What's the Difference Folks?

ISIS--an organization that calls itself the new Islamic state; wants to be the modern caliphate in the Middle East; murdering, raping, stealing, plundering it's own people and anyone else that gets in its way.

The Taliban--an organization that calls itself the new Muslim state; wants to be the Islamic caliphate in the entire world; murders, rapes, steals, plunders it's own people and anyone else that gets in their way.

What's the difference folks?

Really not much. They are both radical Muslim groups who want to take over as much area as possible by means of terror. To the extend that they do not care who they terrorize, as long as they get their own way. They both declare they are Muslims trying to make a better world thru the so called peaceful teachings of Mohammad. Well folks, Mohammad was not a peaceful person and neither are any of them.

Both organizations have made tapes and televised beheadings of individuals from different countries who have no connection to the ideology spread by terrorist affiliates; journalists, aid workers, various military members, and even members of religious help organizations. European nations have paid large sums of money to keep their citizens from meeting the fates that recent Americans and British citizens have met. And, yet most countries becry the fact that they do not negotiate with terrorists.

American citizens watch these televised recordings of American in horror and join the national outcry that our government does nothing to stop it. And, some Americans are asking the same questions that I ask. If the Taliban and now ISIS hate Americans, call us names, and behead us, why do they brag of the Americans and British citizens who have joined them in terror? I can't understand why Americans and British would want to join them; but, how do our citizens convince these organizations that they genuinely want to join in their causes and not be taken as spies trying only to infiltrate and destroy the Taliban and ISIS?  Do these individuals just walk into the den of iniquity and say hi I'm here to help you out. I've been told that individuals are recruited online line by various other crazy individuals; but, you can't believe things that are posted online and I just can't see volunteering Americans filling out applications online. I'm baffled, truly baffled; or perhaps I am the nieve one.

Today, as I set reading news articles and trying to catch up on the current events, I ran across the article about Mrs. Foley's embarrassment and anger that the American government didn't do more to free her son. I remembered the article in early September about President Obama trading five Guantanamo detainees for Army Sergeant Bowe Berghdahl. And, I wonder, why would our government trade terrorist for a military member who according to his follow soldiers, left his post to join the enemy; but, it refused to do anything to free a journalist who was just doing his job. The whole time cajoling that our government doesn't negotiate with terrorists.

What is the difference folks? Someone out there please enlighten me because I do not see the difference. Isn't it better to save one sinner than to walk with the righteous forever? Set terrorists free that will one day return to kill more Americans, but set back and let terrorists behead innocent citizens and not lift a finger to stop them? What is the difference folks, cause I sure and heck don't get it.