The former French PM argues that only by lining up Russia,China and Middle Eastern states can we hope to eradicate Isis and similar groupsAir strikes can encourage weaken Isis, but no one would consider it wise today to send troops to the Middle East. Because we know that after Syria and Iraq, or we will have to finish the same in Libya,in Nigeria and Chad, in Somalia, and perhaps tomorrow in the Gulf states or in central Asia. The logic of war would imprison us in lasting military occupation of large parts of the world,without any guarantee of success. Has any military intervention since 2001 been a political success? Afghanistan? Iraq? Libya?We need much more than war speeches. We need political action. We need the world to stand united in the fight against terrorism. Not the western world, but the whole world. That was my belief in 2003, and when France opposed the war in Iraq,and this is still my belief today.
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Source: theguardian.com