[Leaning Right]

Here's something spetznaz noted on another thread:

“The prospect of beheading, coupled with several mock executions, can have most people saying almost anything.”

There is truth in that. And here's something else to think about. Years ago I read the autobiography of Francis Gary Powers, the U2 pilot who was shot down and captured by the Soviets.

Powers writes that he was told by his superiors to either commit suicide if captured (he carried a poison for that purpose), or just tell them what they want to know because they will get it out of you anyway.

All this doesn't imply that Foley deserves “reverence”. But it does make things a bit easier to understand.

[mware]

I have not seen the whole video, only the very beginning, but what I heard before the prepared text he was given, was that he wished he had more time to spend with his family, and he hoped that something could be done to help the other captives.

Up until they started to saw his head off, he looked defiant.

I believe that defiance was directed toward ISIS

[Ghost of SVR4]

“The prospect of beheading, coupled with several mock executions, can have most people saying almost anything.”

Even make them not spurt blood when they have had their throat hacked into 5-7 times? Nothing, NOTHING comes out when the hacking commences. Watch any other isis hackathon on liveleak, blood immediately spews.