Smitten . . . or just plain stupid?

Kimberley miners should consider herself very lucky. indeed.

The former glamour model (right) has told how she was ‘brainwashed’ by a british-born islamic state recruiter on Facebook.

After being groomed by naweed Hussain, who befriended her on the internet, miss miners, 29, shared dozens of horrific propaganda images and videos online.

His messages urging her to join him in syria were uncovered by mi5 and she was arrested — she could be in raqqa by now, living out her dream.

earlier this year, Kimberley was told she would not be charged, after admitting being ‘taken in’ by Hussain’s drive to groom a new generation of UKjihadi brides.

she said she only got involved because she had suffered a miscarriage and been dumped by a ‘millionaire’ boyfriend.

Well, Kimberley, lots of women suffer misfortune and heartbreak without having to rush off to join a death cult, become a jihadi bride and wage war on Western civilisation to cheer themselves up.

she also began using the name Aisha lauren al-britaniya, wearing a full veil and posting online images of muslim women brandishing rifles.

speaking about her actions for the first time, miss miners said she was ‘ashamed’ and that being arrested was a ‘slap in the face’. she might have added ‘the greatest thing that ever happened to me’.

For a woman to want to leave behind the freedoms of the West to live a brutal, medieval life — it is hard to understand. is it part of a pandemic of stupidity or the power of the heart to surge on and find love and attention, no matter what?

speaking of which, shirley Valentine syndrome strikes again, with Diane De Zoysa. This 60-yearold from edinburgh gave £100,000 to her 26-year- old husband in sri lanka. Then he was shot dead and the money has gone.

looking at the pictures of this sad lady, one can’t help but wonder how much she was kidding herself. but self-delusion is no virtue.

look at what happened to this pair of foolish dreamers.