This is an entry from: LIVE BLOG: British MPs vote on launching air strikes in Syria
David Davis: Bombing IS is achieving opposite of stated aim
2 December 2015 15:47 GMT
Conservative MP David Davis, who is opposing the government’s motion, is speaking about how nearly all MPs agree with 90 percent of the proposal to tackle IS.
He said that the “contentious” part of the plan is the bombing part.
“We should face some facts. There have been 10,000 sorties against IS hitting 16,000 targets. The avowed aim? Degrade ISIS. The outcome? Recruitment for IS has doubled from 15,000 to 30,000.
“From that point of view it [the bombing] is not achieving what we intended. Arguably it is achieving the opposite.”
Davis concluded that he believes it is highly unlikely RAF bombers will make “any difference whatsoever” in the fight against IS.
