This article from The Sun, written by Tony Parsons, discussing the potential war against terrorist group ISIS.

The Sun is traditionally a right wing paper and, despite his involvement in writing about punk music - a movement often associated with anarchism - Tony Parsons is also famously right-wing; a supporter of the Conservative party. These factors are likely to have affected the way that this article has been written.

Likewise, since The Sun is a tabloid, the headline includes an array of sensationalist vocabulary, using strong adjectives such as "bloody" and statements and declarative which suggest to the reader that his word is the ultimate: "we have no choice".

Parsons warns that it is not possible to "fight a war where only the nasty people get killed" and we cannot expect to "drop bombs on Syria and ensure that they only land on wicked men who deserve to die".

It is interesting to note the left-wing stance of the article, despite Parsons right-wing background. He questions "will bombing Syria, as the Prime Minister asserts, REALLY make a terrorist attack less likely in the UK?", stating that he "simply can't believe it".

Regardless of his general politic stance, it seems as if his views regarding the potential war against ISIS match more closely to the leader of the opposition (Labour) Jeremy Corbyn, who has also in recent weeks spoke out about his skepticism in regards to bombing Syria.

However, Parsons does still hold the patriotic view - which is often associated with right-wing political stances - of protecting British troops - "let us pray they [people who are dying] are not British troops". This suggests that he does not have the liberal approach that no one innocent should die but rather that no one who is British should die.