[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Sleighmie

But this sounds to me like your saying that we shouldn't go ahead with the bombings because Syrian civilians might, at some point join ISIS as a result. But whilst it may be true that some extremists do come out of situations like this, I think on the whole, they're normal people like us at the end of the day who want an end to the regime. And I don't see what the alternative is. A lot of the 'against' arguments seem to be based on what may happen in the future as a result of our involvement but doing nothing at all and leaving ISIS to run as they currently are will leave ordinary Syrian people without a future imo - and at the very least, will prolong their current suffering

I'm saying more than that. We shouldn't get involved just yet because we're apparently broke to the point that the tories are willing to completely destroy quality of life for the working class yet we can afford to go through with costly air strikes that won't achieve much? We shouldn't get involved yet because we're not needed, there's three currently superpowers on the IS issue at the moment. What can we honestly do that they can't do already?

Most of the arguments that are based on nothing but possbilities tend to come from the 'For' camp tbh.

The truth is, we aren't needed yet. We aren't going to change a single thing as the situation stands. I'm all for joining the conflict when we're needed and can contribute in a meaningful way but as it stands it just feels like we're pissing money up the wall so Cameron can pretend to be a hero.