Spanking is not enough (Danjean)
(BRUXELLES2) Arnaud Danjean - who chairs the "Security and Defense" commission in the European Parliament - is skeptical. A limited intervention would not help much. " The punitive strikes do not seem to me a very relevant solution ». And to add, Without saying that I would support it, it would be more coherent, in the event of strikes, to actually strike and reach the Syrian forces ». " If it's just a matter of spanking Bashar…”
Useless precedents
To justify his position, he uses the examples " from the strikes at the beginning of 1995 in Bosnia, from Iraq which continued to rot until 2003 » where the reduced intervention of the Westerners had not solved the problems, nor changed the deal. " When we hit Al Qaeda's training camps in Afghanistan, that didn't stop them from planning the 11/XNUMX attacks in those same camps. » He also puts his finger where it hurts by asking the question of post-strikes. " If the day after the strikes, Bashar commits a massacre but with conventional weapons, what do we do? ».
A not-so-obvious Russian position
For the MEP, the role of Russia is not as obvious as one would like to believe. Putin posed himself in contradiction with the " Yeltsin doctrine » when the latter had no say, such as during the strikes in Kosovo. Moreover, if Western strikes take place, the situation will be complicated for the Russians. By not reacting, they risk a loss of credibility with their allies » He explains.
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