Quora Answer: Is it Safe to Release These Terrorists Now That the Islamic State No Longer Exists?

The following is my answer to a Quora question: “Is it safe to release these terrorists now Islamic State no longer exists?”

ISIS still exists.  But even if it were to cease to exist, releasing these terrorists means that they can revive it, or join similar organisations and start the process all over again.  It does not make sense.  If someone has joined or was caught in the process of joining a group such as ISIS, I do not believe there is any rehabilitation for these people.  They were willing to betray the country, the society, the community that raised them, for a group which is an existential threat to everything they have left behind.