Monday 25 August 2014

Stop benefits of IS fighter families

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 This isn't going to help. We should do something about Syria, notably arming the Free Syrian Army would help, that doesn't mean we should do just anything. See also Boris Johnson's call* for anyone travelling to Syria to be presumed guilty of terrorism. That'll hit any aid convoy that isn't a front for MI6, or anyone helping out the FSA. You can already be prosecuted as a terrorist if you go to help the Free Syrian Army, not if you go to fight for Assad.

 I could probably explain in detail why it isn't a good idea to make poor people destitute as a means of convincing their sons that Western ideology beats the ISIS crap, but it shouldn't be necessary for anyone who doesn't live in a world where benefit cuts are a go-to solution for social problems. But there are a lot of other claims about Syria which seem like they should require as little explanation, but still do.
*[http://www.theguardian.com/…/boris-johnson-britons-visiting…]

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