TTT - //well they will only live with world domination under sharia, how do you negotiate with that? don't get me wrong I take on board your earlier points but these are automatons with no actual conscious choices. Like The original Terminator, they cannot be reasoned with, they cannot be bargained with they do not feel pity or pain and absolutely will not stop, ever until.......
I think that extreme view is the result of a constant media construct that has been used to back the wars recent governments have dragged us into.
There are two factors needed for a population to back a war - the first is that the population is about to be invaded, and the second is that the enemy is bent on wholesale destruction.
But let's look a little closer - do we know that ISIS are all so hell bent on being destructive autmoatons? Or are they just following blindly the twisted rhetoric of their leaders, as the Nazis did, with a similar plan in mind.
We have given ISIS plenty of reason to believe that we are determined to destroy them, as they have given to us - bombs from them, invasion from us.
But the common ground we share is a fear of each other, a deep suspicion, and a desire to protect our homes and families.
I believe that if we start from there, we can get dialogue going, especially if the background of re-taken territory continues to develop.
But simply to say endlessly that they are devils who won't listen is not going to get us anywhere - simply because they say the same thing!
We know it's not true of us - let's explore how true it really is for them.