Firstly, I was there, and saw how Saddam was treating his people, any intervention and under any guise was a good thing.

Secondly Bollicks, The war in Iraq did not give birth either indirectly or directly to the nutters in ISIS.

ISIS are fanatical followers of Islam who believe whole heartedly it is there job to bring about the apocalypse.

How can you rationalise a group whose head spokesman comes out with comments like this.

In September last year, Sheikh Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, the Islamic State’s chief spokesman, called on Muslims in Western countries such as France and Canada to find an infidel and “smash his head with a rock,” poison him, run him over with a car, or “destroy his crops.” To Western ears, the biblical-sounding punishments—the stoning and crop destruction—juxtaposed strangely with his more modern-sounding call to vehicular homicide. (As if to show that he could terrorize by imagery alone, Adnani also referred to Secretary of State John Kerry as an “uncircumcised geezer.”)

Anyone who follows this barbaric lunacy does not deserve the gift of life in the human race. And I would gladly, and with light of heart remove them from it.

"It's not the bullet that's got my name on it that concerns me; it's all them other ones flyin' around marked 'To Whom It May Concern.'"

Maybe I'm hardened to the whole thing now, but when I saw the pictures of the four blokes lined up beside their 4x4 Toyotas about to head off to blow sh1t up, after my initial thought of "hope they didn't manage to take anyone with them" my overriding thought was one of "nice cars - what a waste"

Surprised they didn't have their favorite terrorist apologist, Moazzam Begg, on to tell us how it was all our fault.

I'm sorry but what type of parent isn't aware their son is in the process of being radicalised ?

"It's not the bullet that's got my name on it that concerns me; it's all them other ones flyin' around marked 'To Whom It May Concern.'"

Yep those are the ones, the ones who don't take an interest in thier kids day to day lives because it's to much hassle.

I'm a single dad with a demanding Job, I know just by looking at my kids if they even had someone take the piss in the play ground, it's not rocket science, it's just knowing your kids, and treating them as a blessing not a burden, or a way to get more benefits.

"It's not the bullet that's got my name on it that concerns me; it's all them other ones flyin' around marked 'To Whom It May Concern.'"

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I do enjoy the line;

Dewsbury councillor Masood Ahmed said Talha Asmal, 17, was "no different" from other teenagers, and said people in the town were "devastated".

So arse achingly wide of the mark on two fronts

1. Yes he is different from other teenagers Masoos me old fruit - he went half way around the world for a cause rooted in dark age superstition, ignorance and hatred to deliberately take the lives of other human beings...I would like to think even though those teenage years are quite difficult what with pubes, spots and girls Britain's youth, Muslim or otherwise aren't hell bent on murder

2. Wrong again Masser - the 11 people plus their families in Baghdad are the ones who were 'devastated' not the good folk of Dewsbury.

As far as the rules go, it's a website not a democracy - Hambo 3/6/2014