Well, considering IS have terrorised, tortured, enslaved, beaten, and executed tens of thousands of men, women and children in Iraq and Syria (and hundreds of "British" Muslims have joined the group knowing exactly what they stand for and how they operate) I think your opinions are so far wide of the mark that they are almost laughable.
It is actually quite frightening that the opinion you have expressed is so prevalent in our society. Just last night on QT there was a fat lad who suggested that the British government's foreign policy is responsible for "British" Muslims joining IS because they are, to quote, "disenchanted". That kind of casual rationalization for the decision to join a terrorist organisation in order to commit repulsive, barbaric acts against fellow humans in the name of religion is horrific and imo lads like that need closely watching by the government.
At no point have I actually ever defended ISIS. I just said I do not think joining an army as a career is inherently better than doing so for an ideal.
Also, it's disconcerting that you disregard the effect of our country and it's allies' operations in far flung places on helping extremist groups gather recruits. But I can't be fucked talking about ISIS anyway, especially when the terms and framework of the discussion is quite firmly established already.
Men and women join the military to challenge themselves, to make a difference and to protect our nation, our values, our interests and our people.
They voluntarily enter a career that carries an explicit risk of killing people without choice or discretion to
challenge themselves? I didn't go as far as outright calling them c*nts, like you've just (inadvertently, I presume) done.
At what point in our lifetime have the British armed forces ventured to protect our values or our people? Or sprung to defence of an invasion from without.
If the British Armed Forces engaged in mass shootings of captured enemy combatants, the beheading of foreign journalists and aid workers because they do not believe in the right god, and the forced marriage of little girls because there is nobody left to defend them, then I seriously doubt the brave young men and women of the UK would enlist and serve.
Is that the threshold? Because if bombing civilians and the employ of drone strikes and illegal wars aren't enough to dissuade recruits, then I'm not sure this purported moral standard is anything to boast of.
It is actually quite frightening that the opinion you have expressed is so prevalent in our society.
What's frightening? The opinion that war is a terrible evil, and that we should not revere those who voluntarily pursue it?
Gods forbid we should live in peace