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Airstrikes won’t solve the crisis in Syria
American military action hasn’t helped in the Middle East before. Why would it now?
Air strikes give the illusion of surgical intervention. But they are not unambiguous humanitarian acts.
Nigel Biggar thinks that Western Christians are willfully ignoring that soldiers and military action are essential to social peace and justice.
reviewed by John P. Burgess