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Old 19th Nov 2015, 06:42
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Stating that the bombing of Libya won the campaign on its own or that the bombing of Iraq helped win the ground war are both mis-understanding the definition of 'win'. Look at the state of both countries now. No bombing campaign in isolation can win anything - it is simply a step on the way to further action be it boots on the ground or diplomatic to force change on a nation.

You can bomb them back to the stone age but unless you come up with long term viable alternative solutions for people on the ground, you will breed festering bitterness and resentment that will manifest itself in years to come.... as we see now. (Not saying the bombing of France is a direct result of bombing Syria, its part of a longer term problem of lack of racial integration that France has - but that provided a convenient outlet and facility for such anti-Western displays- it could have happened anywhere in the West with the right conditions).

So.... how do we solve the political situation in Syria/Irag/Kurdistan because the Sykes-Picot Treaty has clearly run its course.....?
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