In a recent column Jonah Goldberg mentioned VICE TV’s reports from Islamic State-controlled parts of Syria. Jonah encouraged readers to view the reports and commented that “you will quickly see how the word ‘criminal’ is morally, logically and strategically inadequate. They indoctrinate children to become jihadists and suicide bombers. They vow to fly their black flag over the White House.”
VICE News has posted the full video of of its reports here. The full video is also available on YouTube (below).
The pace is slow, the narrator is a little irritating, and the viewing is painful. It is, however, worthwhile for the reasons Jonah suggests.
Do we mean to leave these people in place? They really need to be returned to the cave from whence they came.
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