PUBLIC figures in Gwent and across Wales have revealed their position on airstrikes against Syria.
Of those who have gone public, long-standing opponent of airstrikes, Newport West MP Paul Flynn said "War voting MPs will be haunted for life if religious war escalates worldwide" adding: "Narrative of truth, hope and religious harmony must challenge narrative of hatred and victim hood of Daesh".
Vote for war is for life not for Xmas. War voting MPs will be haunted for life if religious war escalates worldwide https://t.co/OC45yQUz76
— Paul Flynn (@PaulFlynnMP) December 1, 2015
Monmouth MP David Davies has said he supports airstrikes and believes there is a now "a clearer strategy" than in 2013.
Speaking to LBC radio he said: "We're already involved in Iraq what we're doing is extending that over the border into Syria.
He added: "We're responding to a request from the French to help. If [IS] came and bombed London, we'd expect them and our other allies to help us.
"Bombing is part of the answer, part of a strategy of creating a much more stable government.
If we have a moral duty to accept Syrian refugees then we have a moral right to do something about Syria.
— David Davies MP (@DavidTCDavies) November 29, 2015
Torfaen MP Nick Thomas-Symonds said he would not be backing airstrikes:
Having thought about the matter very carefully, I will be voting against the proposed air strikes in Syria: https://t.co/CKiN1RJQlO
— Nick Thomas-Symonds (@NickTorfaenMP) December 1, 2015
He says he has not heard clear answers on whether, UK air strikes will make the situation better and whether they form part of a credible, wider strategy, including a plan for an exit strategy and post-conflict reconstruction.to those concerns. He says: "I am therefore unconvinced by the government’s strategy and cannot therefore vote for their proposed action."
Meanwhile, the Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, has said there is "no moral case" for bombing Syria and warns such action would "put civilians at considerable risk and drive more recruits to IS". Dr Morgan adds "our involvement in Syria will make matters worse, as it did in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya".
He says, “It is obvious therefore that even on a just war argument, a clear moral case for bombing Syria cannot be advanced.”
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