It was not enough for you to execute a non-combatant, a bystander to the campaign of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.

It was not enough for you to behead a man for the alleged sins of a nation.

It was not enough for you to perform the ritual twice on different non-combatants.

It was not enough for you to disdain the pleas of a desperate mother, asking for compassion.

It was not enough for you to force the victim to make a public renunciation of his country’s foreign policy.

It was not enough for you to publicize the execution to a world-wide audience.

It was not enough for you to depict a barbarous act as justice.

It was not enough for you to use the threat of further executions as a military strategy.

“Our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people.”

It was not enough for a campaign for which there is never enough.

It was enough for me.