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Part of the reason nobody wants to attempt the same in Syria.
Sure. So let's just bomb them back into the stone ages in stead. That'll definitely win hearts and minds
Not sure how not selling weapons to the Saudis is going to solve the problem of Daesh right now.
Maybe it might make it slightly harder for them to support their proxies in these "wars". At the moment we're arming both sides (moderate rebels and Daesh via Saudi Arabia)
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Re Curtis film - yes, we were out of our depth having troops on the ground trying to do 'nation-building' in Afghanistan. Part of the reason nobody wants to attempt the same in Syria.
Not sure how not selling weapons to the Saudis is going to solve the problem of Daesh right now. Longer term, I'd be really rather happy if we went renewable, abandoned fossil fuels and made Saudi oil reserves worthless. Sadly I don't believe that's going to happen any time soon, as the technology still isn't good enough.