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Osem · 29-11-2015, 21:34

The lessons of 2003 revolve around cynical lies concerning WMD's and the failure to have any realistic exit strategy so far as I can see. Joining in because everyone is doing so has rarely been the UK's policy - we've tended to be the first ones in alongside the US with the other EU nations dithering. I don't think there's any danger of this situation being a case of that - unlike Hussein's non existent WMD's, ISIL is real and poses a growing threat to us right now both within the UK and without.

I really don't think there are any 'mess' free answers to the situation the world is now in and that may well have been the case 10 years ago even though we didn't realise it. In just the same way that gardeners will never win the war against pests, the best we can do is hope to weaken the likes of ISIL and prevent them, or their successors from doing too much harm. The notion that we can somehow wipe them out and create lasting peace in their place is naïve.

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Osem Inactive Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Right here! Posts: 22,315	Re: Shadow Cabinet Anger Over Shock Corbyn Letter The lessons of 2003 revolve around cynical lies concerning WMD's and the failure to have any realistic exit strategy so far as I can see. Joining in because everyone is doing so has rarely been the UK's policy - we've tended to be the first ones in alongside the US with the other EU nations dithering. I don't think there's any danger of this situation being a case of that - unlike Hussein's non existent WMD's, ISIL is real and poses a growing threat to us right now both within the UK and without. I really don't think there are any 'mess' free answers to the situation the world is now in and that may well have been the case 10 years ago even though we didn't realise it. In just the same way that gardeners will never win the war against pests, the best we can do is hope to weaken the likes of ISIL and prevent them, or their successors from doing too much harm. The notion that we can somehow wipe them out and create lasting peace in their place is naïve.