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Originally Posted by Toy Santa

I would be fully supportive of bombing action in Syria if I thought for a second that it would help to end Islamic Extremism. But I - - - KNOW - - - that it won't. I know that it will simply make things worse. Because I have been paying attention. I don't need to convince anyone of this or prove my point, it will prove itself over the next couple of years, I just find it difficult to listen to people bleating nonsense and say nothing at all. I really should probably just steer clear until the aftermath when everyone will pretend that they also knew it was a bad idea all along. That's what happened with Iraq anyway.

This absolute certainty is nonsense in itself of course