These condemnations are empty and absurd. Did anyone really think the U.S. was in favor of the beheading of these two women? It’s just pro forma virtue-signaling to issue condemnations of this kind, and is especially revolting given the fact that the Islamic State is clearly emboldened now by the manifest weakness of Biden’s handlers’ administration.
“US Condemns Killing of Two Women by IS in Syria,” by Sirwan Kajjo, Voice of America, January 28, 2021:
The United States has condemned the killings of two local female officials who were recently kidnapped by militants affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) terror group in northeastern Syria.
The U.S. Embassy in Syria said Thursday that it “was deeply saddened to learn of the deaths of Seda al-Faisal al-Hermas and Hind Latif al-Khidr.”
“We condemn their murder by Daesh terrorists and offer sincere condolences to their families,” the embassy said in a tweet, using an Arabic acronym for IS….
Hermas and Khidr reportedly were kidnapped last week from their houses in the town of al-Dashisha, south of the city of al-Hasakah in northeast Syria. Witnesses told local news media that at least eight men, suspected to be part of an IS cell, orchestrated the kidnappings.
Hours after their abductions, the bodies of the two women were found decapitated near a main road in the area, local reports said….
Mazloum Abdi, general commander of the SDF, said the killings represented an attack on free women and democratic values….
Colonel Wayne Marotto, spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition against IS, said Thursday via Twitter that the coalition’s “goal is stabilization of these areas, which is crucial to ensuring the long-term defeat of Daesh, setting the groundwork for communities to recover, [and] denying terrorists the ability to regenerate or reclaim lost ground.”
mortimer says
The Biden people talk from two sides of their mouth on both of their two faces.
Michael Chernick says
Mortimer et al. I suspect you are really just bots whose tune changed at noon on January 20. Biden just arrived days ago. This vicious IS behavior comes after 4 years of our former Great White Hope, who betrayed our allies the Kurds, and had maniac designs on a Trump Hotel in every Capitol, cost to humanity be damned. Many significant promises he made he broke: less golf than Obama, better health care, loyalty to our troops, allies, etc. Once was a choice I made, but twice would be a perversion.
Ron B, says
“I suspect you are really just bots ” too. Islam has been doing this for 1,400 years . 1,400 blood soaked years. At least Trump understood that islam is huge and evil foe and to leave troops in their lairs was tantmount to murder of US military personel.
Giacomo Latta says
There is no such thing as a muslim ally. There are only Islamic states that are occasionally less harmful to your existence than others.
Dj says
+1
infidel says
100/100
Rob Porter says
Well Michael, your Great Black Hope, Obama, allowed ISIS to expand its land occupation to the size of the U.K., conducted a totally ineffectual and phoney war against it`, in the process shackled the coalition air force assembled so it could barely bomb ISIS targets. Trump while not wiping out ISIS, knocked the stuffing out of it and recovered the land captured by it. Your wondrous Kurd allies had once again turned to persecuting Christians – as they did during Turkey’s genocide of Armenians, Greeks ad Assyrians. You have a serious problem with facts and truth, Trump was loyal to your troops, Obama a thorough traitor, his rules of engagement, puke stupid, designed to save Muslim lives, and cost hundreds of American lives. Americans like you are so devoid of honesty and intellect that it no longer surprises me your country is in a total mess and that you now have as president a mentally and morally challenged moron like Joe Biden.
gravenimage says
Does Michael Chernick consider Trump ending the Islamic State a bad thing? Not so he says…
Henry Willaim Fuss says
Good answer!
Keith O says
The sad truth is that the civilised world is dealing with vermin. And unfortunately there is only one way to deal with vermin. Exterminate them. Only then will Syria and other countries have a chance at normal life.
mortimer says
KO, get lost. Your ideology was condemned and punished at Nuremberg.
TheRemorselessHeadsman says
What do you propose then? Wetting yourself and wringing your hands, as attractive as that may be to Biden and his handlers, will have ZERO effect in stopping them. Maybe pallets of cash in the dead of night? That was SO effective for the Kenyan.
Keith O says
Mortimer, Can you please send me some of the weed you are smoking?
It must be so good God smokes it!
When only one side in a war thinks that it is at war, then you have a recipe for defeat.
Si Vis Pacem Parabellum.
Rob Porter says
Mortimer – rubbish! What effect did Nuremberg have on Islamic “ideology”, not least eradicating its murderous teachings and restraining its followers from every year murdering thousands, largely Christians, all over the world? None.
