Are you supporting Air strikes against "IS" in Syria ?

[d000hg]

I'd rather we spend waste the time and money closing our borders

FTFY. We cannot close our borders (whatever you think that means) without leaving the EU. Spending money on this in the interim would be meaningless.

[DimPrawn]

Is your plan to send out a questionnaire with "Are you a terrorist: Yes/No"?

No my plan would be to torture people until they confess...

[DimPrawn]

FTFY. We cannot close our borders (whatever you think that means) without leaving the EU.

Hurrah, at last, your tiny brain cell has made a feeble mental connection....

[DaveB]

If I were an ISIS jihadi in Syria, I would not want to be bombed.
so that makes it a good idea

Not really. By their logic, us bombing them reinforces their narrative that there is a war between Islam and the West. That narrative it what they use to drive recruitment in Western countries.

They wont care about minor casualties in Syria if it gets them more recruits to replace them and to act in Europe.

[EternalOptimist]

Not really. By their logic, us bombing them reinforces their narrative that there is a war between Islam and the West. That narrative it what they use to drive recruitment in Western countries.

They wont care about minor casualties in Syria if it gets them more recruits to replace them and to act in Europe.

so they want to be bombed ?

well, it's Christmas, lets give them what they want

[darmstadt]

I'd rather we spend the time and money closing our borders and checking the identity of everyone in the UK who wasn't born here, remove the hidden terrorists, stop any arriving.

Quite easily done, well it would have been if identity cards had been issued like in other European countries

[MarillionFan]

For. But I also feel we need boots on the ground. Too impersonal dropping bombs on them, the boys should see the whites of their eyes when they run them through with their bayonets. Arab/Muslim/Terrorist scum (delete as necessary)

[darmstadt]

I'm all for it, my shares in weapons manufacturers are going to skyrocket

[barrydidit]

If I were an ISIS jihadi in Syria, I would not want to be bombed.
so that makes it a good idea

^This. What would they not want to happen? Getting blown up, having to hide from view and finding their public executions turning into a rain of high explosives. Yes, it fits their narrative about crusaders and imperialism, but so does having an embassy and trade with muslim lands. That's what propaganda is for. So there isn't a real alternative.

And, without wanting to prompt cretins wailing about Dresden, here's a rather more articulate view on the matter.

The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everybody else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw, and half a hundred other places, they put that rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now, they are going to reap the whirlwind.

[AtW]

For. But I also feel we need boots on the ground.

Would shaunbhoy do? Potato peelers are important too...

Plus, if he gets captured he could reflect on that hostage situation thing, whether it's worth to leg it and take your chances or face certain death ...