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Dale Neiburg

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32. I also go with the Trojan Horse analysis, but....

Fri Sep 5, 2014, 10:18 AM

Sep 2014

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Suppose the UK were to announce that they could be repatriated if they did something concrete to demonstrate their change of heart? Something like, say, assassinating certain (named) high-ups within IS? That gives them a real incentive to turn their coats if they're sincere, inspires paranoia within IS leadership, and possibly schisms and internal violence within IS. At the least, IS might simply eliminate all European/American fighters who have joined them, which might in turn discourage a second wave from joining.

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Disillusioned British jihadists beg to come home [View all] Turborama Sep 2014 OP

To me, they took a one-way ticket! n/t RKP5637 Sep 2014 #1

That's unwise Xipe Totec Sep 2014 #3

As someone else mentioned, I was thinking along the line of a Trojan Horse. To me, RKP5637 Sep 2014 #5

Xipe Totec Diclotican Sep 2014 #14

To me, they were stupid. Bring them home and thirty less guns roguevalley Sep 2014 #60

Possible intelligence coup Strelnikov_ Sep 2014 #64

Good point! n/t RKP5637 Sep 2014 #66

Disillusioned or Trojan Horse? PADemD Sep 2014 #2

Thats a darn good point. I wouldnt put anything past them. They CAN go back, 7962 Sep 2014 #9

+1 Historic NY Sep 2014 #41

That's exactly what I was thinking!!!! WhoWoodaKnew Sep 2014 #20

I also go with the Trojan Horse analysis, but.... Dale Neiburg Sep 2014 #32

Exactly jamzrockz Sep 2014 #34

Yeah, no. I wouldn't let them back. Demit Sep 2014 #4

War, it's not for breakfast anymore. littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #6

Speaking of breakfast... IthinkThereforeIAM Sep 2014 #27

Bring them back and lock them up. FarPoint Sep 2014 #7

That term 'homeland' again..... blackspade Sep 2014 #24

You could always behead them on pay-per-view. Katashi_itto Sep 2014 #8

I like that idea cosmicone Sep 2014 #31

I would prefer teaching lessons of history to young kids inside classrooms... Amonester Sep 2014 #46

If they want to come back leftynyc Sep 2014 #10

It is one thing to be a tough guy and ride in the back of a Toyota pick up w/your RPG & ak 47, ... Botany Sep 2014 #11

Bear in mind they were fighting against Assad CJCRANE Sep 2014 #12

the "sort of" is often over emphasized karynnj Sep 2014 #19

This is actually not true jamzrockz Sep 2014 #36

That is true in the very recent past, but it was not true when ISIS first became a threat karynnj Sep 2014 #39

Turborama Diclotican Sep 2014 #13

Yeah....lol right. MynameisBlarney Sep 2014 #15

war is hell, huh? heaven05 Sep 2014 #16

Wonder what the US would do if we had US citizens who riversedge Sep 2014 #17

...or process through the courts... Volaris Sep 2014 #25

"there's NO WAY a population informed by Faux nooz" BlueCaliDem Sep 2014 #33

They been trying to pick them off before they engage.... Historic NY Sep 2014 #42

One of these naive bloodlusty jerks is detained in an NC jail... Amonester Sep 2014 #47

Emotionally I'm with the rest of you, fuck them. However my brain says Exultant Democracy Sep 2014 #63

Bring them home. 1Greensix Sep 2014 #18

So war didn't turn out to be as much fun as they expected? nt valerief Sep 2014 #21

Nope, don't let them back. former9thward Sep 2014 #22

Really Screw Em hollowdweller Sep 2014 #61

Radicals having a sad.... blackspade Sep 2014 #23

Tough shit theHandpuppet Sep 2014 #26

No way they should be allowed back home cosmicone Sep 2014 #28

That or they can surrender jamzrockz Sep 2014 #37

It all comes from this nutty idea of cosmicone Sep 2014 #38

Pull their passports Zambero Sep 2014 #29

Ooh maybe they'll give the name of the terrorist who murdered those journalists. SummerSnow Sep 2014 #30

I'm sorry, but for the safety of other Brits ... leave them where they are. BlueCaliDem Sep 2014 #35

they are trained ruthless killers. oldandhappy Sep 2014 #40

You know lots of Americans jamzrockz Sep 2014 #44

Anyone who came back would have to be made an example. Kablooie Sep 2014 #43

Uhhhh, word? SoapBox Sep 2014 #45

Yeah, Jihad against the Great Satan is all fun and exciting until the novelty wears off. Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #48

Trojan Horses? Democat Sep 2014 #49

I can't get a good pint here! DavidDvorkin Sep 2014 #50

Where are the poets? seveneyes Sep 2014 #51

My initial reaction is to let them lie with dogs LiberalLovinLug Sep 2014 #52

That would be a major PR blow to the radicals. PersonNumber503602 Sep 2014 #55

There will be no way to separate the good from the bad kiranon Sep 2014 #53

One can argue they already are "home." Psephos Sep 2014 #54

I think most of these responses are short-sighted. These guys could prove useful. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2014 #56

Exactly Strelnikov_ Sep 2014 #65

Oh mah lord flamingdem Sep 2014 #57

Just looking at the legality sadoldgirl Sep 2014 #58

They chose their fates XRubicon Sep 2014 #59

Publish their names online. christx30 Sep 2014 #62

NO steelsmith Sep 2014 #67