French Recruits Find Out the Hard Way that Jihad Isn’t All Glitz and Glamor
Author: Alexa Coombs
Posted: December 3, 2014
Jihad in Syria isn’t quite as fun as some French recruits expected (what WERE they expecting?!) Their letters home carry the tone of entitled kids complaining about roughing it at summer camp:
Letters from French jihadists home to their parents have revealed the misery, boredom and fear suffered by Islamist recruits as the gloss fades from their big adventure.
In a series of letters seen by Le Figaro newspaper, some of the 376 French currently fighting in Syria have begged for advice on how to return. Others have complained that, rather than participating in a noble battle, they have been acting as jihadi dogsbodies.
“I’ve basically done nothing except hand out clothes and food,” wrote one, who wants to return from Aleppo. “I also help clean weapons and transport dead bodies from the front. Winter’s arrived here. It’s begun to get really hard.”
Another writes: “I’m fed up. They make me do the washing up.”
One Frenchman whinged that he wanted to come home because he was missing the comforts of life in France.
“I’m fed up. My iPod doesn’t work any more here. I have to come back.”
Awww, I feel sooooo bad! Somebody drop some bombs and put them out of their misery!
Read more:
http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/french-recruits-find-hard-way-jihad-isnt-glitz-glamor/#ixzz3KqpVMzuQ