The South African mercenaries had the right idea when in 2016 Nigeria hired them to deal with Boko Haram. They took no prisoners. From over wide areas they herded those Muslim savages into ‘kill blocs’ where waiting mercenaries mowed down the scum. In 3 1/2 months they accomplished what the entire Nigerian Army had failed to in six years. Your army and others, including the Kurds, take ISIS scum captors and eventually – even after all the misery they caused, murder, rape, sex slaves, mass murder – allows them to go home. Is that your idea of justice?
gravenimage says
The problem is that save for a shrinking population of Christians, everyone in Syria is Islamic. They really share the idiology of ISIS.
Infidel says
Actually, no. The Alawites – the guys in power – have some practices that are pretty unislamic, like using wine in their rituals, belief in transmigration of souls… While one can question the purity of their motives in getting along w/ the Christians – namely numbers – they are unlike other islamic movements. Their only faults are their allegiance to Iran and their rabid opposition to Israel. Oh, and Baathism
Granted, they are a tiny minority in Syria, but they’ve done pretty well in keeping that country under their jackboots. Now, w/ the Saudis and others having given up on trying to overthrow them, since they rightly see Turkey as a greater threat, hopefully Assad will stop indulging Iran and make peace w/ Israel, w/o getting back the Golan
gravenimage says
Well, this is true, Infidel–I spoke too broadly. And Assad and the Alawites are less murderous towards Christians than their more orthodox coreligionists, mostly because Assad realized that he needed *some* allies.
Right now, he is the least worst option.
My general point, though, was that the region cannot be really civilized by just knocking off a few Jihadists.
Uma Maheswar Nakka says
Good Morning dear Keith,
You are absolutely right.
But the question is “How it can to be achieved and who will “?
Regards
Uma
Keith O says
Uma, Both are tough questions and to be honest I have no ideas that would be acceptable to some segments of the population, for instance Mortimer who wants to hug everyone and thinks that de radicalisation will work.
gravenimage says
When Islam was largely kept isolated we were mostly safe from Jihad. You cannot just get rid of every Muslim who is a potential threat, because that is most of them.
Mike says
religion of peace
really
religion of pure HATE
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
The religion of peace (bits and pieces).
mortimer says
Jihad is the sixth and most important pillar of Islam.
Martin says
JAN 31 2021 – SYRIA – AFRIN – CAR BOMB –
( graphic ) ( at least 6 dead )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyADWps951I
Martin says
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0Uz4kE5BrA
Wellington says
Condemning killings from those who adhere to an evil ideology by the most “enthusiastic” followers of the malevolent ideology in question, and which ideology in this particular instance is a theological ideology—and which ideology demands aplenty such murders like those described above—all the while not acknowledging in such condemnation that the (theological) ideology in the first place is wicked, is something far worse than useless. Indeed, it continues to give cover to iniquity, which itself is a grave error in the ethical realm, a huge bane to mankind—and which Islam in its entirety surely is.
No, such vapid condemnations, in this instance by an overwhelmingly useless US federal government, only gives further cover to what the ideology in question, i.e., Islam, in the first place opines, states, confirms, desires, seeks, etc.
For some 1400 years, until that monumental error which the decade of the 1960’s was, the West understood that Islam is inimical to, let’s see here, overall liberty, equality under the law, a true Golden Rule for all, a live and let live attitude, expansion of the mind, et al.
The “problem” remains” i.e., that mankind produced a major religion which is horrible and freedom-destroying and the most magnificent civilization in history, Western Civilization, is now experiencing a death spiral, aided by the enemy without, Islam, and aided by the enemy within, Western Leftism.
It’s a double whammy against the best that mankind has constructed. I wonder who will prevail. Right now, I am not optimistic though I want to be.
mortimer says
Biden’s people have no clear idea about why jihad is so important to ALL Muslims. They are CULPABLY NEGLIGENT for not LEARNING anything about the JIHAD IDEOLOGY.
You cannot make POLICY without knowing the IDEOLOGY of the enemy PERFECTLY.
Giacomo Latta says
Is this approach one you live by personally. If, or when, you see a stranger look at you while raising a knife in preparation of striking you with it, is the first thing that comes into your head, ”Gee, I wonder why he’s doing that?”
gravenimage says
+1
Don Ameche says
GREAT comment Wellington !! Up vote x 100.
