Posted on 08/20/2014 12:36:31 PM PDT by upchuck
President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the U.S. won't back down from ISIS, the militant terror group that released a video Tuesday showing one of its militants beheading and American photojournalist.
'Today, the entire world is appalled by the brutal murder of Jim Foley by the terrorist group, ISIL,' said Obama, calling the group by the White House's preferred name.
'No just God would stand for what they did yesterday, and for what they do every single day,' he said.
'ISIL speaks for no religion,' he said, aiming his words at the Islamist faction that claims to have established a Muslim caliphate in portions of Syria and Iraq. 'Their victims are overwhelmingly Muslim, and no faith teaches people to massacre innocents.'
Foley stood 'in stark contrast' to his captors and executioners, he said, blaming them for a series of 'cowardly acts of violence.'
Americans 'are all heartbroken at their loss and join them in honoring Jim,' he said, somber but not wearing a necktie, as has been his practice during his extended family holiday.
Secretary of State John Kerry released a statement 90 minutes later, saying that Foley 'was brave and bold, and no masked coward can ever steal the legacy of this courageous American.'
Kerry noted that Foley had been held in captivity once before – in Libya – ultimately winning his release.
'The sheer unfairness and unlikely odds that this young journalist would again find himself in captivity in another conflict was almost unimaginable,' he said.
'It is impossible to express how much we all wanted this latest horror to end with his family reunited, as it had been the first time.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Break out the hashtags!
Obama addressed the issue with a statement. He said the rest of the world has to do something about it. So nothing to worry about folks. Problem is solved.
You still don’t see the big picture, do you?
The emasculation of our country is part of the hope and CHANGE plan of this administration.
Even O’Reilly, Rush, Levin and Megyn Kelly talk around in circles but never get to the point.
“....obie can fool the useless idiots....”
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You’re not talking about Congress, are you?
“Punish” ISIS? What will this destructive buffoon do? Not invite them to play golf with him? What an intentionally incompetent ass.
“Saudi Arabia is to limit the power of its notorious religious police, raising hopes that draconian social controls will be eased in the ultra-conservative Islamic kingdom”:
The tension between the Wahhabi clerics and the ‘royal’ House of Saud have been apparent for some time. Looks like ISIS (IS) Islamic State might be the last ghasp in an attempt by the fanatics to ‘follow the straight path of mohammad’ while the rest attempt to modernise.
I wonder if Obama watched the video?
among others... yes Indeed
That decapitation is not a pre-existing condition covered by obamacare is probably not going to be very helpful to his party. Otherwise, Foley probably would have been used as a prop in his next state of the union address.
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