American hostage Johnson beheaded when prisoners not released

So sad for his family...

VEry Sad for his family, but I understand on the tactical level why this terrorist strategy cannot ever be allowed to work. They'd only go after more people.

Math with human lives sucks, just truly sucks.

It's SUCH a shame.

Why oh why does Bush continue protecting/associating with the Saudis when they harbor such criminals as the ones who did this?

Bush will get a big bounce in his support from this...and he will exploit it- good timing for him. I hate how cynical they have made me.

Privatization of war might not be such a good idea in the long run if this type of thing keeps happening, y'know? Sad to see the disposable nature of life as it seems to be regarded by our government and the terrorists alike.

I wonder how many innocent civilian Iraqis were beheaded by our bombs? Seen THOSE pictures? Not pretty. This is no prettier; yet no worse.

Such a shame and a waste of life and resources. When will it end? Who will be the leader and stop first?

What more can be said? My sympathies to his poor family and all families devastated by this war and all it has brought with it, and my sorrow for how war has touched so many in recent years: Iraqis and Afghanis in particular in addition to all the American families suffering losses now.

Joyce in the mts.

Sympathy

DH wonders why the Saudis don't turn the tactics around on AQ. "you kill him and we'll kill every AQ member we have..." sort of thing. Horrid? Yes, but it'd give them pause I bet. He thinks their loyalties are too divided, or rather some in the Saudi military have loyalty divided.

Must be the Celt in me, but I think these actions of theirs should cost them until they cease doing them.

I'm not particularly proud of that, but sometimes you have speak the language the other will understand. Sadly, death seems to be what those particular fanatics understand all too well.

for the lives lost, for Mr. Johnson, his family and the men and families of mentioned below....

http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=3...t=Saudi_Arabia

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...d=519&ncid=716

Rachel, our soldiers took a young girl as a hostageand tried to negotiate with another government and then decapitated , and put it on the internet?

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YOU ARE PUTTING WORDS IN MY MOUTH THAT I"VE NEVER SAID!!!!!!!!!!

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Whoa. Look SQ and I haven't exactly agreed on things in this forum but she did not say any such thing.

I take racism very seriously. But to accuse someone of racism when they are NOT being racist also abuses the severity of the issue, IMO.

I do not agree with SQ on this issue. But I do not think she has or is making a racist statement at all.

Rachel--that is an awful story. Do you have any references for it? It really should be made much more public.

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For once I agree with you sq!

I think this is a bit different situation, if you are upset that a bomb from our army decapitated a little girl (which I am!! ) then we all need to take that up with Bush and others that started this war. Soldiers are on orders, they have no choice but to do what they are told if they want to keep out of trouble and keep their pay. Sadly civillians and soldiers die at war, I highly doubt a soldier purposly wanted to behead a small child who could have been the same age as one of his own.

I'm so sad for the Johnson family s.