Caroline Lucas: UK bombs in Syria won't bring peace
Put simply: Western bombing isn't working.
Just over a month ago Parliament voted in favour of Britain joining the US-led bombing raids against Daesh in Syria. No one is in any doubt about the cruelty of Daesh, or the need to protect civilians from their brutality '“ but the evidence suggests that British bombs falling on Syria simply won't help bring about peace in the region or increase our security here in Britain.
Indeed the evidence appears to suggest it will make matters worse.
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