964. Funny how Dims never think to look at the obvious waste of money by Dims but are quick to jump on President Bush. BTW most of the Dims were for the wars before they were against them. Go figure.
Spot on. They destabilized the entire mid east region. As horrific a dictator as Sadam Hussien was he may be proven the lesser of the evils.Besides the 9/11 terrorists were from Saudi Arabia.
I blame Bush.
No kidding!
Now, would I kid about something like that?
I blame Bush’s mother.
*now* we’re getting somewhere!
I can feel the tide changing.
It’s clearly a case where ISIS felt two heads were better than one, so no need to debate foreign policy.
Where is Walter Cronkite when we could use him ???
Maybe we can bring our troops home because of some, as yet unanticipated, Tet offensive,.
When asked what he thought about this latest atrocity by ISIS, Obama simply said “FOUR!”.
When asked what he thought about this latest atrocity by ISIS, Dick Cheney said. “For the right price Halliburton will supply goods for the next invasion.” For a couple of billion they will even care how many people die. Its not often a business opportunity like this comes along and we want the country to know Halliburton is up to the challenge. After all we need to make up for that fine on the Gulf Oil spill somehow.
Feeling left out of the discussion, George Bush began chanting WMD, WMD.
You never let a serious crisis go to waste.
Obama is a muslim that supports the goals of ISIS. ISIS stated that yesterday.
My guess is that Obama is on the prayer rug, thanking Allah.
“Obama is a muslim that supports the goals of ISIS. ISIS stated that yesterday.”
Yeah right – and that is what ISIS said in the video today, huh? Idiot. (I know, I know – I am always angry!)
And I thought he came out of a bathhouse somewhere in Chicago, you learn something new everyday.
And always correct. I have found that in life you can be Happy or Smart but you can’t be both. Depressing Huh.
I thought you conservatives hated the liberal media. Didn’t mAnn Coulter say she wished Timothy McVeigh had blown up the NY Times building instead? ISIS simply acts as the farther conservatives blather. They are kindred sprits, some “do’ers,” and the others simply spewers.
Mental midget you are to compare American conservatives to ISIS…Disgusting…yet totally predictable by rabidly partisan ideologues like yourself…
ISIS seems to be having more success in the region than you conservatives. There is probably a better chance for a New Caliphate than there was for the Project for a New American Century’s visions of a military colony of Iraq (a “friend to Israel”)and a cowed and subservient Middle East. You can thank Bush and Co. for the present travails.
You do know it’s almost 2015, right? At some point you simply must kick W and his crew out of your head. They’re on your couch up there…eating your Doritos.
“Feeling left out of the discussion, George Bush began chanting WMD, WMD.”
Shhh – we’re not supposed to bring up any of that factual, historical info – if you do you’re just a couch potato that eats Doritos . . . .
Now, now…the tired old Halliburton-ran-the-war stuff recited like a mantra by the equally tired and old “Blood for oil” crowd is not exactly what most serious people would call historical fact.
LOL. Whatever.
When I kneel down and say my prayers tonight I’ll ask God to please let me be a “serious person” like you, Mike.
You are so, so smart – I am just in awe of you.
No shame in that!
Hey! Tango considers himself a journalist…
Hey! Tango considers himself a journalist…
Seriously, Dude?
That was uncalled for.
Even ISIS does not deserve to be subjected to GrandTango.
ba dum chshhhh! (on drums)
America doesn’t negotiate with terrorists for many many years back… longer than than you can find a president to blame. Spain and France actually bail out their journalists… figures. They behead Americans for the shock value.
Bomb the hell out of them. Kick them so hard in the fuck they’ll shit. That’s what I think.
Time to go nuclear on that part of the country, give them something to fucking talk about… considering they survive.
I wonder if we could get them to come over here and do a few of ours – Nancy Grace on CNN and that boy named Maddow on MSN come to mind
Careful, Colonel. Not every random thought deserves to be uttered.
Oops, did I type that out loud?
Why should he be careful Tom Bootlicker? Is there some government agency that enforces PC language laws that you can report him to?
What about that little bitch named Hannity on FOX?
You’d have to kill him twice, he’s on the radio too.
Hannity is a “HE” ????
Yeah, I think he a Maddow are brothers…
His hair and Mr. “my goodness”es glasses would do any grandmother proud.
Love Hannity. ..sorry your HATRED of those with whom you disagree makes you so angry and bitter and uncivil…Coexist, please?
$orry I forgot to u$e the $arca$m font. None of us really advocate the beheading of any journalist (except maybe Maddow, I really hate
her, him, it)“…Nancy Grace…”
Allahu Akbar!
This story describes the James Foley “beheading” video as staged and fake.
