Quote (balrog66 @ 3 Mar 2019 22:46)
He likely would, courts are pretty harsh on terrorism here.
ICC is a good idea, I'd support that tbh. Not gonna happen since that is currently reserved for African war criminals. Though you have to be aware that it is going to be very hard to prove active combat participation/participation in terorrist acts. Membership of a terrorist organization can be pursued, but that alone is not enough for life sentences (similarly as the sentencing here, no active participation could be proven). We just have so little evidence that it is hard to convict people of crimes. And convicting people without evidence should never be possible, we need to remember that too.
Taking away people's citizenships when they do things the government does not like opens another can of worms.
I do honestly feel pity for the child, children do not deserve to be raised and indoctrinated by extremists, it would be better off being adopted here.
I don't think there's an easy solution here. All have their downsides.
the evidence situation is the exact reason why we shouldnt let them come back
i fully agree that we have to protect our standards, but we will be the ones to suffer if we let this unique situation undermine our state
"yeah we fully know that you helped to murder, rape and oppress hundreds of thousands, but since all of this happened in a sinkhole thousands of miles away without direct proof for us to look at we will let you go after a few years of prison"
thats just fucked up and cant possibly our answer to this or these people will win
not to mention that if this particular individual goes to jail for 6 years....these guys have plenty of friends inside already and thats a lot of time to make plans/contacts etc
they can even make money to start their "new career", like the 9/11 attacker motassadeq who just got released from prison with a 7k€ check in his pocket
btw, prison chiefs in europe are already complaining that for every jihadist you send to jail, you will get 5 new ones out of there (thats why islamists do not only need to be locked away permanently, but also separated from the rest)
most likely we as european citizens will end up on the losing side, as always, instead of just once showing some strength
Quote (zarkadon @ 3 Mar 2019 23:32)
The governments there have fought a bloody and costly civil war against jihadists. I'm pretty sure they won't be easy on them, especially in Assad's Syria.
we should give them some kind of carte blanche, so they can do whatever they see fit
its only fair, these terrorists have committed insane crimes, the people there have a right to get the justice they demand
This post was edited by ampoo on Mar 3 2019 05:11pm