Folk Singer ISIS

Folk Singer ISIS, For some reason, I anticipation “folk singers” went out with bedrock lamps, tie-dye, and patchouli, and admitting I apperceive folk music has a continued and appreciative tradition, I just can’t agitate the angel of doped-out ’60s hippies singing about accord at SDS and Weather Underground rallies . . . area calm agitation was generally on the account of things to do.

As it turns out, though, folk singing is animate and well; indeed, an Oregon folk accompanist is branch to Syria with the hopes of serenading ISIS into peaceful submission.

It sounds like an Onion story, but Fox News reports:

James Twyman, of Portland, Ore., told FoxNews.com he feels a “calling” and believes he can abate the hearts of the Islamist army accepted for beheading Westerners, throwing gays off of barrio and arbitrarily active innocent women and children.

“It’s traveling to be appealing powerful,” Twyman said, apropos to his plan to accept those accessory and others about the apple sing and adjure for accord at the aforementioned time. “When humans appear calm and focus on something in a absolute way…there’s accurate affirmation that it can change things for the better.”

So this American folk singer, who considers himself a “peace troubadour,” is traveling to airing up to ISIS, cull out his tambourine or bongo drums (or whatever), and alpha singing “Kumbaya”?

Not quite.

Twyman leaves Jan. 20, and affairs to stop in Italy afore branch to Israel. From there, he will again cantankerous over the arctic bound aggregate with Syria to a baby Druze village.

While that village, Majdal Shams, is active by Israel, Twyman said he has contacts there aggravating to set up a area in ISIS-controlled territory. Either way, the appearance is set for Jan. 31.

Whether or not he gets his ambition to sing for ISIS in their own territory, the State Department has placed abundant restrictions on biking to Syria.

Fox News continues:

The U.S. State Department placed abundant restrictions on biking to Syria anytime back ISIS started application ample regions throughout the Middle Eastern country.

“No allotment of Syria should be brash safe from violence,” reads the biking admonishing on the State Department website. “The abeyant for adverse acts exists throughout the country, including kidnappings and the use of actinic warfare adjoin noncombatant populations.

Despite the warnings, he intends to go:

Twyman says that admiral from the State Department accomplished out to him and apprenticed him to cancel.

“They accept brash me not to go,” he said.

Officials for the State Department beneath to animadversion on the amount if contacted by FoxNews.com.

Twyman believes he have to go, admitting the dangers.

“I’m no array of hero, but I do accept in the ability of this.”

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