They let this woman out of the house without a nurse?

Is it really so hard to discern the attractions of a journey, especially one with an altruistic and religious purpose, to girls who may have led very sheltered lives?

And besides it's a free country, she says. So there.

Mary Dejevsky writing at The Guardian.

If Britons want to join Isis, let them go

Reportedly, the girls are 14 and 15 years old.

To those Britons wanting to join Isis, I would say: let them go. 

This is more a family matter than a cause for national breast-beating, and I see no reason why police officers have to be sent, at great expense, in an effort to rescue these girls from themselves.

The parents are frantic, as you would expect.