Now you have an understanding of Mohammed's view of anyone who didn't submit to him. Where's the tolerance & peace?

Smart lady. I was unaware that it was more about the torture than the death itself. That's even more vicious.

The beheadings with anything but the right tool is deliberate: it's Halal (permitted). With Islam and the kaffir, it's not just about death, but much suffering in the process. Now you should know why the wife of Vlad the Impaler threw herself out of their castle when the Turks (muslims) surrounded it. She knew what would happen to her.

This can't possibly be true because islam is a religion of peace and tolerance and we are no longer at war with them because odronya saved the world by killing bin laden, and it's all our fault anyway.

From a just practical point of view. If you're going to behead someone, get the right tools for the job. Like an axe or a sword, not a kitchen knife. You just can't get competent workman like help any longer.

(Sigh)

There is no 'common ground'.

There is no 'appeasement'.

Until we face reality, and call it like it is, we are crippled in our own defense. 9/11 worked for reality, for about 12 months. We had a leader that understood the threat, and a populace that felt the pain.

All of that is changed, and we now support our very own proclaimed assassins. And to put the cherry on top of the ironic sundae, we are now being policed by our elected 'protectors' as potential terrorists...all of us.

If Hollywood wrote this script, we would have laughed. But, then again, we pay more attention to our movie choices than we pay attention to the current news.

Somehow, I don't think they are open to "compromise" with anybody. Reasoning is out of the question. So is Mercy and common sense. (from a Western perspective)

McCain was just on t.v. yapping about supporting them with missiles..."no boots on the ground"... what a McMoron!

young boys were cheering and taking pictures

No no, you're just confused. Those rebels are practicing an extreme form of Islam. No, wait, I got it, they became "self-radicalized". Right? Oh, those are politically correct excuses. How about the truth?
They did what they did because that's what Mohammed did. Allowed/Forbidden ~ Eastern Thinking. Qur'an 33:60 "They (Kaffirs) will be cursed, and where ever they are found, they will be seized and murdered. It was Allah's same practice with those who came before them, and you will find no change in Allah's ways.