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Originally Posted by Earl of Bronze
What can they do ? Intern anyone they think is a radical and on their way to some third world toilet to learn to be a Muj ? Well, I think we all remember how well that worked in Norn Iron.... ie, not very.... I'd rather radical British Muslims went to Afghan to fight the forces of the great and little satans, rather than they strap on an explosive waistcoat, and turn our streets into charnel houses again. Better they get slotted in (incert name of 3rd world toilet here), than allegedly trying to de-radicalise them at home....
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I'm all up for rational debate EOB but that doesn't include you acting out some "Gears of War II" fetish in an attempt to deride a serious question.
There are other things about Norn Iron that we should also remember - none more so than the fact that terrorists are now in Government despite the fact that the British Government brought its military might to bear on a bunch of several hundred republicans and loyalists. It was unable to defeat them militarily and had to concede places in Government was the only way forward - a perfect example of deradicalization working in a mainstream terrorist environment - have you forgotten that?
We are talking hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of radical muslims who are prepared to fight for their religion. Derisory comments and off the cuff insults do little to further the debate.
These people
are doing exactly what you would prefer them to do. My question was "who is
facilitating it and what, if anything, are the security forces doing to prevent it?"
Effectively the UK appears to be exporting trained terrorists to current theatres and developing new ones. Whilst you might find this marginally more acceptable than the somewhat outlandish (even by Ladbrooks standards)
"explosive waistcoat, and turn our streets into charnel houses" analogy the fact remains that Britains allies will not tolerate this if / when these UK exported militants begin to take a toll on their forces.
That you deign to term the countries involved as "third world toilets" is of no value to the equation and says more about your lack of understanding of their circumstances, both culturally and historically, than it does about them.
I fear we are drifting off topic - another thread perhaps?