A nice critique of post heroic warfare
More than 50 Labour MPs are to defy Jeremy Corbyn and back Cameron’s plan for military action in Syria according to The Observer . Meanwhile, Jo Cox, a Labour MP, co-authors this column with a Tory MP calling for British forces to help create a safe haven for refugees in Syria.
One problem with backing Cameron’s Syrian plan is that it’s more likely to be about dropping a few bombs on ISIS than creating a safe haven. Although this is a relatively easy thing to do, it will probably do more harm than good. Assad will use it as evidence that the UK is supporting his fight against terrorism and as propaganda to shore up his reign of terror. This is what he did when Obama started bombing ISIS in Syria last year.
If UK now joins the bombing, we’ll also give a propaganda boost to ISIS, which will argue…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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