The reality for now is someone has to protect the pacifists. ISIS was born amongst the chaos of the failed state of Iraq, and covert support and funding of reb

The reality for now is someone has to protect the pacifists. ISIS was born amongst the chaos of the failed state of Iraq, and covert support and funding of rebel groups to topple Assad in Syria, out of warfare, not ex-nihilo. A far more conservative attitude to when to fight and when to supply arms might do the west no harm at all, and allow them to spend a lot of that money on something more productive.