US air strikes against Isis will only escalate violence | Simon Jenkins

David Cameron should not follow Barack Obamas lead and commit to air strikes in Syria halfhearted wars dont achieve anything

Mission creep need not be harmful if the route of creep is clear. The objective of todays US bombing of Islamic State (Isis) bases in Syria is indeed clear, the wiping out of militant Islam in northern Iraq and, as a tactical necessity, in Syria. The objective has moral force. America has done more than anyone to fan the flames of Islamic militancy in that part of the wo...