Rehab for Syria fighters

[politicus]

Denmark opens rehabilitation program for Syria fighters.

"The programme, a collaboration between welfare services and police in Aarhus, Denmark's second largest city, offers treatment for shrapnel and gunshot wounds and psychological trauma to returning fighters and humanitarian volunteers as well as assisting them with finding work or resuming their education.

The programme also provides support to the families of those already in Syria, ranging from helping them stay in touch via Skype to liaising with government officials, consulates and intelligence agencies to help get their relatives home when they decide they want to leave."

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/09/denmark-introduces-rehab-syrian-fighters-201496125229948625.html

Curious what you think of this one. Too cuddling or a sensible public investment?

[Franzl]

It's one of those things that one would be inclined to oppose on principle but one which also probably has the potential to achieve quite a bit.

[ingemann]

While I would prefer they either died or spend the rest of their short miserable lives in a Iraqi or Syrian prison camp, this may be the the best solutution.

[angus]

sensible public investment.

A soldier is a valuable commodity--especially for small nations--and a satisfied soldier is a more effective machine.  Actually, for large nations it would be a good investment as well, but because such investments are harder to justify to large numbers of people than to small numbers, and because large populations yield more cannon fodder, it's not as important an investment to larger ones.

[swl]

Definitely in favor.

There was a report some time ago about a relatively famous Danish fighter in Syria: http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/jul/07/european-jihadi-danish-gangster-joined-syrian-frontline-video. I don't understand how people can be afraid of someone like that, everyone on this forum seems 10 times stronger and smarter than this poor guy.

[politicus]

everyone on this forum seems 10 times stronger and smarter than this poor guy.