Given they're inclined towards moral outrage, Corbyn might want to consider the widespread 'bullying' and intimidation his side of the argument appear to be engaged in during what he promised would be a free vote.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...n-labour-ranks
It all sounds very nasty and there was I thinking nastiness was a Tory preserve...
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I'm more concerned about mission creep as we edge ever closer to another boots on the ground scenario. We never have an exit strategy worth ****, which is how this whole mess started to begin with. Unpalatable as it may seem, when we keep toppling over (or encouraging) the dictators to fall, we simply fail to realise that bad as they are, they keep a tight lid on much worse things. We never learn; Yugoslavia the balkans, Iraq, Libya, Syria... As far as adventures in foreign climes go it is a Muslim problem, and should be dealt with by the Muslim neighbours.
Lets see how long it takes before we go from Airstrikes to other more direct forms of warfare.
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I don't see what sort of credible exit strategy we can have in such complicated and uncertain circumstances.
Even if we had one, the chances are that it'd fairly soon be rendered dubious for one reason or another as the situation changes and ISIS change their tactics. I really do think we're going to have to accept that there's no easy way out of this and what we're already involved in isn't going to end in the sense that a traditional conflict would do with a defined victory.
Incidentally I do think that whatever else happens, we need to be taking out as many of the weapons dumps, supply compounds, oil depots etc. as possible before ISIS decide to start filling them with civilians. We're already fighting with one arm tied behind our backs due to the need to minimise civilian casualties so how much harder would that be if ISIS change their tactics.