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Steven sotloff video. analysts say he may not have done it on his own but mohammad emwazi's videos played a huge role in escalating america's war against isis. >> let's put it this way. had it not been for these videos we probably wouldn't be bombing syria today. >> reporter: has jihadi john's propaganda value diminished now that he has been named? the analysts we spoke to don't think so. they say as long as he keeps menacing the west on camera he will have propaganda value to isis. the one mitigating factor of course is whether he will go further underground now that western intelligence and ...

The front lines of american diplomacy." it would appear that isis is trying to make maximum use of the propaganda value of having this pilot. >> that's certainly their m.o. any time they get their hands on a foreign prisoner, they try to make maximum propaganda value. in this case they're trying to say they're capable of shooting down high performance aircraft since the f-16. however, the u.s. has said that it was mechanical trouble. >> if isis does have the ability to shoot coalition war planes out of the sky, that changes the complexion of this battle significantly. >> well, it's hard to say...

Individuals in the west and in the united states. but that is their strategy, and in this case it does not look like this guy was an isis operative. but indeed he did take one of their flags, which shows the power of isis, the power of their words. even with this guy as you mentioned may probably be a shia. he still wanted that flag, he wanted to be associated with that movement because they are in fact have reached the imagination of a lot of these violent jihadis around the world. >> that's the propaganda value and the impact of social media in a strange way, isis has not been as praigally e...

They want to redefine the conflict that they are fighting, we are the so-called crusaders and hitting people in military would give them a lot of propaganda value. they should avoid congregating, they should avoid getting online, as they've been advised not to do, coming out of base, they should be watchful. and the fbi will be looking through social media and the rest of it looking for potential attackers. but, again, this is the strength of weak links, these people are unknowns to the fbi and those are most likely the ones to get through. >> peter, do you agree with that analysis and should ...

Piling on obama for being too weak. former congressman ron paul criticized the president for being too hard on vladimir putin. quote, just days after the tragic crash of a malaysian airlines flight western politicians and media joined together to gain the maximum propaganda value from the disaster. it had to be russia. it had to be putin, they said. here is the thing -- >> with friends like that -- >> hear's the thing i'm wondering. ron paul's son has been trying so hard to make in-roads with the neocons who never liked ron paul because he says things like this. this will be an issue for rand ...