- Aug 7, 2003
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The only recent incident where it genoicidal was Sri Lanka and no-one did a thing
And the "alleged" slaughter of Muslims by Buddhists in Burma. Great world we live in.
The only recent incident where it genoicidal was Sri Lanka and no-one did a thing
...and if they find out the government DID do it? What then?
If they find out the rebels do it, what then?
I have no appitite for another war either, and I was against both the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but can we really sit back and watch a dictator using chemical weapons on people?
I think the question here is - who do you believe and who do you trust?
Given that they haven't even mentioned an invasion of Syria I'd hazard that the greatest liars or idiots aren't in this case the politicians.
Yep , read the link and can find absolutely no mention of invasion whatsoever , struggling to understand what you hoped to achieve by posting it.
Do you seriously think "military action" against Syria would not escalate ?
Do you seriously think "military action" against Syria would not escalate ?
As I said in my original post on this thread, there is certainly no appetite in either Washington or London 'to put boots on the ground'
As a matter of interest , IF it is proven, 100% guaranteed, that it was the Assad regime that committed these acts, would you still not back any military action?
If not, what exactly would you do?
A harkening mouse squeaked in the hardening darkness. Many years ago down these dusty dank corridors, a youthful Henry VIII swung his bat to volley back, in the first games of tennis. Centuries of misdeeds, such as launching attacks on the French had passed. Westminster Palace had been replaced by decision makers and late night lambasters; some good, some indifferent, of which could be heard, a low bass like drone around the end corridor.
The Security Guard never saw him and no camera recorded anything. Saint-Germain had come for a visit in the catacombs of power. His embroidered velvet coat swished in the light breeze. Like a ghost with ball and chain dragging it along lamentably burdened as if an endless Sisyphus. A heavy thought crossed his perplexed mind. The ghost of remembering and collective amnesia. The Security Guard was watching a film in the early hours; The Deer Hunter, the strings elicited sympathy for US servicemen and women lost in a distant war.
A cupboard creaked along its aged hinges. Nobody was here, yet someone distinctly was here. The sentient hand brushed some rogue clinging dust from the papers. Someone important had said recently the world was outraged by 100 years of chemical weapons usage. Saint-Germain looked at the figures written on the yellowing paper. They recounted how the Vietnam War had; devastated three countries, killed 4 million people (mostly poor rural farmers) and 11 million gallons of Agent Orange were dropped, effectively destroying the ecology of vast tracts of land. The ghost uttered a long sigh as if to rebut any inkling of this collective amnesia: history is for story tellers, some true and many embroiled in falsehoods.
Saint-Germain looked up quizzically and realised he needed to get back to Versailles and another date in history, which needed his presence. The Immortal Count fixed his eyes on the rain howling through the windows. A barely audible clap of shoe sounds echoed off the walls, followed by a haze of silk and velvet stalking off into the dark.
The US and UK are not motivated by humanitarian concerns - .
but if it were the Assad regime, I would apply sanctions and offer humanitarian aid.
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as i said...he is Blue Peter and I am still waiting for my £5 reward
There is no way he is Blue Peter. Blue Peter would be delighted that the Arabs are slaughtering themselves and basking in the glory of it.
Wow.
So if it is proven, without any doubt that it was the Assad regime who did this, you would apply sanctions?
That's going to stop them gassing kids isn't it.