Now explain with reference to radicalisation due to the Bosnian conflict. Practically the origin of modern international jihadism.https://twitter.com/JamesMelville/status/871376579510841344 …
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the Libya, and now Yemem - mebbies stop adding petrol...
Interesting that hard right & hard left united in isolationism. For left it's post-colonial guilt. For right it's 'us first' nationalism.
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I'm not an isolationist at all - to provide the same force profile as the French in Algeria or the UK in Belfast would have needed 10x
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troops in Iraq, or 1.3m in Syria - this fatuous vegetarian warfare were we commit no troops, take no casualties and just scatters bombs
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and missiles (and assassinates state officials like in Libya) is grotesque, unwinnable and disastrous...
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We approach all interventions from the point of view of 'what makes us look good but has no British casualties or tax implications'
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Perhaps bit too cynical. Hilary Benn's speech on Syria intervention clearly didn't come from that angle. But you certainly have a point.
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Absolute nonsense - he spoke in a debate about sending 4 aircraft to Syria - of no practical consequence in that war...
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In a simplistic, binary world, no. But the real world is complex, analogue & alters with incentives & deterrents.
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