Tomorrows_Child
Active Member
Very true, our foreign policy needs to change drastically. Act less like an empire and more like a country. I personally believe the same is true with the United States, along with Russia.
A few years back when I spoke to my MP to voice my concerns - back when Cameron authorized airstrikes over Libya - he tried to assure me that there are "no warmongers on the cabinet" which I find difficult to believe.
We can definitely agree that there is a butterfly effect in relation to our interventions in other countries: destabilizing Iraq, Libya and helping to disrupt Syria has played a crucial role in the creation of ISIS.
Hell if you go back a few decades, it can be argued that the US helped to create Al-Qaeda back when they were arming the Muhajideen in the Afghan-Soviet war.
So much of our current problems can be attributed to reckless and aggressive military decisions made in the past.
Still, one thing that gives me an ounce of hope is remembing how Cameron go slapped down when he tried to push for an invasion of Syria: both the public and even members of his own party told him to back the f*** down.
The sad part is, we have bombed Syria reported and I believe it was July of last year when Cameron admitted to illegally bombing Syria without approval...and then the news story just died. God knows what we're doing there now.
In terms of local MPs, there are a fair few who are level headed. The one for my constituency voted against military action, which I found heartening.
Talking of Cameron, the fact that he's still PM is scary.
