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It's pretty well accepted by serious commentators that bombing by 'great powers' almost always leads to increased recruitment for these sorts of groups. So I guess recruitment would be down? Attacks like Paris are specifically designed to encourage these kinds of kneejerk bombing campaigns which kill civilians and feed the narrative being peddled.
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Let's try the other side of the coin.
Let's say the great powers, including Russia, all just backed off and left Daesh alone. What would you expect to happen?
Let's also say the west backed off and Russia didn't. What would you expect to happen then?
Edit to add - I'm not expressing an opinion for or against, I just want to know what people think would be the outcome of not intervening.