We just learned that James Foley, the missing American Photojournalist, was beheaded by Isis. This truly horrific act was carried out by the terrorist group, ISIS, in Syria. James Foley had been missing for more than a year. He was covering the civil war violence in Syria when he was captured. I just heard his parents speak out on television about their son's barbaric death. They spoke of their son's bravery and I'm sure their hearts are broken.
"Foley's mother Diane confirmed his death on the 'Free James Foley' Facebook page:"
"We have never been prouder of our son Jim. He gave his life trying to expose the world to the suffering of the Syrian people. We implore the kidnappers to spare the lives of the remaining hostages. Like Jim, they are innocents. They have no control over American government policy in Iraq, Syria or anywhere in the world. We thank Jim for all the joy he gave us. He was an extraordinary son, brother, journalist and person. Please respect our privacy in the days ahead as we mourn and cherish Jim."
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There are many more journalists missing. "Foley is at least the 70th journalist killed since the Syrian civil war broke out, the CPJ said."
The beheading of Foley was actually posted on YouTube, and quickly removed, but it's made the rounds on the Internet. This horrific act of violence by ISIS is making the headline news around the world and of course, on the American news talk shows.
I'm going out on a limb here and making a prediction. I've learned, via Facebook, that at least one Fox Faux News show, The Five, has found their "gold talking point statement" from Mike Foley, former deputy director of the CIA. You can bet The Four right wing hosts who seem to hate Obama more than they love this nation and the truth, will be making this violence about Obama and what they consider to be another one of his failures. And you can also bet if this show is doing it other ones like Hannity and The Kelly File will follow.
This is from their Facebook page:
"We should mark this date down, because this is ISIS' first terrorist attack against the United States." – Mike Morell, former deputy director of the CIA, responded to the beheading of American journalist James Foley and said it’s time to ‘pick up the pace’ in the fight against ISIS. Tell us what you think and we’ll share our thoughts tonight at 5p ET.
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First of all, this is not the first US journalist or American killed by ISIS. And it happened on foreign soil. This is not a blunder by GW Bush resulting in 9/11. Our President spoke out today, loud and clear. He told the mother and father of Jim Foley, "no just God would stand for the killing."
Source: Shepherd Smith Reporting
The President also addressed the world with these statements:
"Today, the entire world is appalled by the brutal murder of Jim Foley by the terrorist group ISIL. Jim was a journalist, a son, a brother and a friend. He reported from difficult and dangerous places, bearing witness to the lives of people a world away."
Full transcript: http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
Why can't we stand together as a nation? Why does the right turn everything into a "blame Obama diatribe?" Do we know for certain we can say once again, "shame on Fox News for their twisted reporting?" Can we be ahead of their game on such tragedies? We'll know very soon.
2:11 PM PT: Less than 10 minutes into the show, The Four, denounced Obama, obsessed about what Obama was going to do after his statement and of course, insinuated our POTUS is a failure. Eric Bolling said, "Obama is done, stick a fork in him."