Just saw this article:
Disillusioned British jihadists beg to come home
Okay, correct me if I'm getting this mixed up in any way, but this gist of this seems to be...
- Some idiots in Britain decided it would be a good idea to leave home and join a terrorist organisation abroad.
- They are now finding that the terrorist organisation they joined isn't very nice.
- They are worried that after joining a terrorist organisation they might be charged with being a terrorist.
- So they want to avoid taking responsibility for their terrorist affiliations (and goodness knows what horrible stuff they might have done as a member of that terrorist group) by just being given a "de-radicalisation course" instead of prison.
And what's even crazier is there seem to be certain figures treating this like it might be a reasonable proposition:
I've heard of some pretty drastic and draconian things done in the name of the War of Terror, but locking up a known member of a terrorist organisation who went abroad to a major war zone especially to fight with that organisation is definitely not one of them.
These people are unbelievable!
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"We are committed to setting up an Islamic State using military force.... until it gets difficult and then we want to go home without taking responsibility."
Disillusioned British jihadists beg to come home
Okay, correct me if I'm getting this mixed up in any way, but this gist of this seems to be...
- Some idiots in Britain decided it would be a good idea to leave home and join a terrorist organisation abroad.
- They are now finding that the terrorist organisation they joined isn't very nice.
- They are worried that after joining a terrorist organisation they might be charged with being a terrorist.
- So they want to avoid taking responsibility for their terrorist affiliations (and goodness knows what horrible stuff they might have done as a member of that terrorist group) by just being given a "de-radicalisation course" instead of prison.
And what's even crazier is there seem to be certain figures treating this like it might be a reasonable proposition:
"The ICSR (International Centre for Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence)'s Professor Peter Neumann told newspaper: "The people we have been talking to... want to quit but feel trapped because all the Government is talking about is locking them up for 30 years."
I've heard of some pretty drastic and draconian things done in the name of the War of Terror, but locking up a known member of a terrorist organisation who went abroad to a major war zone especially to fight with that organisation is definitely not one of them.
These people are unbelievable!
"We are committed to setting up an Islamic State using military force.... until it gets difficult and then we want to go home without taking responsibility."