Arranging for the capture and summary execution of some of these Jihadists this might be all they would understand -- scratch that -- just kill a few thousand of them with bombs and drones. Take no prisoners ... No point in fruitless 'negotiations.'

That said, one American journalist's murder is not a national tragedy, albeit a personal tragedy for his family, however it is an affront to civility and the rules of war. There are no rules in this this IS ISIL (ISIS or whatever the fuck they are calling themselves this week) Jihad other than to murder in some bizarre religious frenzy.

Arm the Kurdish fighters. The Kurds don't throw down their weapons and run like the Iraqis. Support a Free Kurdistan. The Kurds have proven to be a resilient people. Give the Kurds the tools of war -- they will be the boots on the ground -- it is their land and people that they fight for and not for some foreign soil or people. The Kurds may turn out to be reliable allies in that area -- the Iraqis sure as hell were not. The Kurds are a religiously tolerant people and a secular authority. Kurdistan is divided land among Turkish, Iranian and Iraqi interlopers. Kurdistan should become a nation and should the fight these Jihadists to their decimation we (the world) should reward them with nationhood.

This is already being done:
http://www.newsweek.com/us-will-arm-...advance-263628

http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...kurdistan-isis

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/16/wo...iraq.html?_r=0

The al Qaeda argument does not apply to the Kurds as they are not just another form of Jihadists. We have had diplomatic dealings with them for years now and have offered them humanitarian support in the past without incident. Their track record is good.