Superman...

where are you?! *

Titled “A Message to America,” the video shows the journalist kneeling in a deserted landscaped, clad in an orange jumpsuit – an apparent reference to the uniforms worn by prisoners at the American military detention camp in Guantánamo, Cuba. Standing to his left is a masked ISIS fighter, who says that Foley’s execution is in retaliation for the American airstrikes ordered by President Obama against the extremist group in Iraq.
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The video concludes with the fighter threatening to kill Steven Sotloff, another American national who was being held alongside Mr. Foley. The young man is seen kneeling in the same position, in the same landscape and wearing the same, orange-colored jumpsuit. “The life of this American citizen, Obama, depends on your next decision,” says the fighter.

They don't much bluff either, it seems.

At least -- in expanding the IS war mission definition beyond laying down bombs so humanitarian relief could help save the Yazidis trapped on the mountaintop -- the United States has helped the Kurd fighters retake a major dam in Iraq. That's worth a damn, eh?

Face it: we're back at war in Iraq, even if we pretend we're just helping, that the Kurd fighters could stand independently without America providing major death from above. The Islamic State fighters, in turn, are laying down everything they have. Including kidnapped journalists.

The sad thing is, the Foley family was led by investigators to believe the Syrian government, which American leadership was continually working to overthrow, held their son all these months. Turns out, there was a bigger bad guy and now that we're unofficially at war targeting them, they will work to take some of our lives too.

Maybe might doesn't make right, after all...
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* Something tells me, this is going to be a looong movie. With many bad sequels.



SOUNDTRACK:
"Land Of Confusion"
~ Genesis.

I must've dreamed a thousand dreams...
Been haunted by a million screams
But I can hear the marching feet
They're moving into the street.

Now did you read the news today?
They say the danger's gone away.
But I can see the fire's still alight.
They're burning into the night...

There's too many men
Too many people
Making too many problems
And not much love to go round
Can't you see
This is a land of confusion.

This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in.

Ooh Superman where are you now?
When everything's gone wrong somehow
The men of steel, the men of power
Are losing control by the hour...

This is the time
This is the place
So we look for the future
But there's not much love to go round
Tell me why, this is a land of confusion.

This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in.

I remember long ago -
Ooh when the sun was shining
Yes and the stars were bright
All through the night
And the sound of your laughter
As I held you tight
So long ago -

I won't be coming home tonight
My generation will put it right
We're not just making promises
That we know, we'll never keep.

Too many men
There's too many people
Making too many problems
And not much love to go round
Can't you see
This is a land of confusion.

Now this is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth fighting for.

This is the world we live in
And these are the names we're given
Stand up and let's start showing
Just where our lives are going to.