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I have not said that Muslims have no right to follow their religion. As you say, Islam is fundamentally peaceful, therefore stop associating ISIS and their warped interpretation and ideology as one and the same. Equally, where in Christianity does it say 'Kill all Jews?' Didn't stop Nazi Germany. We didn't sit around the table with the key perpetrators of World War 2, they died. Mussolini was strung up and paraded through the streets, Hitler was incinerated by Joseph Goebells shortly before he himself committed suicide. We dealt with the moderate underlings to push forward.

How would you stop someone believing in their religion? Their religious interpretation? How does you, the infidel, the creation of an evil, decadent, destructive society convince someone that they have been warped onto a path of sin? Of the two perspectives we are coming from, one humours the faction that wants to destroy, the other seeks to stop it. Good luck Chamberlain, I'm sticking with the Churchillian route. Sticking with the past precedents that you enjoy, out of Nazi Germany and WW2 came the United Nations, European union and institutionalised peace in a part of the world (Yes, Europe) that had nothing but a history of bloody international wars.

You are missing the point. ISIS exist to destroy. Not survive, but actively destroy anything separate to their own ways. The core of their being is to be in a constant state of war with anything that is different. You are treating them as something akin to a freedom fight, they are however genocidal fanatics that have a broader agenda then Nazi Germany. Trying to find common ground here is pointless and simply prolongs the suffering of those caught in the middle. They must be destroyed and the longer we dilly dally the stronger they become and the weaker we appear.

The IRA wanted Irish independence, not the extermination of all Protestants. The wars in the old Empire where equally about the right to self determination. ISIS want to destroy, kill, convert, fundamentally end anything that has a different perspective. To top it off they see their own deaths as being a glorious martyrdom to their god and beliefs... They would embrace a war to the death. How do you negotiate with that? By their own perspective they cannot lose! Do God's work or die trying and go to heaven. As for killing all militant Muslims, I would rather have a different solution. But can I see one? I would only hope that should the core of ISIS be destroyed then common sense would prevail in those who submitted to their will for the sake of staying in their homes and having a semblance of an easier life.

How do you negotiate with an enemy that sees only your death and the destruction of your way of life as acceptable? I also hope that you do not associate the moderate Muslim majority with the fanatics of ISIS? They must be referred to separately.

He has done well to get the record. The self indulgence of it all however speaks volumes of how rotten our national game is. Let's only be congratulatory if it means something in the grander scheme of things, shall we?

Can they also opt out of the UK in the event of foreign aggression?

There does seem to be something of a contradiction there mate. That it was kept quiet in the first place but then tactically made public.... But of course, the reason for the eventual release makes sense in the context you express.

That is a bit of a logic flaw, but, who would have had the same impact as Bale for them when he was at his height? So much of what he did was individual brilliance rather then based upon team-work.

Which brings us into a far deeper discussion of freedom of expression or whether this should have been reported in the first place. Clearly, this information was made public as a deterrent to those who may be tempted to join ISIS and seek to kill people in this country. Should that be something they are considering it is my feeling that a newspaper headline is probably not a key factor behind it.

Seems that it has now.

It was a tasteless headline, but that's the Sun for you. As for the pro-active action to defend our country, good work.

Absolutely. That we are not the only club p*ssed off with their chairman show's he is being somewhat questionable. Make a derisory bid, hope that the interest shown will be enough to destabilise the player and get them to force a move through and then look to snap the guy up for below market value when the club decides to move on a disruptive influence in the dressing room. Thankfully, thanks to the increased TV money their appeal of larger wages and reputation is being mitigated. Clubs can stand firmer against their bullying tactics. Their strategy also has the side-effect of only letting them sign players with greater potential for being total t*ssers, see Emmanuel Adebayor as a prime example. Ergo, they will never reach their absolute potential.

One of them gets it.

Well, that sentence will go down well at the Lane...

Shared play between Tablet and Desktop...... Is that only with the slimmed down/Classic mode?

He was no Marcelo Sarmiento.

Well, I would recommend some research into their classification of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) as a terrorist group as a start. There is a very antagonistic relationship between the Turks and Kurds.

Absolutely agree.

Graziano does it again. Italy 1-0 Malta. FT.

Had Nigel Adkins stayed with Gaston in his more open attacking system I think he would have had a chance, alas.....

Indeed, there is your root cause. Why did you assume I only meant economic migrants?

In practice, once you are in the Shengen area, you can go wherever you like, there is no border control or checking.

The human crisis is heartbreaking.... but it is the symptom, not the cause. The fundamental question of why people are fleeing their home nations rather then can we look after them needs to be addressed otherwise this will keep getting worse and worse. This will not be solved by opening boarders further.

No, let him rot in the scouse reserves.