Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
- 26,121
Yeah I do think it's the west fault - bush and Blair lied to attack Iraq they got rid of the bloke they originally supported when they were against Iran they left a vacuum that was filled by Al Qaeda and that became Isil and used all the weapons left by them to move into Syria where again we were supporting the rebels against another bloke we originally supported - we did the same in Libya - if you remember two years before the fall Blair was cozying up there too
If that's snide or points scoring sorry it's just my opinion - you are right it's hard to understand because it's a complete mess - the problem the anti refugees have is like Cameron's - it's pretty easy to shut out single black migrants at Calais but it's harder to do when it's kids and women dying on sun kissed beaches in holiday resorts. Even Cameron's wife had a go at him to do a u turn
I'm glad we agree that it isn't so easy to understand. As regards it being the West's fault, I'll freely support you in the Iraq invasion being a sham but that's as far as I'll go. It seems the West is damned if it does and damned if it doesn't. Assad and Hussein were using chemical weapons and routinely torturing people as a means of maintaining their respective brutal hold on power.
I honestly don't know what the solution is but it seems to me that there is a huge level of hypocrisy in stating that we should do something now to help all these poor people but the best solution would have been to have left Assad and Hussein in power and free to do unspeakable things to many of the same people. Why are their lives worth more now than when they lived under those dictators? Rhetorical question - it's because Assad and Hussein are the lesser of two evils and any deaths are regrettable but the cost of keeping ISIS at bay.I don't see this solution as any more ethical or morally just than removing Assad and Hussein.