Pure Evil

What can one say about group of people who are so inhumane that they can take another human being, put him in a cage, set him on fire and burn him alive for all the world to see?

When Jordanian pilot Mouath al-Kasaesbeh became a prisoner of ISIS, the radical Muslim jihadist group, he became the victim of another especially brutal and barbaric execution. ISIS departed from their usual beheadings and forms of torture, and instead went for something more spectacular for the media.  They taped his fiery execution from beginning to end, and produced a film complete with music and sound effects. This was to become a propaganda piece for the movement and a 'recruiting tool.'

It's the devil incarnate. The darkest side of humanity. Evil pure and simple. The barbarism of the Dark Ages rearing its ugly head in the 21st century.

Jordan's King Abdullah swiftly responded with the execution of two Islamist prisoners and has vowed to further respond with "an earth-shaking response" against the Islamic State. To date, ISIS has taken over large areas of Iraq and Syria, and are threatening more, as they continue on their mission to establish a worldwide Islamic caliphate.

Unfortunately, as usual, the U.S. president offered a tepid response. Although he promised to double the efforts in fighting ISIS (to date we've had little impact on their expansion) he did so with a nonchalance that was not befitting of the situation. (In fact, he's had much more fire in his belly when going after Republicans.)

If there is to be a light at the end of this story, it's that Jordan's King is prepared to fight these extremists until they are no more. "We are waging this war to protect our faith, our values and human principles and our war for their sake will be relentless and will hit them in their own ground." This evil must be defeated.