- Nov 11, 2009
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YES....BUT.... NOT IN HASTE
Bombing in and of itself will achieve little, It must and can only be part of a multi faceted approach.
The first part is to decide who or what could replace IS in Syria assuming they could be removed, and for that there are many competing and directly opposing interests from the larger client states fighting a a proxy war ......Russia and Iran backing Assad, US/Saudi backing rebels, US backing Kurds, Turkey fighting Kurds etc. A resolution for the what happens next must be agreed by all those with vested interests to address any vaccum.
Huge resource needs to go into representations with the moderate majority Islamic communities in Western countries, to understand and seek to eliminate fundamentalism from within our own shores. Education/Understanding causes/financial rewards for shopping radicals. The trojan horse within our borders, who willingly go to Syria, needs to be addressed.
Internationally, secret services organisations must have a fairly good idea of the intricacies of IS, who is funding/backing IS, both Individuals and countries. These must be made clear and swift far reaching action taken against those who support or profit from the illicit activities of this death cult. If that means breaking diplomatic relations, so be it. They must be starved of all forms of Oxygen and we must be prepared to suffer diplomatic losses if that's what it takes to stand against this sick scourge to humanity.
Embargoes/trade sanctions - Public naming and shaming, freezing of accounts, international arrest warrants etc.
Then if co-ordinated bombing of IS military command and control centres in Syria is needed, it should be as part of a co-ordinated strategy with others that also has within in, some form of grand coalition ground troop capability as this and only this will finally end their hegemony over Syria.
For any that advocate peace, they are simply deluded, there is and never will be peace with Islamic state, Islam or 'al-silm' means submission, and just like the moors of old, they are not interested in political settlement, they actually believe they are God ordained with a duty to destroy the non Islamic world and its non muslim infadels and make the world submit to their perverted versions of Islam by the sword or die. They will die for that, they will kill you if you dont submit to that and they will not be stopped unless they are stopped. IS is already a very powerful, barbaric and ruthless organisation intent on destruction of our civilisation as we know it. They are only limited right now by the what weaponary they can acquire, not by morals or desire. They will do or use anything they can to destroy you or I or others like us. Burying the head in the sand will not make this go away, nor will it ever lead to peace, it will delay the day the problem gets nearer to you than Paris and will result in many more barbaric deaths in Syria and more global terrorist atrocities. Chamberlain was proven wrong and so will Corbyn be.
That said the time for bombing Syria is not Wednesday, this is the time for the world to unite in purpose against IS and all who support them, resolve issues, plan carefully and then together eradicate each and every one of them who would destroy innocent humanity without mercy.
