RE: Should ISIS fighters/wives/children be repatriated?
February 23, 2019 at 4:52 am
(This post was last modified: February 23, 2019 at 4:55 am by bennyboy.)
(February 22, 2019 at 8:45 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(February 22, 2019 at 8:10 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Stockholm Syndrome is a justification after the fact-- so if you're kidnapped by ISIS, then start to defend them because you've made an emotional connection with them in that difficult and stressful time, that's you. That doesn't include people hating their lives and deciding that a fresh start in the heart of fundamental Islam is the way to go.
I don't think that always happens. That can happen.
But take Jim Jones for example. Everyone went voluntary at first. But many upon arriving realized he was a nut but were too afraid to challenge him and his armed loyalists.
I think she, like a alot of youth felt disillusioned with the west, thought Isis were the real heros, got there and realized they were nuts.
Just like Jim Jones promised his followers a utopia if they would just support him.
The fact that she said she was willing to come back to America and face prosecution really is not that different than a domestic criminal here turning themselves in and confessing out of guilt.
I'm pretty sure that when all these people joined ISIS, that group was already known to be an enemy of the state. It's not like they were just organic farming, and then one guy tripped over an AK47 on his way to the market and decided to turn it into a military religious militia. I'm not even saying it's a moral issue-- if they want to join ISIS, let them join ISIS. But if you join an enemy of the state, and then decide the comforts of home suited you better, you're not really in a position to expect much sympathy.
