The mother of James Foley, the American journalist beheaded by ISIS, spoke tonight of her deep disappointment felt towards the Obama administration for their handling of his time as a prisoner of the terror group, saying, I really feel our country let Jim down. On the 13th anniversary of 9/11 and the day after President Obama addressed the nation and finally offered a strategy to defeat ISIS, Diane Foley told CNN that as an American, she was embarrassed and appalled at the efforts to rescue her son from captivity. Articulate and thoughtful throughout her interview, Mrs. Foley made the startling claim that US officials threatened her family with prosecution if they tried to raise a ransom for Foley, 40, and said Jim was sacrificed because of a lack of communication and prioritization. And in a thinly veiled attack on Obamas new strategy to degrade and destroy ISIS she said that meeting violence with more violence may not be the answer and said, bombing caused Jims death.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:27:56 +0000