John says
Where are all the military age Syrian men? Oh, I forgot. They’re in Europe Canada or USA as ‘migrants’ or ‘refugees’. (and probably taking rape lessons from Paki grooming gangs)
Dottie says
How would Woman’s Day like us to observe this? Fasting or feasting?
gravenimage says
Yes, Dottie–that is this absurd story:
“Woman’s Day encourages non-Muslims to observe Ramadan”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2021/01/womans-day-encourages-non-muslims-to-observe-ramadan
E T says
It seems to me everyday I am sliding, sliding down to the point I don’t know nothin about nothin, but one thing I know for sure Dottie is a fitting name for the times.
Ken Johnson says
This is nothing more than a direct attack on the U. S. What will our response be???
gravenimage says
This was an attack on Muslim women deemed to be insufficiently Islamic.
Infidel says
Funny how after week of Obama’s swearing in, ISIS resurfaces in Syria. This time, expect Turkey to be more blatant about supporting them
gravenimage says
You are probably right, Infidel.
Eleanor says
I could only find something about this terrible event on the internet under the Jerusalem Post. Nothing from MSM.
gravenimage says
US condemns beheading of two women by the Islamic State in Syria
………………..
I don’t actually have a problem with our condemning this savagery. It is pretty much literally the least we can do.
Michael Copeland says
“Islam is a religion of power, fighting, jihad, beheading and bloodshed”,
– Imam Hussein Bin Mahmoud, prominent writer
http://pamelageller.com/2014/08/prominent-cleric-cleric-justifies-beheadings-islam-religion-beheading.html/#sthash.ev2ucGmz.dpuf.
OLD GUY says
The whole world needs to condemn islam PERIOD. Why in the hell does Biden want to open the American borders to these islamic people? Everywhere that has allowed this mass migration of islam has paid not only a huge price in dollars put also a huge price in murder and rape of their countries citizens from these migrants.
STOP the migration invasion of ISLAM.
Mike N says
This hollow condemnation was made for a single purpose: Justification for war. If there’s one thing that the Dems have proven, term after term, is that they love sending troops to fight in the middle-east. The only time the Never-Trumpers were happy was when Trump ordered the bombing in Syria (a bombing based on false intel where a chlorine leak at a neighboring pool turned into a ‘chemical weapons attack’).
Martin says
FRANCE – FEB 01 2021 – Police Detain 1 Suspect In French City Of Toulon After Severed Head Discovery
A suspect was arrested in the French city of Toulon after a box with a severed human head was found in the city center, the police said Monday
A suspect was arrested in the French city of Toulon after a box with a severed human head was found in the city center, the police said Monday.
The box was thrown out of the window, Var Matin outlet reported, citing the directorate of the public security.
The area in the center of the city was cordoned off for a police operation.
“The operation is finished. A suspect was taken into custody by Raid [a special unit of the National Police],” the local police office tweeted.
According to Ouest France outlet, a man with bloodied hands could be seen in the window, then the police were called in to apprehend him.
https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/police-detain-1-suspect-in-french-city-of-tou-1156975.html
video –
https://twitter.com/LE_GENERAL_FR/status/1356254595002101767
gravenimage says
Horrible, Martin. Thanks for that grim link.
SJ says
Robert, back in December last year, I posted on your website without using a VPN & someone at the DoD looked at my LinkedIn profile. Do you think that’s related? Anyway, I hope they viewed me as an ally.
Walter Sieruk says
The ISIS Muslim males who murdered those two women and the other Malie Muslim who supported them in carrying out those murders had all received that brutal and deadly misogynistic from Islam which is a vicious religion of misogyny.”
Walter Sieruk says
To post a better keyboarded comment that I had just posted above.
The terrible reality is that in spite of what some people claim , ISIS is ,very Islamic. ISIS is strongly Quran based . the cruel awful fact is that Islam is a religion of malicious murderous misogyny. As seen in that above,topr, jihadwatch article.
truthout says
No the horrible truth is that it is a war strategy masquerading as a religion.
gravenimage says
Islam is both–it is a religion, just an *evil* religion.
b.a. freeman says
no, we shouldn’t take their oil, Christopher; we should let *them* keep it. when the oil-field equipment starts to fail because of poor or lacking maintenance, the failed oil wells would be a lasting reminder that islam is a boat anchor around the neck of muslims. within a century of isolation, the islamic s**thole nations would be reduced to majority serfdom … wait, that’s the case today …