On the evening of the 13th September 2015, Europe came to a halt as the fatal attacks of ISIL terror on Paris were broadcasted worldwide. With many lives lost, people took to Facebook, Twitter and other social platforms to convey their shock and disbelief of the actions that had occurred. Live radio transmitters were receiving calls from local Parisians who were scared to leave their bedrooms in fear that another bombing would occur and to follow; Facebook launched a temporary setting to change your “profile picture” to the colours of the French flag to support these innocent civilians.
In my opinion, th
ere is no other way to describe the events that occurred in Paris than disgusting. I will not give these individuals the satisfaction of referring to them as extremists, because that would assume that their beliefs are based on Islam, and nowhere in the Qu’ran does it condone cold-blooded murder.
I’m not a religious individual, however, I do realise that ISIL have distorted and poisoned the peaceful teachings and convinced themselves that what they are doing is in the name of Allah. And the worst thing? Those mindless puppets who feed into these beliefs that they watch on the news, hear on the radio or read in the same papers that use Islam as a scapegoat to distract everyone from the real murderers that lead our countries and are now attempting to lead airstrikes on Syria, and innocent personal in retaliation.
The days that followed the Paris attacks were filled with uncertainty, and this was reflected through the irrational reaction of Vladamir Putin who, on behalf of Russia, ordered airstrikes over Syria to bomb those “responsible” for the ISIL attacks. These attacks, aimed to demolish ISIL, however, caused plenty of collateral damage and civilian casualties.
They were applauded by Putin’s allies, including Barack Obama and David Cameron. According to Ipsos MORI, statistics showed that “A third (33%) also think Britain doing nothing in Syria will damage the country’s relationship with the USA. However, eight in ten (79%) think such action will encourage attacks in Britain” up to two points since the Paris attacks. Moreover, in 2013 Britons believed that military action was none of our business, however “Over half (54%) now think that doing nothing in Syria is worse than taking military action, which is an increase of fourteen points (from 40%) since September 2013”.
This could be the worst possible way of dealing with the situation.
Syria has been corrupted by IS, lodging some bombs in is not going to solve anything for a country already undergoing a civil war. Furthermore, the rest of the world seems to believe that the bombs will only effect the “badies”, and everyone else will live happily ever after…
No. Everyone is happy
to put up a friendly flag to support France, but has anyone been brave enough to share or even acknowledge the heart wrenching, graphic photos of Syrian parents holding bloody, dislocated limbs and body parts of their deceased children?
Cameron suggests that the “situation is Syria and Iraq is the same”, thus must be dealt in the same manner, showing no military or political strategy, such as considering that there are ground troops in Iraq, yet not in Syria or considering refugees and civilian casualties.
He intends to close the debate in the House of Commons on Wednesday 1st December. Patrick Cockburn wrote an article in The Independent, stating that the airstrikes “signal Britain’s entry into what may be a long war.”
