Nobody seems to mind so long as the terrorists carry out their atrocities in Syria. Then they are heroes - even deserving of the Victoria Cross according to an article by the left-winger George Monbiot I saw featured in the Guardian in 2014 .

It's not just the left though. Many right-wing law and order types will turn themselves into limp-wrist humanitarians and Amnesty supporters to describe Syria's harsh response to such "inhuman shits" as "barbaric" and "dictatorial" in much the same way as Jim uses in support of the Syrian jihadis   The fact that these jihadists might resort to "chemical or even worse, biological terrorism" in Syria is not even considered remotely possible : only the Syrian government would cross the red line to use such weapons .