There is nothing more nauseating than the ISIS beheadings of James Foley and Steven Sotloff. Justice needs to be served for these innocent American journalists.

The violent decapitations were messages to Obama to stop attacks on Muslims in the Islamic territory, as said by the man dressed in black in Foley’s video.

It is discouraging to know that there is no win-win to the situation. Option 1: The U.S. gives into ISIS demands and hopes to save the lives of innocent Americans. Option 2: America implements a plan of airstrike attacks to stop the ruthless terror group.

For the most part, option 2 has been chosen and the U.S. has bombed Syria in hopes of protecting America’s people and national security.

It is sad for the families of the decapitated journalists, especially Shirley, Sotloff’s mother, who made a video plea to save her son.

“We have not seen Steven for over a year and we miss him very much. We want to see him home safe and to hug him,” said Shirley.

Sotloff had no control over the actions of our government. He was just an innocent journalist trying to tell a story, and ISIS used him a worldwide, public example.

“It’s disrespectful to the families who don’t want these beheadings repeatedly being seen. It is sickening and shows they [ISIS] are ruthless and shouldn’t be taken lightly,” said Gabriel Dacasin, 22, sociology major at Sac State.

Now, both Foley and Sotloff have been executed at the hands of Islamic extremists and the images of these events have been imprinted on the minds and hearts of Americans, instilling fear.

There is no doubt that the beheadings are drawing attention to ISIS; they hold more shock value than than the suicides, explosions and small bombings that Americans are used to seeing on the news.

ISIS extremists are savvy on social media and have fully taken advantage of the terror that results from sawing off the heads of people from Europe, America, and Syria. The videos and images are goriness that the public has not seen before.

Jamier Sale, 23, a member of Sac State’s ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) Coalition, refers to the beheadings as “crimes against humanity and should be punished according to international law”

Members of ISIS are on U.S. soil and could strike at anytime–this is terrifying. As U.S. citizens, we are blinded by what the terrorist group will do next. Will they bomb us? Will they capture American women and children and hold them hostage? We just don’t know.

Our worst nightmare would be more violent decapitations of innocent citizens on U.S. land.

We hear that our government is keeping close tabs on ISIS’s conversations and actions, but only time will tell how the ever-expanding ISIS group will strike next.

Undoubtedly, the “not-knowing” is scary. But we can only hope that our government will carry out a plan to stop the brutalities of ISIS against Americans.