The infamous Nazi SS took great efforts to hide their crimes. Hitler, Himmler, Heydrich, and Eichmann did not send out press releases with films or snapshots of Auschwitz or Treblinka.
Not so with ISIS and modern terrorist groups of its ilk.
Being a new form of monster, they distribute videos of gruesome executions as if to flaunt their cruelty. In doing so, they've given us a crystal clear picture of their nature. We won't be "splitting the difference" with these characters in any negotiations. They don't want a better offer or a deal. They want us dead.
Novels on time travel usually have people from modern times traveling back to the past. With ISIS, it is as if we are being visited by barbarians from an ancient death cult.
Ones with tanks and cell phones.
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