David Cameron may be about to make the same claim to justify the same military action by Britain. That young British Muslims may be moved to kill on British streets is deplorable and a matter for the security services and the police. The idea that bombing Syria will do anything beyond possibly encourage them is absurd. This is the reality of mission creep. It pretends not to be all-out war. Domestic political motives and a general “feel-goodism” overwhelm caution. Promises are abandoned. Reservations are cast aside under the pressure of cumulative failure. Violence escalates.
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