[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Livia

I actually have some sympathy for them. I think they believed the cause was just when they left to fight against Assad in Syria. Then the Iraq situation with IS reared its head, the game changed completely and they realised it wasn't a fight they wanted to be a part of. I think that, under certain constraints and after a full debriefing, they would be incredibly useful and dissuading young British Muslims from joining this conflict.

I have always loved your posts Livia and been in 99% agreement, but here I believe you are wrong. I believe even with the most comprehensive of debriefings and the most rigorous of constraints, their re-admittance would be as useful to us as the Wooden Horse was to the Trojans.

I also do not buy their plea to be allowed home or their reasons, because if they were genuine, they would have been too scared to voice them, would have been prevented from doing so, and most certainly put to death.