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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Right on!! I’d have done the same thing. Prayers up for this hero.
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.
Thank you for this post. Thank you for your service. Prayers up for this brave young man.
Prayers.
He is in heaven. God doesn’t send people like this to hell.
I know it.
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
I agree. He would have been tortured , put on display, humiliated and ultimately burned to death or crucified.
Could not have said it better. TFYS!!!
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
More than a few U.S. military combat verterans have volunteered to fight with the YPG against ISIS.
Good to know some of the British still get it. I salute him
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.
If you haven’t seen the TV Show “Six” on the History Channel it is pretty good.
Hope he got some.
Rudyard Kipling
The Young British Soldier
Every week.
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...........
I absolutely agree.
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