FCO advice: Rewarding terrorism
Bit surprised to see that no one has mentioned the Tunisian part in this.
Tunis was the originating state of the so-called 'Arab Spring', about which the West was so enthusiastic. It was also the only Arab Spring state to have maintained the democracy that its revolution spawned.
Rather than offering knee-jerk reactions that effectively destroy Tunisia's main industry, shouldn't we be trying to support the Tunisians?
I'm not suggesting that we shouldn't warn of the dangers - but surely we shouldn't be making it mandatory to avoid the place? And in so doing, offering ISIL, and its like, a substantial propaganda victory
airsound
Tunis was the originating state of the so-called 'Arab Spring', about which the West was so enthusiastic. It was also the only Arab Spring state to have maintained the democracy that its revolution spawned.
Rather than offering knee-jerk reactions that effectively destroy Tunisia's main industry, shouldn't we be trying to support the Tunisians?
I'm not suggesting that we shouldn't warn of the dangers - but surely we shouldn't be making it mandatory to avoid the place? And in so doing, offering ISIL, and its like, a substantial propaganda victory
airsound
