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originally posted by: Jennyfrenzy
The world is a sick sick place. What is wrong with humans?
I'm ready to blast off to Mars.
May James Wright Foley rest in peace.
May his family and friends find the comfort they seek.
Can not even imagine the fear the other hostage, Steven Joel Sotloff, his family and friends must be feeling.
Foley's family in New Hampshire said they had not received confirmation of the journalist's death.
"We know that many of you are looking for confirmation or answers. Please be patient until we all have more information, and keep the Foleys in your thoughts and prayers," they said in a statement posted on Facebook.
CBS News
WASHINGTON — The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria cannot be defeated unless the United States or its allies take on the Sunni militancy in Syria, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Thursday afternoon.
originally posted by: j.r.c.b.
He had to be scared, I know I would be. He's been there for 2 years, I'm wondering if he ended up brainwashed by these people at all? I ask, only because, if I knew I was gonna die, I don't think I would bother following their scripted version of what they wanted me to say. I would either just keep my mouth shut, tell them off or most likely be passed out by fear...I mean no disrespect, I just wonder, why say what THEY want said, if I KNOW, this is the moment I'm gonna die....Again, my heart goes out to the Foley family, Foley himself, & those still being held hostage.....I wish they could be saved...
Constant other kinds of FAR WORSE things are going on all the time and you easily brush them aside, it is too easy for TPB to own you, THAT is what makes ME SICK.
originally posted by: flyandi
I like the comparison to the Nazi .. they had the same low compassion for life - didn't matter if it was others, foreigners and even themselves like these Terrorists .. bunch of losers - that's what they are and in the end they will all be killed.
You will never change these brainwashed people .. you can stick them in a hole for their rest of their lives but you will never change them .. it's in their mindset .. like a drug addict - can't stop.
Back to the Nazi - when the Nazi's took over Europe, the US had no issue going in and cleaning up.. let's do it again - and we don't have to send one single man in .. let the Drone's do it for us!
originally posted by: pavil
originally posted by: j.r.c.b.
He had to be scared, I know I would be. He's been there for 2 years, I'm wondering if he ended up brainwashed by these people at all? I ask, only because, if I knew I was gonna die, I don't think I would bother following their scripted version of what they wanted me to say. I would either just keep my mouth shut, tell them off or most likely be passed out by fear...I mean no disrespect, I just wonder, why say what THEY want said, if I KNOW, this is the moment I'm gonna die....Again, my heart goes out to the Foley family, Foley himself, & those still being held hostage.....I wish they could be saved...
I thought it was a strange speech. He knew he was going to die but still follwed their cue cards to the letter? For a seemingly strong willed person, he sure followed their script. I wouldnt have given them the pleasure, what could they have done to him,he knew he was going to die,most probably via beheading.
originally posted by: Jungian
Perhaps perhaps perhaps. Perhaps some people just believe everything they see and hear from the TV.
Nope. Its staged like so many other pre texts for war in the 20th and 21th century.