Here is Callous Cameron's predictable response:
The prime minister, David Cameron said: “The brutal murder of Alan Henning by Isil [Isis] shows just how barbaric and repulsive these terrorists are. My thoughts and prayers tonight are with Alan’s wife Barbara, their children and all those who loved him.
“Alan had gone to Syria to help get aid to people of all faiths in their hour of need. The fact that he was taken hostage when trying to help others and [has] now [been] murdered demonstrates that there are no limits to the depravity of these Isil terrorists. We will do all we can to hunt down these murderers and bring them to justice.”
[source : Isis video shows murder of British hostage Alan Henning, The Guardian, http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/oct/03/alan-henning-isis-syria-video-murder, 4th October 2014]
Callous Cameron should have added the caveat "...oh, and it will probably involve ousting Assad to make way for a pipeline to transport Qatari natural gas to Europe to reduce Europe's dependence on Russia."
But here is what friends and family of Alan were saying just over a week ago. Note the now all too familiar frustration with the British Government for not doing much to free Alan.
The family of British hostage Alan Henning fear the air strikes on Isil in Syria may put him in more peril.
A US-led offensive air bombardment on the terror group yesterday included strikes on Raqqa, where Isil’s Western hostages are believed to be held.
Mr Henning, a former Manchester cabbie turned aid volunteer, has been threatened with execution by the group after being kidnapped last Christmas.
His brother-in-law Colin Livesey said last night that the air strikes “scared him” and he felt not enough had been done to help free Alan.
The offensive also followed a second propaganda video from the fanatics fronted by fellow British hostage John Cantlie.
...Asked if he thought the air strikes had put his brother-in-law in further peril, Mr Livesey told ITV News: “It scares me. It does scare me. Because if they’re going to do air strikes on them, they’ll just run away.
“They’ll take him with them and no one will know where he is again.”
Mr Livesey said he did not believe enough had been done to rescue Alan, adding: “I just don’t understand why it’s took so long for them to do something.”
[source : Family of British hostage Alan Henning fear air strike may put him in greater peril, The Daily Telegraph, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/11117110/Family-of-British-hostage-Alan-Henning-fear-air-strike-may-put-him-in-greater-peril.html, 23rd September 2014]
David Haines' friends and family also accused the British Government of not doing much to free David. This is due to a G8 policy which states that G8 nations will not pay ransoms for hostages because it finances terrorism. Most G8 nations have broken this treaty, and as a result their former hostages are back with their families...with their heads still attached to their torsos.
But very curiously, Great Britain and the USA are the only G8n nations honouring that treaty, as if they are good law-abiding nations.
But in the USA, the families of Steven Sotloff and James Foley were threatened with prosecution if they tried to arrange payment of ransoms for their release.
And as for Callous Cameron's excuse that paying ransoms finances terrorism:
1. the terrorism in Syria is due to our allies Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey;
2. MI5 have had a Covenant of Security with Islamic extremist terrorists for decades;
3. Michael Adebalajo was allowed to preach Jihad against President Assad of Syria.
Yet as soon as a British hostage has his head sawn off, Cameron runs to find the TV cameras to pledge 'justice'.
I'm not buying it, Dave.
And quite a few others aren't either...
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