And so it begins: A Rant on War

In #PrayforParis, I said that we shouldn't back down and let militants play with our fear. But I definitely didn't mean we should go and bomb the countries they're in!

Call me a pacifist but Parliament have screwed up. No doubt about it. They have decided to enter the vicious cycle that France are caught up in which will result in more lives being lost, it might even escalate to a war. Who knows?

The argument for airstrikes in Syria was that they have to hit ISIS hard in their homeland to diminish their power and drive them out. But the effect of these airstrikes are unknown. The only thing they can guarantee is that they'll destroy something. No one in Syria was safe before this but having extra warplanes bombing down your country, no one will be left in the west Asian country.

I can't even believe that they've even started to drop bombs. Obviously it's easy to say 'yes' when you're nice and comfortable in your own home. And Cameron has the nerve to basically call people against air-strikes "terrorist sympathisers"! The irony is is that Britain are terrorists to many over there. It's the invasion of Iraq all over again. There are just flaws after flaws after flaws.

It might be from Doctor Who but this is powerful.

No matter how shrewd the military intelligence will be, there's a huge risk that innocent lives will be lost from these airstrikes. Only a few weeks ago, an American plane destroyed, by mistake of course, a charity-funded makeshift hospital in Homs with at least 4 hospitals in Syria being destroyed by Russian planes before that. The government's all about protecting lives apparently, so why have they forgetten that those who haven't been able to leave their war-torn country, are the ones who are way more vulnerable.

Let's not forget that more fuel will be added to the fire. Any Muslims already vulnerable to indoctrination will surely be driven away for good if they see innocent people being killed. Some feel hated and alienated from British society. How do you think they're going to feel when they see and hear about what the government are doing? They're helping the ISIS recruitment programme! We're also giving them a reason to attack us in particular. "You're killing our people, so we'll kill yours" will probably be how it will go.

There's so many points I could raise so let me summarise the rest:

• A waste of money which could be spent on health, education and welfare
• Risking lives of British armed forces personnel unnecessarily
• People will lose pride in their country
• Political instability within Parliament
• Domestic violence against those who voted 'YES'

At least just after the terrible events in Paris last month, the youth of Britain have stood up for what's right once again. We're smarter than our elders think. Humanity seems to be going downhill but we can bring it right back up to the morals it should always have of peace and equality. Keep on fighting for what's right. Hopefully the government will back off before it's too late.

Some lyrics from Black Eyed Peas- Where is the love?
"Whatever happened to the values of humanity,
Whatever happened to the fairness and equality,
Instead of spreading love, we're spreading animosity
Lack of understanding, leading us away from unity"




Let's be real. When is violence ever the best option?