President Obama on the death of Steven Sotloff - Iraq Crisis

The White House: Reports on the following remarks by President Obama on the death of Steven Sotloff, "  I want to say that today the prayers of the American people are with the family of a devoted and courageous journalist, Steven Sotloff.  Overnight, our government determined that, tragically, Steven was taken from us in a horrific act of violence.  We cannot even begin to imagine the agony that everyone who loved Steven is feeling right now, especially his mother, his father and his younger sister.  So today, our country grieves with them.

Like Jim Foley before him, Steve’s life stood in sharp contrast to those who have murdered him so brutally.  They make the absurd claim that they kill in the name of religion, but it was Steven, his friends say, who deeply loved the Islamic world.  His killers try to claim that they defend the oppressed, but it was Steven who traveled across the Middle East, risking his life to tell the story of Muslim men and women demanding justice and dignity.

Whatever these murderers think they’ll achieve by killing innocent Americans like Steven, they have already failed.  They have failed because, like people around the world, Americans are repulsed by their barbarism.  We will not be intimidated.  Their horrific acts only unite us as a country and stiffen our resolve to take the fight against these terrorists.  And those who make the mistake of harming Americans will learn that we will not forget, and that our reach is long and that justice will be served.  "

Lets Get Real:

This is a strong statement by POTUS, its a pity that he took his time to deliver this message, but when your President you have to go through the system to make sure the video is real.   This is a warning to IS that the US will get the enemies of the US, dead or alive, the Oval did not say that but that is the clear message, IS are cowards and the lowest form of life on the planet, they are against everything a secular liberal should hold dear, democracy, free will, free speech, rights for women, the list is endless.   Even Al Qaeda has disowned IS, on the OTHER hand the Taliban might join the group.   Thus more calls for the Oval to strike Syria and take out IS, lets hope the Oval has a plan and fast.