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Diane Foley, James’ mother, said in an interview with CNN that she was “embarrassed and appalled” at the lack of action Obama has taken against the Islamic State that killed her son, not to mention the botched rescue mission that failed to free him from captivity.
Furthermore, she revealed that her family received threats of fines, prosecution, and imprisonment for attempting to raise ransom funds on their own, since the government refused to negotiate for Foley’s release. This claim mirrors similar allegations from the family of Steve Sotloff, the other American journalist beheaded by ISIS.
The Foley family is also highly critical of Obama’s “strategy” to combat the Islamic state, finally. They say that his efforts are half-hearted at best, and do nothing to get to the heart of the problem, which is the radical Islamic ideology.
Simply defeating ISIS militarily is meaningless, if the core ideology isn’t addressed, as another group with another name will simply rise up in their place.
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