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(British) Volunteer fighter reportedly killed himself to avoid ISIS capture
www.foxnews.com ^ | 2/2/17 | ukn

Posted on 02/02/2017 11:23:56 AM PST by Uncle Sam 911

A British man who volunteered to join Kurdish fighters in Syria faced imminent capture by the Islamic State terror group -- and chose to kill himself rather than become a prisoner, his parents told U.K. media on Wednesday.

Ryan Lock, a 20-year-old chef from West Sussex, had no military experience but felt compelled to lend a hand in the terror fight, Sky News reported. His parents said he told them he'd be vacationing in Turkey last August, but instead joined the Kurdish militia known as the YPG.

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I am a retired Army Officer and have thought many times that I would almost certainly do the same thing rather than be captured by ISIS and suffer some horrible torture and death. Switching gears, many Christians including me believe suicide is a ticket to hell for murder. I have said a strong prayer to our Lord to not sentence this brave hero to hell, to admit him into the paradise of Heaven. God bless you young man for trying to do the right thing for freedom and being forced to take your own life. A genuine hero.
1 posted on 02/02/2017 11:23:56 AM PST by Uncle Sam 911
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To: Uncle Sam 911

Right on!! I’d have done the same thing. Prayers up for this hero.


2 posted on 02/02/2017 11:26:47 AM PST by libstripper (oHillary is willing to risk her own life to protect her secretive nature. She would rather go to her)
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To: Uncle Sam 911

Sadly, I think this young man made the right choice. I recently saw a video where the ISIS animals burned two Turkish soldiers to a death that was horrible and as painful as they could make it.


3 posted on 02/02/2017 11:27:47 AM PST by colorado tanker
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To: Uncle Sam 911

Thank you for this post. Thank you for your service. Prayers up for this brave young man.


4 posted on 02/02/2017 11:28:59 AM PST by NEMDF
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To: Uncle Sam 911

Prayers.

He is in heaven. God doesn’t send people like this to hell.
I know it.


5 posted on 02/02/2017 11:29:36 AM PST by LouisianaJoanof Arc (Proud horrible deplorable)
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To: Uncle Sam 911

With just a small bit of military experience he would have realized what is going on over there and I think he would have stayed home


6 posted on 02/02/2017 11:33:01 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: colorado tanker

I agree. He would have been tortured , put on display, humiliated and ultimately burned to death or crucified.


7 posted on 02/02/2017 11:33:09 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Uncle Sam 911

Could not have said it better. TFYS!!!


8 posted on 02/02/2017 11:35:45 AM PST by jdsteel (Give me freedom, not more government.)
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To: Uncle Sam 911
I agree with all the great comments here. This choice was a tactical choice in war and a form of self-defense. Prayers for and to him and and his family. A hero.

Relatedly, word is coming from Kurds that the Trump Administration backing them with military assets which never happened in Obama Admin. http://turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/2017/02/wrath-of-euphrates-phase-iii-ttg.html

9 posted on 02/02/2017 11:36:49 AM PST by AC Beach Patrol
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One might liken it to the innocent office workers who leapt from the World Trade Center as the flames were engulfing them.

10 posted on 02/02/2017 11:37:18 AM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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With just a small bit of military experience he would have realized what is going on over there and I think he would have stayed home

More than a few U.S. military combat verterans have volunteered to fight with the YPG against ISIS.

11 posted on 02/02/2017 11:38:53 AM PST by AC Beach Patrol
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To: Uncle Sam 911

Good to know some of the British still get it. I salute him


12 posted on 02/02/2017 11:39:06 AM PST by Stand W ("Gentlemen! You can't fight in here! This is the WAR ROOM!")
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To: Uncle Sam 911

Thank you for your service and your post. Talk about being between a rock and a hard place. I certainly understand why he did what he did. To be perfectly frank, I think his family will suffer much less knowing he went quickly and cleanly rather than at the hands of those filthy subhumans.


13 posted on 02/02/2017 11:39:34 AM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: Uncle Sam 911

If you haven’t seen the TV Show “Six” on the History Channel it is pretty good.


14 posted on 02/02/2017 11:45:06 AM PST by Portcall24
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To: butlerweave
The American Vets Fighting Against IS (And They're Not Mercenaries)
15 posted on 02/02/2017 11:46:05 AM PST by AC Beach Patrol
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To: Uncle Sam 911

Hope he got some.


16 posted on 02/02/2017 11:46:34 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (The Washington Post is Jeff Bezos' Fake News unregulated SuperPAC)
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To: Uncle Sam 911
When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
An’ go to your Gawd like a soldier.

Rudyard Kipling
The Young British Soldier

17 posted on 02/02/2017 11:47:55 AM PST by BlueLancer (Ex Scientia Tridens)
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To: Portcall24

Every week.


18 posted on 02/02/2017 11:51:07 AM PST by Uncle Sam 911
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To: Uncle Sam 911

If he had been captured alive, he would have been tortured until he revealed all the information they could get from him about the YPG. Then the would have been executed in one of the horrendous ways they are known for.

As it is, he gave up his life to protect the Kurds from ISIS.

Therefore, as Jesus said, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

Thus, fulfilling the Great Commandment, he will be in Heaven...........


19 posted on 02/02/2017 11:52:23 AM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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To: Blue Jays

I absolutely agree.


20 posted on 02/02/2017 11:53:00 AM PST by Uncle Sam 911
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