American got beheaded in Iraq....

The thing that pissed me off most, though, was that this American's life was in the hands of the American government. The terrorists offered to spare his life in exchange for prisoners, but because of some stupid fucking "no negotiations with terrorists" policy, he was murdered. What the Iraqis did was wrong, no doubt about that, but this type of stuff is commonplace in the shadows of war.

The thing is, if negotiations with terrorists were to be held, then it would be a huge sign of weakness from the American side. Terrorists around the world would KNOW they could take Americans hostage to be able to trade them for the release of their own mass murderers and such. In fact, making the US make an exception to their rule may be the motive behind this slaughter all along. Since it blatantly didn't work, they just disposed their prisoner to shock the world, and to show that "even a civilian like YOU" could be brutally murdered like this as long as the war goes on. But oh well, this was likely only a propellant to rake the locations of all terrorists anyway. I'm sure more casualties of war will be shown live to shock the public even more.