But who benefits? Anyone who wants to put that bull's eye back on the middle east. Anyone who wants to incite further aggression in the region. The US? Mossad? War mongers in the ME? I honestly have no idea.
Why did you name only the U.S. and Mossad if you "honestly have no idea"?
Anyway, you can concoct any number of explanations for "who benefits". That's the easiest thing in the world for a conspiracy theorist because their starting premise involves an assumed evil motive on the part of the target of their theory. The much better question to ask is who would have an interest in pointing out that something is
false. And if the folks who should be screaming "this is fake" aren't doing so, then perhaps you should question the assumption that it
is false.
But the most obvious answer to the "who benefits" question is ISIS anyway. They were the ones holding him prisoner, and who have openly claimed responsibility for having done this.
But the video is fake. Everyone has seen the same video. It's edited....Again, I assumed this was real and never went out of my way to watch it. Only did when I heard the rumblings of it being faked.
First, you say this as though it is a self-evidence, inarguable truth, yet you didn't provide a link despite that being the very first thing I asked to see. If you just saw it, you shouldn't have a problem directing the rest of us to it so we can judge for ourselves. Yet despite that being the very first thing I asked for in my post, you didn't link it. So where is it?
Second, "edited" does not equate to being "faked". The stills I've seen show just one guy standing there with a relatively small knife, grasping another man by the neck who is kneeling. The second he actually started cutting the neck, there would likely have been a struggle that would not have made for good propaganda because the perpetrator would like to be perceive as completely in command. I haven't seen it, but I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if ISIS edited out any struggle, and just skipped from the cutting to him being held there while already being dead/bled out. Doesn't make the end result any less real, though.
Third, if it was Mossad, or the U.S., or anyone other than ISIS itself behind that video...how did they get Foley so as to make the video possible in the first place? There doesn't seem to be any dispute that it was really him, or that ISIS had been the organization holding him for a long time. Another released prisoner confirmed they were the ones holding Foley. So it doesn't seem possible for anyone
other than ISIS to have made the video at all.
Fourth, if it is as laughably false as you claim, why aren't all sorts of reputable journalists making that same claim? There are plenty of prominent anti-war people in the media in the U.S. and elsewhere. If ordinary people like yourself can see how obviously false it is, there should be an echoing chorus among actual experts. But there isn't.
Fifth, the only specific parties at whom you've pointed a finger are the U.S., and Mossad, so let's start with them Do you really think either the U.S./CIA or Mossad is so incompetent that they'd stage a video that even you and your buddies can so easily recognize as fake? That makes absolutely zero sense. What does make sense is that actual experts (such as the FBI and intelligence services around the world) know that the "flaws" you point to are meaningless. Just because the video was edited does not mean it doesn't show the murder of Mr. Foley.
If you see any evidence to this being authentic, I'd love to hear it.
And if I don't have first-hand evidence that the Holocaust, moon landing, Challenger explosion, or 9/11 attack on the Pentagon were authentic, I guess that makes them bogus too, eh?
Here's my evidence: The FBI -- whose expertise I trust more than yours -- has said its authentic. His family has said that it is him. ISIS, the group known to have been holding it, says it was him and confirmed the killing. And there is no explanation other than ISIS that makes sense. Just for starters, he was a prisoner of ISIS, and they were the only ones who would have been able to make the video in the first place for that reason alone. Additionally:
If the U.S. was not involved in the fake/fraudulent murder of Foley, then the President and almost every other person in the country would have every incentive to point out it is a lie. It is a political negative for the President that this happened on his watch. And all our allies would be expected to also point out that it was "fake".
And if the U.S. or Mossad was involved in producing a fraudulent video, then every enemy the U.S. has in the world would be crying it to the heavens. ISIS itself would be denying it, and would claim it is just more lying by the U.S. and its Jewish Masters in Israel. Arab governments would be pointing it out. Anti-war media publications all over the country -- and anti-war politicians in the U.S. as well -- would be pointing it out.
And it would be a damn wet dream for Vladimir Putin, who would love nothing more than being able to credibly claim that the U.S. has created a fraudulent video to justify another invasion of Iraq.
Yet, nothing. No denial by the U.S. or its allies. No denial by the enemies of the U.S. No denials by any media watchdogs or enterprising journalists. Not even a denial from the people accused of having murdered him in that video.
But, why not tell me your U.S./Mossad theory so we can see if it makes sense?