2nd American hostage beheaded.

Oh that would be so good. Please God, help them with it if they do go.

Yes, half of me knows you are right iam about the paying up.

One question I have. Do the 'IS' and the Taliban get on together? Or are they sworn enemies?

Paying up means more money to buy weapons to murder someone else's son/child. France is alleged to have contributed over $58 million for the release of hostages. Wonder how many tanks, rocket launchers and Kaleshnikovs that bought?

Sadly I totally agree with you Aka. You simply cannot pay ransom money to these monsters, history has proved that it just fuels the next kidnapping, and the one after that, as well as providing weapons and so on to continue their murderous advance over the whole of the Middle East or wherever. You have to be super brave/dedicated to work in these places, as I think you have to understand if the chips go down, apart from rescue, the outlook will be pretty bleak; rather like agents in occupied Europe in WW2.