Washington, D.C.—Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after yesterday’s release of a video showing the Islamic State executing 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya:
“Yesterday, the Islamic State released another video, this time showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya. I express my deepest sympathy to these victims’ families and I applaud Egypt’s decision to avenge their deaths through coordinated airstrikes. The Islamic State’s savagery knows no bounds and this latest outrage is an unwelcome reminder that Christianity remains the most persecuted religion in the world.
“Unfortunately, the presence of the Islamic State in Libya is a direct result of President Obama’s foreign policy failures. Yet, the Obama Administration can’t even admit what we’re fighting—radical Islamist Jihadis—or acknowledge the religion of these innocent Christians. This kind of weakness is provocative, as we’ve again learned.”
