Topical question, in the UK news.

[noggythenog]

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I think we had our chance and we blew it........russia has stepped up to the plate since then and fair play to russia for that...they have the resources and the numbers to do so............pointless us wanting to jump in now to save face.


I say the middle east sorts it out themselves and if that means them all destroying each other then so be it but the likes of saudi will quite happily relax while other powers do all the dirty work for them.


I say forget iraq & forget syria and if assad ends up staying after being rescued by russia then we have to just lump it.......russia will be more powerful and more cocky but in the meantime before all that we can at least build our forces back up to where they should be so that we can at least defend ourselves against future aggressors whether that be russia, or isis because at the moment that is one of the main reasons we are so reliant on assistance from the USA and rightly are obliged to assist them in return by showing willing or solidarity or whatever they call it.


Put it this way theres quite a land mass between us and syria.......soon enough all of those countries will be asking the uk for assistance...but until then im sorry for being jack but let them deal with it.

There is quite a land mass between us and Syria, ask any Syrian who's just landed here how their journey was!
And the thing is, we don't have a fecking clue if they are part of ISIS or not?
Call me pessimistic, but I prefer the "prevention is better than cure" method so would not be inviting any of them to stay over here.
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I think im looking at it in the context of conventional war Darrssi so while i dont deny your point about terrorists....there isnt a land army here in the UK, nor will there be and if we do indeed strengthen our defence, intelligence, police resources......& most importantly policies then we will root them out from within.....not as we are doing now but a totally different approach........bombing syria and and sending in troops is conventional, will increase hatred towards us and in the end we are but a ripple in the ocean because our forces have been dry humped for years now.......we are not a big influence......we are small coal.