Taliban take 500 children hostage in Army school in Peshawar

[Bragi]

48. Except ISIS benefits from western wars

ISIS needs the west fighting wars in Muslim countries. That's a big part of its appeal.

If we just withdrew from those wars, I think people in those countries would then have to deal themselves with the problem posed by ISIS, and by the isolation and disruption they have caused.

I don't see how else we can get people there to take responsibility for their own futures.

If people there think ISIS is fine, then so be it. We can use our military to keep them behind the wall, and to make sure no-one and nothing gets out.

If any Muslims in the west want to join ISIS, then I'd be happy to give them free passage, just drop off your passports on the way in. Happy Caliphate to you.

If they oppose ISIS, then it is up to them to act. Not us.

If we in the West have shown the world anything in the past two decades, it is that we can't run their countries.