Originally Posted by nikosefs

this article i think is pretty spot on:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a6942016.html

my point would be:

By taking up the cause of the Syrian and Libyan opposition and
destroying the Syrian and Libyan states,France and Britain
opened the door to Isis and should share in the blame for the rise of Isis
and terrorism in Europe.By refusing to admit to or learn from past mistakes,
the West Europeans did little to lay the basis for the current,surprisingly successful cessation of
hostilities in Syria which is almost entirely an US and Russian achievement.

Britain and France have stuck close to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf monarchies in their policies towards Syria.
I asked a former negotiator why this was so and he crisply replied: Money.They wanted Saudi contracts.
After the capture of Salah Abdeslam there is talk of security lapses that had allowed him to evade arrest for so long,
but this is largely irrelevant as terrorist attacks will go on as long
as Isis remains a power.Once again,the wall-to-wall media coverage is allowing Western governments to escape responsibility
for a far worse security failure,which is their own disastrous policies.