“The people most responsible for the terrible scenes we see are President Assad, the butchers of ISIL and the people running these criminal gangs.”
For too long, islamists have dominated the debate. We need to get onto the front foot.
I believe the time has come for a broadening in the uses of the aid budget and a critical rethink of the way in which the department operates.
The Defence Secretary has suggested a limited deployment of forces to stem the tide of refugees. Yet even if strategically sound, is such a plan politically possible?
I have a recurring nightmare, which I now find has made its way into the real world – the Mediterranean, to be precise.
Search and rescue operations must be resumed to help prevent further horrors like those we’ve seen this week.
The silence can be attributed to three key factors: Firstly, a lack of inspiration. Second, a lack of agreement. Third, a lack of money.
These brutal and barbaric organisations are poised to assume de facto control of the country, just a few hundred miles across the Mediterranean from the EU.
Last month, a critical first step was taken to restore stability with an agreement to establish a Government of National Accord.