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In the photo, Daniel Tragerman stands proudly next to his Lego tower. He wears a blue-and-white Lionel Messi jersey, dark shorts and sandals; brown bangs tickle his forehead, and he looks at us with a charming half-smile. He seems, like most four-year-olds, soft, innocent and irresistibly huggable.

The State Department says that Islamic State terrorists were not sending the United States a message when they beheaded American photojournalist James Foley.

Uh, yes, they were.