On February 3, 2015 Congressman Trent Franks of Arizona asked for and was granted permission to address the United States House of Representatives for a few minutes to discuss the evil of ISIS. Here is some of what he had to say:
“Today, Mr. Speaker, the world watched in abject horror as 26-year old Jordanian pilot, 1st Lieutenant al-Kaseasbeh, who was taken captive by ISIS, was doused in gasoline, placed in a cage, and burned alive.
Mr. Speaker, this horrifying tragedy is the natural end to the timorous policy of appeasing or negotiating with or neglecting to have a just response to this mindless, heartless evil cancer called ISIS.
And the question occurs: When will this President respond decisively to this hellish evil?
Will it take a direct attack on American shopping malls?
Will it take a direct attack on an American grocery store or a school or an American magazine or some other venue where American blood will have to be spilled before this President calls the evil of global jihad for what it is?
It has been a full year since ISIS retook Fallujah and wiped out America’s blood-bought gains. It has been a full 7 months since 55 of my colleagues and I beseeched the President to prioritize security and humanitarian support for religious minorities in Iraq, including the
Yazidi people, a group that has now been nearly wiped out completely by ISIS.
Mr. Speaker, this administration can no longer claim ignorance. This Nation is at war with Islamist groups like ISIS that support and perpetrate the terrorism of global jihad. Terrorists understand it all too well. The American people understand it all too well, and it is time that this White House begin to understand it as well.
Mr. Speaker, if the Obama administration continues to sit on the sidelines and allows this unspeakable act of terrorism we have all witnessed today to go unanswered, as it has so many times before, we invite that sinister malevolence to our own shores.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.”
Source: Congressional Record
[See video: WARNING, EXTREMELY GRAPHIC VIDEO: ISIS burns hostage alive http://video.foxnews.com/v/4030583977001/warning-extremely-graphic-video-isis-burns-hostage-alive/?#sp=show-clips ]
See video: Muath al-Kaseasbeh, ISIS hostage, purportedly burned alive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbzsn8V_-yk
See related video: ISIS Burns Jordanian Pilot Alive | NBC Nightly News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfdasSFz1v0