Military action against assad.

The Russians don't seem to be playing ball in Syria...

Is it time for western powers to start bombing ISIS in Syria, and accidentally missing, and blowing the crap out of the Assad regime?

Yes lets start ww3,russia would not let that one pass without retaliation.

Yes lets start ww3,russia would not let that one pass without retaliation.

It's okay, because we'd just be bombing ISIS in Syria, exactly like Russia are doing. If they keep missing their ISIS targets and bombing Syrian rebels who are fighting Assad, how is that any different to us missing our ISIS targets and accidentally bombing Assad? What's good for the goose...

I refer you to the answer General Jackson gave to the cretin Clarke 19 years ago.

We just let Russia keep on bombing hospitals? They can do whatever they like, without any (military) consequences?

We just let Russia keep on bombing hospitals? They can do whatever they like, without any (military) consequences?

Provided they don't attack us then yes. Not nice but they are there on the invitation of the Syrian government and we're not and we are not going to start a war with Russia over some press reports of 50 civilian casualties in an airstrike. For two very obvious reasons.

Would it not be a little bit hypocritical of us?

Kunduz_hospital_airstrike

Not to mention the Hospitals Israel bombed and we did nothing.

Syria is a right old mess (to say the least),but who are the bad guys here?

Russia for supporting Assad? or The West for secretly supporting the Rebels and prolonging something that would inevitably been over years ago.

Which is the lesser of two evils?

No we should not be involved in it.

The Russians don't seem to be playing ball in Syria...

 

Is it time for western powers to start bombing ISIS in Syria, and accidentally missing, and blowing the crap out of the Assad regime?

No, we give them our very sternest look and let him carry on quietly oppressing his people as he'd done for decades previously - kinda like we do with the Saudis.

The Russians don't seem to be playing ball in Syria...

 

Is it time for western powers to start bombing ISIS in Syria, and accidentally missing, and blowing the crap out of the Assad regime?

No, we should focus all our attention on keeping the flood of migrants out of Europe and if we still give aid to Russia it should be diverted to the camps round Syria.

We just let Russia keep on bombing hospitals? They can do whatever they like, without any (military) consequences?

Would it not be a little bit hypocritical of us?

Kunduz_hospital_airstrike

Not to mention the Hospitals Israel bombed and we did nothing.

This exactly.

We're in no moral position to start chastising the Russians over civilian casualties and collateral damage.

IMO we should stick to IS targets and make our involvement as minimal as possible.

If it turns into another Iraq/Afghanistan/Libya we don't want to have to spend the next decade clearing up the mess.

But when the US bomb a hospital, it's a mistake, the president makes a public apology, and also makes condolence payments to the families of those killed; which, to be fair, I'm inclined to think is just a PR exercise, more than anything else.

In any case; do you see the Russians admitting any guilt? Making condolence payments? Or do they just wilfully carry on doing more of the same?

To my mind; admittedly, in possession of few facts, and only what I've seen in our media, it seems Russia has a very different attitude to collateral damage, than the west does...

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IMO we should stick to IS targets and make our involvement as minimal as possible.

I tend to think it should be all or nothing. What's the point in attacking an enemy and only doing minimal damage; such that they can keep on fighting and you've just given them all the more reason to attack you?

Isn't it more sensible (strategically) to decisively wipe them out, and the sooner the better?