In the realm of stupid, no good, very bad ideas, this one is towards the very top.

James Twyman, a self-proclaimed ‘peace troubadour’ from Oregon, is leaving for Syria so that he can literally serenade ISIS into submission. Despite the Pentagon’s emphatic warnings that Twyman should not, under any circumstances, engage a group that revels in extreme violence with only a couple hymns, the singer remains adamant that he will do just that.

“It’s going to be pretty powerful,” Twyman said. “When people come together and focus on something in a positive way…there’s scientific evidence that it can change things for the better.”

Twyman’s scheme to bring peace on Earth is threefold: Step one, fly to Israel. Step two, sneak into Syria. Step three, gather a coalition of Christian, Jewish and Muslim peace troubadours like himself and hold a public concert on Jan. 31 in order to win over ISIS.

The guy’s heart may be in the right place, but he is trying to sing Christian prayers to the same Islamic militants who shoot their own mothers and perform grotesque mass executions of innocent people (including children!). The military veterans who flout the Pentagon’s warnings to fight ISIS at least have combat training and field experience. Twyman though? He’s bringing a guitar to a firefight.

We’re with the Pentagon on this one.

There is a terrorist threat from violent extremist groups including the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, (ISIL), formerly known as Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQ), the al-Nusrah Front, and others. U.S. citizens have been specifically targeted for kidnapping, both for ransom and political purposes, and murdered by members of terrorist and violent extremist groups in Syria. U.S. citizens have disappeared within Syria.

Due to the security situation in Syria, the U.S. government’s ability to help U.S. citizens kidnapped or taken hostage is very limited.

We’re crossing our fingers that someone talks sense into this guy before he even has a chance to serenade ISIS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gJ9lauSP5o