Trump is right on this, as much as it pains me to say it.
You can only appease so much. You have to act when needed. Constantly saying "oh but wot abut IRAQ LOL" on Twitter isn't dealing with the problem; it's avoiding it.
I think Libya is a more appropriate comparison, got ourselves involved in bombing without a plan and now I’m not even sure it has a functioning nationwide government does it ?
Are Assad getting removed from power? Is that the plan?
I trust you know the specific intricacies and social structures of this region before advocating a bombing campaign.
That’s the issue we’ve simply got no coherent strategy and less be honest it’s a mess. we oppose Assad but we obviously oppose ISIS (ISIL) who he and the Russians have proved the only ones effective at combating . we kind of support the FSA but not the criminal gangs that have fell out of it and much of the FSA will fight alongside people we don’t support . Do we support the YPG, I think so but the Turks including special forces are fighting against them , sometimes with the FSA , and the Turks are in NATO right ? Then again the French are threatening to support the Kurds and even use French troops to protect them from the Turks , so whose side are we on then ? Do we support Al-sham or Al-Islam ? Because they’re sort of Islamic militants but they were formed by members of the FSA and we supported them and they sometimes fight ISIL . I know sometimes Al-sham fights alongside those the US fund but sometimes the United States bomb them so that’s a puzzler .
You can see why becoming involved is a difficult decision . If we were facing a dictator who is bombing his civilian population and it’s clear of our part and what our intentions are I would perhaps see the sense . I’m deeply uncomfortable sitting on my hands and watching a population murdered indiscriminately and I’m certainly not a pacifist although I do struggle with why killing them with chemicals is so much more abhorrent than using other methods . I’m just loath to see this country involved in another military action without a plan , if there was a plan I’d feel significantly better but I honestly have little faith that there is.
