Just hearing that the concert was the Eagles of Death Metal who I really like.. I hope they are all ok.

What the hell can be done about this kind of thing though? Drone strikes are clearly not working.

I think you will find Jihadi John may disagree with you on that fact .

And people wonder about my opposition to any and all forms of religion...

Did sending more British Soldiers into Ireland work? NO, it just brought more killing to the streets of England!

I also kinda doubt that ISIS is an organisation with which you can sit down and negotiate. They come across as just a bunch of sociopaths

With regard your first point, relevance. They too had terrorists. As much as we now try and forget, those terrorists brought death and destruction to innocents too. The solution only came from talking...



Agree with the sociopath comment but if your assessment that there will be no talking to such people is correct, then our future looks rather bleak

being from northern ireland, i can assure you that the tragedy Paris has suffered is far different than the troubles. We suffered from those trying to profit from misery and still do! ISIS is a totally different set up, closing borders, big brother surveillance, armed forces on the streets etc. will have to happen to help flush this cancer out.

Latest news is that at least one of the Paris bombers came through Greece as a migrant. I'm afraid that isn't going to be good news for the legitimate migrants.

Yup - whilst Ireland was mostly resolved by talking, we weren't flying sorties to bomb those terrorists. Equally the Irish terrorists ended up talking because they were making no progress towards their aims. IS is different altogether.

Latest news is that at least one of the Paris bombers came through Greece as a migrant. I'm afraid that isn't going to be good news for the legitimate migrants.

Well quite. Time and again religion is used as justification for unspeakable acts.

Well yes it's true that unspeakable acts have been carried out using religion as a cause.

But ultimately it's all about power over others. Here,s a list of other culprits that can be put alongside religion.

Past kings and queens.

Pagan Chiefs.

Various dictators.

Oh and politicians! Now there's a bee's nest for discussion.

We really have to take a long look at what past governments from all over the world have been and are involved in.

No one is blameless.

It's very shocking for us now it's on our doorstep but it's on someone's doorstep everyday.

A terrible state of affairs.

As has been seen with other terrorists the only solution is to talk and to compromise. Flexing muscles bombing and talking tough is not the way to deal with those who are prepared to fight terrorist campaigns against innocents.

Did sending more British Soldiers into Ireland work? NO, it just brought more killing to the streets of England! As much as I find certain persons form that conflict abhorrent I would rather they shake their fists over tables and spout rubbish than plant bombs in shopping centers.