Comments on: The Coming Russian Jihad

By: UKer

UKer — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 21:48:55 +0000

Holding a passport of a nation does not mean the holder is that nationality, nor does it even remotely mean the holder (assuming the passport was not forged or illegally obtained) agrees with the current political, social and cultural values of the country that issued the passport.

There are people in the UK who utterly support ISIS or one of its associated criminal organisations, who do not speak English. They will take the free money and obey the minimum of British law but their interests and loyalty lie with another place or ideals.

They are free to go and support ISIS but many people who are British in outlook (and who speak English and cleave to the values of these islands) do not want these non-Brits to return to these shores once they have left. Good luck to them in their new home.

By: Mike in Boston

Mike in Boston — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 19:51:32 +0000

Russian, appropriately, has two different adjectives reflecting the distinction Lu An Li draws:

Rossiiski — of or pertaining to Russia, the country (which includes many non-Russians)
Russki — of or pertaining to the Russian ethnicity

The English language misses the distinction, though there is at least the dichotomy “British” vs. “English”.

By: Lu An Li

Lu An Li — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 16:28:37 +0000

Not really Russians, Frenchmen, Swedes, Belgians as those words and terms understood. From those places but not of those places. "Being born in a barn does not necessarily make one a horse."

By: Adar

Adar — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 16:27:17 +0000

Primarily the Chechen boys but not limited to just them.

One significant feature of the ISIL combatants is the incorporation of foreign fighters in significant numbers. Not since the time of the Spanish Civil War has such a thing occurred.