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In reply to the discussion: Disillusioned British jihadists beg to come home [View all]karynnj
(59,534 posts)and comes from the enemy of your enemy is your friend -- a very bogus piece of logic. It ignores that things can be multi dimensional. In this case, there were months when Assad ignored ISIS and they fought mostly the other rebels. At that point, the same "logic" could be used to say they were on Assad's side. Obviously they were not on either "our" side or Assad's.
I agree that this is a tough decision for any country with fighters returning. The problem is that they joined a group after it was clearly designated as a terrorist organization. To return, they should have to stand trial for that and for anything they did in that role. I do get that not letting them return without large consequences gives them no easy way to quit. Not to mention if they were free to rejoin the population in a short time, there would be a risk that many would do so just to then attack at home (UK or US) when allowed to do so.