he s calling president obama by just, you know, just referring to him as obama. and it shows power as his hostages kneeling, cowering in front of him in an orange jumpsuit about to be beheaded. i think that s what it s all about, for people who are angry, who want to see a change in the world, stand on its feet again. this group represents people who are taking action, and who won t say no, and are standing while their oppressors are kneeling, about to die. that s a very emphatic description. thank you very much, richard engel, over in istanbul. i m joined by the direct ovr of national security studies at the royal services institute. what did you make of that assessment, that we re looking at someone who might be sociopathic in terms of what they do in behiding people, but the overall orientation is the extremist ideology, which i
of national security studies at the royal services institute. what did you make of that assessment, that we re looking at someone who might be sociopathic in terms of what they do in behiding people but the overall orientation is the extremist ideology which i basically guess justifies the worst kind of behavior on the way toward the caliphate. i think that s probably a pretty accurate characterization in some ways. what you re dealing with is fundamentally a movement to create a new alternative world, create a sort of you know this is a politically motivated terrorist organization so it s all about showing they re creating a new state, this is the van guard state that s leading the clashes of civilization that they see this happening between the muslim world and the west. this guy is sort of standing up you know as richard engel pointed out with these sort of people cowering talking directly to the president of the united states. really standing up. it s a real show of strength and