The Most Important Scene Is Missing From The James Foley Beheading Video… Why Did ISIS Censor Itself?
http://topinfopost.com/2014/09/02/the-most-important-scene-is-missing-from-the-james-foley-beheading-video-why-did-isis-censor-itself
The most interesting thing about the video is that despite the hype in the media, there was no actual beheading in the video. The TIME article headline was not an accurate description of the video. There was a dead body that was, as many in the media have said, “purportedly” a beheaded James Foley, but the actual act of beheading is not shown. The video does show someone purportedly using a knife to saw at Foley’s neck, but there is no blood and seems to be no actual cut.
We have seen the videos out of Syria, which are truly atrocious, or the video of the beheading of Daniel Pearl a journalist killed by Al-Qaeda, but unlike those there was a strange absence of blood in this video. The supposed killer just puts the knife to Foley’s neck, saws back and forth for a few moments and no blood comes out. Then it cuts to a shot of a severed head over a dead body.
Why didn’t the most brutal terrorist group, according to western media, show the actually bloody murder to get the full terrorizing effect? And why hadn’t the lack of that scene been a crucial part of the media’s coverage? The video left me with more questions than answers. It called out for professional analysis of the video so there could be a higher degree of confidence in the authenticity of the video than the US government’s assurances could provide. IS not showing the actual beheading makes little sense.
“Foley Video Was Staged, At Least To Some Degree”
After searching the Internet for some more analysis, I found a diamond in the rough. Someone played with the brightness and contrast on the video and made it pretty clear that the strange bloodless scene with the knife was certainly not the moment of Foley’s death.
That can often simply indicate that the optics of the actual murder were not to the terrorists’ liking (e.g., the victim struggled courageously, refused to recite the script, mentioned their faith, etc.). Don’t misunderstand, they’ll still kill your ass, but they’ll clean up the video for PR purposes.
They probably have a British guy with a Macbook Pro.
The story mentioned that he was killed off line.
In a way I don’t feel sorry for the reporters, if you knowingly put yourself in harms way, you kind of have to expect the worst. In this case, getting our head sawed off with a dull knife.
I remember your type saying they were not all that worked up over dead American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan: “They all volunteered” (along with the despicable, “More died at Shiloh.”).
“More died at Shiloh”
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On the 4th in cars. Of drug overdoses, of gun cleaning mishaps.
Libertarians are more concerned about adding to the 17 trillion dollar debt than lost lives.
While we know the Republicans have no concern for the debt when they enrich themselves via their crony military industrial connections.
That’s a non – denial denial. Every position that Ron Paul takes in regard to foreign policy is the one policy that cost the USA the least in the short run and the one ISIS, Russia and Hamas supports the most.
There is plenty of support for military action that doesn’t come from those with a connection with the MIC or the Republicans.
You know what’s funny, you never once consider that the foreign policy that happens to cost the least might be best.
As for the rest, you are really naive if believe MIC money and oil don’t factor into the foreign policy over there currently. It all started with the Shaw & BP…with Israel being a convenient excuse to band together the Biblical doomsayers as a voting block.
*Shaw=Shah
What is “your type”? I don’t ever recall saying that about soldiers. I’d say reporters are more close to those who are over there on government contracts expecting to draw huge paychecks. I doubt CNN, NBC, FOX, etc… are forcing these guys to be over there against their will.
“What is “your type”?”
Maybe he means “sexy”. He’s a liberal after all.
“I don’t feel sorry for the reporters”
Your type.
So we find a way to pay them back. We an double, triple the number of sorties. But in the end, we have to find a way go pry the Sunni population in Iraq to abandon them, and isolate the ISIS Tea Party portion, and then target them with death. Remember all – Israeli secret service was killing old Nazi’s for decades after 1945. We might expect our list of targets is just getting started.
But so, probably, is theirs. There’s the rub.
only 499 million to go.
I guarantee they wouldn’t have beheaded a Russian…not with Putin as leader. ..elections do have consequences…Yawn…Where’s my putting wedge?
So what happened to our embassy in Libya? Who cares…man! I ‘ve got a 2: 00 tee time…foreign policy is sooooo yesterday! Fresh arugula…Bonus!
They’re just taken a swim in the pool. No harm.
***…meanwhile over at the FITSNEWS carwash…..*****
Grasshopper: “If I have to wipe on and wipe off one more time without getting my hands really dirty……….I quit…!!!”
Sun Moo: “Patience…Grasshopper, ……Patience..!! The timing must be Wright…”
Grasshopper: “Timing…….Timing..? So when will the timing be right…?”
Sun Moo: “Well, considering that Jenny Sanford is starting to boil,………we just need to wait until the fury of Jenny is unleashed upon our foes in ISIS….”
Grasshopper: ” Well….at least its not Graham….”
ISIS was nothing until it beheaded one journalist. Then, the US media, outraged that “ONE OF US” lost his head in the line of duty, starts running stories on how dangerous ISIS is every 10 minutes. Now, a month later, we’re to believe ISIS is equivalent to Japan circa 1939.
I heard Sean Hannity last night say good to get rid of another MSM journalist. Oh boy!