In reply to atrendall:
> So Bruce do we just stand back and hide our heads in the sand, do nothing rather than do something?
Doing the wrong thing is worse than doing nothing IMO.
> Lets just let a bunch of deviant islamic terrorists butcher their way around the middle east, crucifying, burying alive, mass rapes, murdering anyone who dares to have a different religion to their own perversion of islam.
I quite agree so perhaps we should avoid creating these groups? We created the Taliban and now we have created the monster that is IS. Do you think this was a good idea? Doing the wrong thing in the name of "doing something about it". The attitude of an adolescent who loses hiss cool and lashes out at anyone rather than thinking first?
> As for oil companies...another pet hate
One of the main consequences of the fall of Ghadaffi was that his plans to transfer the operating of the oil production to Chinese and other companies was blocked and the previous Western companies got back in there. It's not just "hate" it's a reality in this case... as you would know if you were less blinkered. Is Libya a success story for the average Libyan do you think? Again the desire to "do something" rather than think what is best to do leaves thousands dead, a country destroyed and to what advantage? Or rather whose advantage?
> I can't see Bruce moving to live in IS's caliphate
Which the stupidity of those who you appear to support helped create in the first place? Your logic is weird. I don't think I've ever said anything in favour of IS BTW, can you point out where I did?