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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
It is quite plausible and as horrible as this is to say: likely better than the fate that might have otherwise awaited her
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I seem to recall that ISIS had published a bombed out building that she was supposed to be held in, and Jordan came back and said, nobody bombed that building.
the execution by burning of the Jordanian was the first mis-step in what was a pretty successful public relations campaign. Sure ISIS will still be able to recruit the stupid, the angry and the ill-informed, however they had just managed to get the UAE to halt their campaign, and signs of cracks were showing in the coalition, and the operational tempo of the air strikes was sharply dropping. Now its increased basically 10 fold, and there's a good chance that Jordan will eventually put a heavy formation on the ground that ISIS won't be able to combat.
As for the girl, my assumption is that she was probably abused, and raped and beheaded a long time ago, and they were holding the video for best effect. But this is a clumsy way for them to get away from putting out a horrifying execution video, not because of compassion, but because they now know that the response to the execution of the girl on T.V. will probably ramp up a very heavy Western Response.
I've always said that in the battlefield people are more horrified at the thought of female casualties, and mans instincts when they see that happen are probably several times more based in rage then the death of a male.
I remember when we bought woman into our unit, there was a lot of talk at night over beers about female soldiers. The talk wasn't as much about can they do the job, but more about what you would do if a female soldier that you knew and worked with got killed or captured.
Sexism I know, but that's how we're wired.