Washington ( CNN ) -- The parents of slain American journalist James Foley said Friday the U.S. and other governments will eventually have to negotiate with the Islamist group that beheaded their son in August . `` Eventually I think we 're going to have to negotiate , '' John Foley said in an interview on French radio . `` This situation is not going to be solved by military intervention and money alone . So at some point in time , people are going to have to talk . '' Foley 's mother Diane agreed that `` we need to talk with them '' and that ISIS needs `` to be understood by our world . '' She said in the interview with Europe 1 that the U.S. should `` reevaluate the policies about negotiation with terrorists '' and Foley 's father conceded that while a ransom may not have saved his son 's life , `` it would n't cost anything to negotiate . '' Foley 's mother said Friday she believed the U.S. government tried `` very hard '' to try and free her son , but in an interview with CNN 's Anderson Cooper last month , the bereaved mother said she was `` embarrassed and appalled '' by how the U.S. government handled her son 's abduction . `` I think our efforts to get Jim freed were an annoyance , '' she said in September . Foley 's parents have since established a foundation , the James W. Foley Legacy Fund , which aims to support families of U.S. hostages , conflict reporting organizations and educational groups and institutions . Foley 's mother 'appalled ' by U.S. government handling of case . And the parents were adamant in their belief that journalists should continue to cover conflict around the world to reveal atrocities . `` If we allow the terrorists to prevent journalists from going into these areas then atrocities continue and the world is unaware , we look the other way and evil continues , '' John Foley said in the interview . `` So we need the world community to come together to try and answer this challenge . ''
James Foley 's parents said the U.S. should talk and eventually negotiate with ISIS . Foley 's parents said the U.S. should reevaluate its policies on negotiating with terrorists . Comment: