Today,
it’s reported that the Jordanian pilot that was held captive by the Islamic
State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS) has been killed. Just last week, the Jordanians
offered to release the prisoner that ISIS wanted released in exchange for their
captured pilot. Allow me to repeat that using other words. ISIS demanded the
release of a female suicide bomber being held by Jordan and they gave a
deadline for this to be agreed to or they would kill their captive, the
Jordanian pilot. Jordan agreed and only asked for proof of life of their pilot
before turning over the prisoner. ISIS was silent. The deadline passed and ISIS
remained silent.
Now
we know why. The pilot, Moaz
al-Kasasbeh, was killed on January 3. A month earlier. ISIS was demanding ransom
as if the pilot was still alive. Don’t think that this was the most despicable
of the show being played out by ISIS because it gets much much worse.
In the
past year, ISIS has demanded ransom for other prisoners they’ve held. The
United States does not negotiate with terrorists (remember this) so ISIS cut
their heads off and sent the video of the beheadings for the US government to
see. Jordan did negotiate, and still the pilot was killed. In fact, he was
killed before ISIS made their ransom demands as though he were alive.
This
murder was different than their previous murders. Their other captives were
beheaded. This pilot was burned alive in a 20 minute video and then buried
under sand and steel dropped on his cage after he’d been burned alive. This was
more than an execution. This was torture culminating in his slow death.
For the
past few weeks the question has been why won’t President Obama call
ISIS for what they are? Radical Islamic Terrorists. This is not calling all
muslims terrorists. It’s calling ISIS “radical” islamic terrorists. There is a
difference that Obama can’t seem to bring himself to understand.
Obama
thinks that he can settle these conflicts with diplomatic solutions. He’s
currently negotiating with Iran over nuclear weapons. He’s recently negotiated
the US policy towards Cuba away. It’s said he’s even negotiating with N. Korea.
Well, he got his deal with the Castro’s in Cuba. And once he had that deal,
Raoul Castro then said he wanted the be repaid for 55 years of pain and
suffering by the embargo and the want gitmo back.Obama apparently is not good at negotiations unless he intended to give all of this up.
ISIS was
created because Obama pulled out of Iraq. We’d won the war, and were working
with Iraq so they could learn to manage their own country. We were warned that
if we left Iraq too soon Iran would move in or Al Queda would move in to fill
the void left by our departure. Obama was elected and pulled out of Iraq and Al
Queda in the form of ISIS moved in just as predicted. ISIS is what Obama called
the JV team. If this is the JV team, how scary will the Varsity be?
ISIS has
stated their intention to come to the United States to attack us at home. Obama
has responded to ISIS movement across Syria and Iraq with bombs from airplanes
and refuses to consider boots on the ground, despite the military leaders
saying that we can’t defeat them with just bombing runs.
There is
now a very stark contrast that can be made. On September 11, 2001, al queda
attacked us. President Bush hadn’t been in office a full seven months yet. Four
planes were hijacked. The world trade center was brought down. The Pentagon had
a gaping hole in it and the fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania because
American Citizens took the plane back from terrorists. That act saved
politicians lives.
On October
7, less than one month after the attack on us, President Bush began bombing
Afghanistan and we were at war against Al queda terrorists. The continental
United States was not attacked again the rest of Bush’s presidency. Obama took
over as President in 2009. We have been attacked several times in this country
since.
France was
attacked a few weeks ago. Obama didn’t even send an official to stand with the
French while the rest of the world did. Following the beheadings, Obama did
nothing other than start dropping a few bombs from airplanes on ISIS. Where is the leadership?
Now,
today, since the burning of the pilot has been seen, Obama is talking about a
coalition going after ISIS while the United States follows. Not leads.
FOLLOWS!!
Americans
are beheaded by ISIS and Obama releases prisoners from Guantanamo. A Jordanian
pilot is burned alive by ISIS and Jordan says they will execute the female
prisoner that ISIS wanted released. That prisoner has now been hanged along
with another criminal. Likely more to follow.
Obama
should take a lesson from the King of Jordan. Jordan didn’t release their
prisoners. They executed their convicted criminals following the pilot being
burned alive.
It’s sad
to see that leader of the free world do nothing but open our borders and
release terrorists so they can fight again while the King of Jordan takes
action and stands up to ISIS. Unfortunately, our President is despicable.
You’re
welcome to comment.
Brett
