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@JWestland
How did you get peace in Northern Ireland...not by bombing the shit out of it. (yes a broken analogy as the 'Ra is not a bunch of end time religious idiots but bear with me)
Troops on the ground, not overreacting, negotiation, building the place up economically and cutting off guns/money where you can.
And that's in a stable place and it's hard enough. Me thinks they can't be arsed to do the really, really hard work of rebuilding/stabilizing which needs lots of people but why not? Afghanistan, troops. Iraq, troops. ISIS, just...drop bombs? What?
Not to mention the political complexity of the SA not wanting the other Muslim brand (Sunni VS Shi'te) Russia mixing and wanting Assad back, Turkey playing both sides... But either do it properly or stay out. Just bombing is ballox, the only way to recreate peace is to stabilize and invest.