Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

Poll: Do you believe that James Foley and Steven Sotloff are dead or do you think its a hoax/false flag/something else?

If not, why not?

Update:

Also, do you think that the IS are really behind it or do you believe that another body has orchestrated the entire thing?

Update 2:

I'd also like to clarify that I strongly believe they are dead, and think their families should be allowed to grieve in peace without conspiracy theorists speculating and coming out with bizarre alternative theories. I'm simply asking the question because I recently commented on a youtube video about an alternative theory saying what I've written above and I was attacked by hundreds of "truthers" for suggesting that they show some respect. I wondered just how many people believe this stuff

7 Answers

Relevance
  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Im a huge conspiracy theorist i belive that all major wars were products of the banking dynasties i also believe that cia were involved in kennedys asassination and numurous other conspracies but i never really shout it from the rooftops or attack people who disagree with my beliefs because everyone has there own beliefs but in this case i believe that IS killed those poor men and there families should be allowed to grieve in peace but i also believe that people should not be attacked for asking such questions

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    They were killed. People are rude on the internet and sometimes they gang up when they outnumber you.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    My problem (as with other conspiracy theories) is that invariably nobody can offer a credible reason why the action would be a hoax or a false flag operation. What's to be gained by it?

    Cui bono? (who benefits?) is the question I ask in such instances and the answer is almost always that nobody benefits from it being a hoax or false flag.

  • 7 years ago

    Yes they were killed by those savages

  • How do you think about the answers? You can sign in to vote the answer.
  • Karma
    Lv 4
    7 years ago

    Hoax. It's not any more real than the Bin Laden videos were. More war propaganda. After spending so long in the middle east before, to the point of nearly crashing our economy, people would have been rioting in the streets at the thought of invading another country. However, toss some primal fear at people and they'll support just about anything. It's been proven once already. Totally orchestrated and carefully scripted.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    I think the real thing you need to ask is why would ISIS or the parties behind ISIS fake their deaths? I can't think of anything that would accomplish, a real death or a fake death are just as good at achieving infamy and it's not like Foley or Sotloff were so important that they'd be spared by an organization like that.

  • Tavy
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    Sick and so sad for their families that anyone could post this.

    Of course they are dead.

    Just leave it at that.

    UK

Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.