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Millennial Couple Bikes Through ISIS Territory to Prove ‘Humans Are Kind’ and Gets Killed
If Tajikistan is ISIS territory, then we have something to worry about, because it can only mean ISIS has expanded to that place. It has not been ISIS territory in the past.
It's weird the title makes it look like the cyclists knew it was ISIS territory and went there knowingly to make some kind of statement. Seems dishonest.
Hold up, this couple sounds naive, and even ill-prepared for the trip, but there is a dishonest impression being given here that they deliberately rode into ISIS controlled territory to try to prove a point or something. They were in Tajikistan, which does not have any ISIS controlled territory. The US State Department currently has Tajikistan at a Level 2 Travel Advisory. There are four levels of Travel Advisory;
1 a Exercise normal precautions
2 - Exercise increased precautions
3 - Reconsider travel
4 - Do not travel
Again, Tajikistan is under a Level 2, exercise increased precautions, the same level as Mexico. Before these two were killed, the only specifics to the Level 2 travel advisory were to avoid large public gatherings and avoid drawing attention to yourself.
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Originally Posted by old_cold
It could just as easily have happened no matter where they were in the world
If Tajikistan is ISIS territory, then we have something to worry about, because it can only mean ISIS has expanded to that place. It has not been ISIS territory in the past.
Not on Tajik soil historically, but according to The Hague, Tajikstan nationals have committed more ISIS suicide missions on foreign soil than any other nationality. Given that, I think its safe to say that Tajikstan has been "on the radar" of Western nations long before these cyclists were killed.
How were they stupid? At least they died exploring the world. Instead they could have gotten killed by a drunk driver in rural Alabama living a mundane life.
My grandpa was killed at age 40 after he was hit by a drunk driver while jogging. I'd imagine if he could do things over again, he would have spent more time traveling the world.
Before this particular act of terrorism, Tajikstan had a normal rating from the US Department of State. Right now they have a level 2, the same as France or Germany.
Most people don't die by age 40, and these people were too young to die "doing something fun", to die at all. They could have had many more years of travelling and maybe learning there is more to life than fun, and contributing to society.
All Muslim countries are dangerous for westerners (nonbelievers), might as well get used to including Sweden and France.
Most conservatives have no desire to do their bike riding in a country that borders Afghanistan. The reason for this is something called "common sense". Something that isn't so common on the left.
Meanwhile, I have a coworker who is Iraqi and has no issues flying back yearly to visit their family.
Yeah, feel bad for those people. It must be nice in a way to be that naïve, I don't mean that with disrespect. I believe that there are truly good people and most people lean toward being decent to very good, but there are people that lean the other way, up to and including people like ISIS.
Feel bad for their families. We shouldn't run around in a state of perpetual fear, but we need to be open to the reality that "evil" does exist.
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