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delrem

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5. What happens when your country

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Sep 26, 2014, 10:32 PM

Sep 2014

is funding "moderate freedom and democracy loving groups" and giving them total military and financial and moral support, and for whatever reason at the ages of 10-18 you get caught up in the enthusiasm? And maybe you join up? But then the "moderate freedom and democracy loving groups" turn out to be not so "moderate" after all, and then, like a bolt out of the blue sky, those groups find themselves in position of having so much money and firepower that they can form ISIS?

What then? Who is to blame? Is there no redemption?

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Ottawa will revoke the passports of Canadians who join extremist groups [View all] applegrove Sep 2014 OP

GOOD Skittles Sep 2014 #1

Yup. And I hope they end up on a no fly list so they can't use the passports to go anywhere from applegrove Sep 2014 #2

I had hoped the US would have moved to revoke passports of Americans suspected of joining ISIS. Thinkingabout Sep 2014 #3

Very good. 840high Sep 2014 #4

What happens when your country delrem Sep 2014 #5

Then you have to prove yourself. applegrove Sep 2014 #6

OK, but how do you do that? delrem Sep 2014 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Self Slaughter Sep 2014 #8

Good. Glad Ottawa is good for something. nt arthritisR_US Oct 2014 #9