he said in his speech today that the U S won't negotiate with terrorists even though there is a threat to another American journalist, but....read 2nd story in post below on Bergdhal and Tahmooressi

video 'authentic,' Obama vows 'relentless' fight against ISIS

     President Obama, reacting to the brutal execution of an American journalist by Islamic State terrorists, said Wednesday that the militant organization has "no place in the 21st century," as U.S. intelligence analysts confirmed the authenticity of a video showing the journalist's beheading. 
     The president, in brief remarks from Martha's Vineyard, said the video of James Foley's death "shocks the conscience," while vowing to continue the fight against the organization which has taken root across swaths of Iraq and Syria. He called for a "common effort" across the Middle East to "extract this cancer so it does not spread." 

     "The United States of America will continue to do what we must do to protect our people," Obama said. "We will be vigilant and we will be relentless." 

Military analysts and U.S. lawmakers also say the execution should be a wake-up call to the need to dismantle the militant organization. 
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ALSO.............'Lopsided' deal with enemy for Bergdahl in sharp contrast to inaction on Tahmooressi, say critics

By Joseph J. Kolb

Published June 03, 2014

FoxNews.com                

Supporters of Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi (l.), say the Obama administration has forgotten him while going to great lengths to free Army St. Bowe Bergdahl, (r.).

The Obama administration’s extraordinary effort to free Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has some wondering why the president can’t make a simple phone call on behalf of a former Marine being held in a Mexican prison after mistakenly driving across the border with registered guns.
Obama announced Saturday in a dramatic Rose Garden news conference that five Taliban prisoners from Guantanamo Bay would be exchanged for Bergdahl, a 28-year-old infantryman held captive for five years by the terrorist group. The swap angered many in the military and on Capitol Hill, because it went against long-standing policy of not bargaining with terrorists.

     " ... as far the Administration went for Bergdahl, Andrew Tahmooressi is still stuck in a Mexican jail for making a wrong turn and the only thing grabbing the President’s attention so far is an online petition that forces him to respond."- Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.